Gossip: Did you hear that Madonna is going to get married again? She wants to marry a 24-year-old guy and she is 53! I mean really? Seriously?
1. A: Hey Jane, I’ve been hoping to lose some weight so I’ve been …
Do you have any absent-minded or forgetful friends? How do you normally give them a friendly reminder?
1. A: Becky, tomorrow is my parents’ 20th wedding anniversary. B: Really? Congratulations! Bié wàngjì mǎi lǐwù! What best describes the dialogue? Please choose …
Answer: B
Beware of your manners when in China. Remember, behavior that may be considered “normal” back home may turn some heads in China. Creating a disruptive “scene” in public is unusual. However, waiting in line is considered polite, as is giving cash …
0.5, 1/2, 50%…How do you read these numbers in Chinese?
1. A: Gabrielle Douglas zhēn bànɡ! She did great in the individual all-around competition in the London Olympics. B: Yeah, and she got 62.232. How many points did Douglas get in …
1.A 2.B 3. B 4.A 5. A <<Back to “Video Lesson: I’m 100% Sure!” …
It’s Friday night! Let’s forget about work and hit the bars!
1. A: Hey man! I got a promotion today. How should we celebrate? B: … What would he say? Please choose the best answer. A. Qù hē yì bēi, zěnmeyàng? …
1. A 2.B 3.A 4.B 5. A <<Back to “Invite Friends to a Bar in Chinese: Nightlife Lesson!” …
Sometimes, the job of a Mandarin Chinese teacher in China is to help students deal with day-to-day obstacles in life. This week, many of my students are freaking out over the new computer virus called WannaCry that is affecting individuals and organizations around the world. …
It was a lovely summer’s day where I just couldn’t say inside.
The beautiful riverside park near my home was calling me. In an unexpected twist that caused the perfect day, I ran into some of my old students playing badminton on the courts.
There …
Answer: D The Chinese idiom “瞎猫碰上了死耗子 (Xiāmāo pèng shàng le sǐ hàozi)” means “blind luck.” So, the answer D is correct as a person winning unexpectedly is a kind of blind luck.
Answer: C
The Chinese name given to the WannaCry virus is a literal translation of the function that its creators intended. 勒索 (lèsuǒ) means “blackmail” or “extort” and 病毒 (bìngdú) means “virus” and can be used for both digital viruses and also a …
When someone is doing something either annoying or dangerous, how do you stop him?
1. A: Jane, wǒmen qù zhèi ge fànguǎn chīfàn, hǎo ma? B: Bié qù zhèi ge fànguǎn chī. Bù hǎo chī. What does Jane mean? A. She …
I’m writing about two simple and useful words in Mandarin Chinese that you can use on a daily basis to describe things that are fast or slow. These terms, “龟速 (guīsù) slow” and “神速 (shénsù) fast”, I learned when reading and discussing Children’s stories in …
Answer: C
龟速 (guīsù), literally meaning “turtle speed” is used as common, daily language in China. 龟速 (guīsù) is used impatiently to describe such events as slow service or Internet speeds creeping at a sluggish speed.
In today’s Mandarin Chinese lesson, Teacher Becky introduces the the parts of the face and gives useful examples of how these parts can be used in a sentence (and also how the Chinese traditionally find them attractive!). Let’s take a look:
We all decided it would be really funny to prank our teacher for April Fool’s Day. We had painted Easter Eggs as an activity with some local children and they were sitting in the window of our classroom. We thought it would be hilarious to …
