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New Year Kick-off Meeting (for Intermediate & above Chinese learners, Jan 14)
Hi! Thank you for attending our New Year Kick-off Meeting for Intermediate & above Chinese learners. I hope you enjoyed learning Chinese and business related words and phrases. Here’s the slide we used during Saturday’s meeting: 20120114_Chinese_2011_10_big_events The topics we covered are as follows: - Self introduction - China 2011 10 big events from Sina weibo - Steve Job’s death and the reaction of Chinese internet community Feel free to join us: http://www.meetup.com/Business-Chinese-NYC/ Read More →
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East Asian Language Learning meetup report (1214)
Hi! Last week was our final learning meeting this year and we hope you benefit a great deal from it. [Chinese team] Topic: Some episodes about Zhou Enlai We watched a historic video about Zhou Enlai: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viuj1WjTIT4&feature=youtube_gdata_player and talked about some historic stories related to that period. [Selected vocabulary] 总理(zǒng lǐ) Premier 荤菜(hūn càì) meat or fish dish 素菜(sù cài) vegetable dish 宴会(yàn huì) dinner party 风度翩翩(fēng dù piān piān) graceful bearing. 指举止文雅优美。 蜂拥而来(fēng yōng ér lái)... Read→
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East Asian Language Learning meetup report (1207)
Hi! Here is the summary of our regular practice on 12/07. [Chinese team] Topic: “China to Face Severe Challenges in Foreign Trade next year” We listened to the video news http://www.voanews.com/chinese/programs/tv/59070652.html “中国明年外贸出口将面临挑战” and practiced repeating sentences and comprehension Q&A. You can find the English translation news here: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-12-06/china-to-face-severe-challenges-in-trade-next-year-mofcom-says.html [Selected vocabulary] 白皮书(báipíshū) White Paper 国务院(guówùyuàn) the State Council 商务部(shāngwùbù)... Read→
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Business Chinese Kick-off Meeting (for Entry-level Chinese learners, Dec. 11)
Hi! Thank you for attending our first Kick-off Meeting for Entry-level Chinese learners. I hope you enjoyed learning some basics of the Chinese language. Here’s the slide we used during today’s meeting: 20111211_Chinese for Beginners1.pptx The topics we covered today: - Chinese character overview, character forms, writing - Chinese dialects and Mandarin, - Mandarin phonetics, tones, and grammar - Simple daily conversation – greetings and self introduction Feel free to join us: http://www.meetup.com/Business-Chinese-NYC/events/41066062/ Read More →
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East Asian Language Learning meetup report (1130)
Hi! How was your Thanksgiving holiday? Here is the summary of our regular practice on 11/30. [Chinese team] Topic: Chinese students in America We discussed some issues on Chinese students in America based on this article :http://fangbolin.blog.caixin.cn/archives/26251. We disagreed with most of the author’s opinions that led to a very active discussion. [Selected vocabulary] 固然(gùrán) no doubt; it is true. 承认某个事实，引出下文转折，如：A固然好，B也很好。 不亚于(búyàyú) not second to 障碍(zhàngài) barrier, obstacle 死记硬背(sǐjìyìngbèi) cram... Read→
