Hurry up! The flower shop closes before 5 P.M.! You should pay your rent before next Sunday! I’ll arrive before 6:30! Learn how to express “before a certain time” in this lesson.
1. A: When should we arrive for the party? …
“矮 ǎi” vs. “短 duǎn.” Both of them mean “short” in English, but they are used quite differently in Chinese.
1. A: Mìyuè guò de zěnmeyàng a? B: Tǐng hǎo de, jiùshì … What would she say? Please choose the correct …
Have you heard about the recent discovery of two new planets? We are always discovering new things, including what NASA calls exoplanets, or planets outside of the earth’s solar system. Most recently, NASA and Google have discovered two new planets in a far-away “太阳系 (tài …
Answer: B A facial recognition system is a computer application capable of identifying or verifying a person from a digital image or a video frame from a video source. Google Translate is a multilingual machine translation service developed by Google, to translate text from one …
Basic Chinese Character Strokes:
1. 横 hénɡ The Horizontal Stroke
2. 竖 shù The Vertical Stroke
撇 piě The Left Descending Stroke
捺 nà The Right Descending Stroke
3. 撇 piě The Left Descending Stroke
4. 捺 nà The Right Descending Stroke
5. 点 diǎn …
In life, we all have our moments of needing one more of something: “One more beer!” “One more bowl!” “One more time!” “One more gold medal!”
1. A: Fúwùyuán, zài yào yì wǎn miàn. B: Hǎo de! What does the customer …
1. A 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. B <<Back to “Video Lesson: One More Beer! (Part I)” …
Seems like everyone loves ice cream. But ice cream hotpot?
1. A: Tài rè le. Wǒ xiǎng chī ge tiántǒng, nǐ yào bu yào? B: Dāngrán yào. What do they want to have according to the dialogue? Please choose the best …
1. C 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. A <<Back to “Video Lesson: I Love Ice Cream!” …
Whenever my friends return home for the holidays (in China, that’s the New Year, Spring or Autumn Festival), they always end up calling me and complaining about the same thing: “Jennifer, my mom is at it again–I’m still not married, and she says I should …
Business relationships can be just as influential as personal ones in our daily lives, if you spend a lot of time at work. My fellow teachers and I are constantly interacting with one another, and this makes our lives richer and more fun, and it …
Answer:B 英语角 (yīngyǔ jiǎo) English Corner.
相亲角 (xiāngqīn jiǎo) Matchmaking Corner.
汉语角 (hànyǔ jiǎo) Chinese Corner.
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Red, black…when Chinese people use them, do you know what they REALLY mean?
1. Zhēn bù zhīdào Jill shì zǒu le shénme yùn. Tā de xīn nán péngyou shì yǒumíng de zuànshí wáng lǎo wǔ. Which of the followings is true? …
There is the Great Wall in China. There is the Eiffel Tower in France. There is the London Eye in U.K. Are there any landmarks in your Country?
1. A: Are there many foreigners in Beijing? B: Shì de, Běijīng yǒu …
1. C 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. B 6. C 7. A <<Back to “Video Lesson: There’s No Mai-Tai in This Bar!” …
Daily life can be vastly different between the USA and China. It’s no secret that the food, history and culture of the two countries are not always similar. One other aspect of life that is unique in China is the things you can find when …
