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Beginner Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Daily Chinese - Where are you?

今天我们要讲的课程是关于打电话，today we will talk about conversations over the phone. There are some customs that are unique and different, for example, instead of asking 你是谁, who are you, the Chinese way to ask is where are you, 你是哪里？And of course, the response should not be the actually location of where you are. If you want to find out what the response should, please tune in to today's lesson.

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Beginner Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Daily Chinese - Run the red light

老师在中文里也可以说成是师傅，you can also use the word 师傅 for teacher, but this word is mostly used to refer to a male teacher. But today this name is not only used for teachers, but also for all males who provide services, such as: taxi driver, tour guide, agent or sales person.

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Beginner Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Daily Chinese - Hot or cold

今天我们要学习一组短语，today we will talk about a short phrase, 一边一边, doing something while you are on something else.

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Beginner Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Daily Chinese - Chinese Traditional Festivals

In today's lesson, I will talk about the Chinese traditional festival. There are quite a few, such as: 春节 - Spring festival, 元宵节 - Lantern festival, 端午节 - Dragon Boat festival and 中秋节 - Middle Autumn festival. We will talk about all of these in this lesson.

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Beginner Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Daily Chinese - Online shopping

Today we will talk about online shopping, 网上购物 or 网购。So what type of shopper are you? Do you prefer shopping online or to actually shop on the street? Of course, they both have their pros and cons, and for me, I prefer to buy things online, because it saves time and you can find better deals online. But of course, you wouldn't be able to get your shopping on the same day.

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Beginner Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Daily Chinese - The air conditioner is broken

Today we will talk about the hot weather, especially for people who lives in south China, such as 广州，武汉，or even Hong Kong, it is very hot there in the summer, sometimes the temperature can reach 40 degrees, nobody wants to be outside or anywhere without an air conditioner. But in our Chinese Podcast today, the person in the dialogue lives in a place, where the air con is damaged, and that is why he was saying that人就像在蒸笼里一样. Tune in to learn the meaning of this Chinese expression.

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Beginner Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Daily Chinese - When we are together

Hello 大家好，又到了我们学习中文的时间，it is time for us to learn Chinese from VisualMandarin.com, my name is Teresa, you also can call me 吴老师. As in Chinese culture, the way to address your teacher is to say their surnames with the word 老师－teacher. So things that 吴老师 will discuss with you today, the word 当，看 and 一起.

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Beginner Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Daily Chinese - I have to go

Today we will talk about something that someone must do, 今天我们要学习的是一个短语 – 非要不可。 We might hear this phrase quite often, or we might say it quite often, especially for girls, we definitely want this dress, I have to buy this purse, 我非要买这件衣服不可。And there is no otherwise, 没有另一个选择。

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Beginner Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Daily Chinese - Have you received the parcel?

今天我们要讲的是寄包裹。 Things we will talk today are about sending and receiving a parcel. First I will play a dialogue, please listen carefully, and then I will go through each sentence with you. 我们初级课程中的对话都很简单，我相信你一定能听懂。

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Beginner Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Daily Chinese - Can I have a milk tea?

今天吴老师要教大家买奶茶。If you've ever been to China, you wouldn't want to miss the Chinese milk tea, it is a tea beverage with tapioca balls mixed in. The most notable difference between Chinese milk tea and other tea is the tapioca in the bottom of the drink. It looks like black pearls in water, so the Chinese name for milk tea is 珍珠奶茶. 珍珠奶茶 has so many different flavours, such as: blueberry, chocolate, mango, strawberry, vanilla and so on. In this lesson, I will not only teach you the history of milk tea but I will also teach you how to order one, so that you will be able to enjoy a nice cup of tea in the hot summer day.

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