Chinese Language Learning

Saint Mother, a goddess on Mount Hua, fell in love with Liu Yanchang, an immortal. The two of them had a son named Chenxiang. God Erlang, Saint Mother’s brother, was quite unhappy about this situation. He grabbed the lotus lantern from Saint Mother and imprisoned her under Mount Hua. At the age of eight, Chenxiang decided to set off on his own to rescue his mother....

Do you want to master the vocabulary required to conduct conversations freely in various situations? Listen to "English Vocabulary Master - 150 Phrasal Verbs". This audio course on an intermediate/advanced level is aimed to teach and consolidate knowledge of more than 150 phrasal verbs that occur most frequently in everyday conversations and written texts. Learning takes place through the association of meanings in contexts. The set of exercises in each lesson allow the learner to master and consolidate the verbs quickly.

Do you want to speak English fluently in various situations? Listen to "English in Situations. Holiday Travels - New Edition". This audio course at intermediate level masters the conversational skills required to communicate freely in everyday situations. Each lesson presents a new subject of typical conversations and teaches how to form sentences independently - ask questions, make requests, pass on information and solve every day problems connected with travelling and going abroad.

Is your child learning Chinese Mandarin and you wish to help him/her improve his/her understanding of the language so they can slowly build their confidence when speaking Chinese Mandarin? Let this audiobook do all the heavy lifting for you as far as teaching your son/daughter chinese mandarin is concerned! You will find actionable content that will instantly get your little one to start speaking Chinese Mandarin and the content follows a logical order to make it easy to follow.

It’s International Food Day at school, yum! Oh no! Lucas starts having a major allergic reaction! Can Maxx and their teacher, Ms. Ori, help? Will Lucas be ok? Can Doctor Z. figure out the mystery of the hidden peanut? 今天是学校的国际食品日嗯 糟糕了 卢卡斯开始 出现严重的过敏反应麦克斯和奥里老师能帮上忙吗卢卡斯会好吗张医生能解开隐藏花生的奥秘吗.

Learn Chinese in a whole new way, based on up-to-date understanding of linguistics and learning psychology. Drawing on the best innovations in language instruction of the last 40 years, Dr. Blair's method integrates a variety of language-teaching approaches and activities into one breakthrough course.

Get By in Chinese is devised specifically for travellers. The 70-minute download will help you to get to grips with the basics of spoken Chinese, and introduces the most relevant language you'll hear when you're there. Listen to the audio a couple of times to practise the key phrases and vocabulary, and familiarise yourself with Chinese pronunciation.

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Travel words and phrases in Mandarin Chinese. 300 essential words and phrases, at the hotel, the restaurant, at work, etc, and the 100 most common verbs. Mandarin is by far the largest of the seven or ten Chinese dialect groups, spoken by 70 percent of all Chinese speakers. Number of native speakers for mandarin chinese : 960 million. How to learn a language differently ? Today, language learning is revolutionizing : you do not have to go to traditional language classes anymore.

Two imperial concubines become pregnant. The emperor tells them that whoever gives birth to a boy first will be the queen. No one expected the emperor’s offer to embroil the palace in the gory intrigue that follows....

Hua Mulan was a brave and intelligent young lady who developed an interest in riding and archery at a young age. When her country was faced an enemy invasion, she was determined to fight the war in the place of her aging and fragile father. She put on a war robe and disguised herself as a man.

These four tales are based on very old stories collected and retold by Lin Yutang in Famous Chinese Short Stories, originally published in 1948. Lin wrote dozens of books in Chinese and English, and has been recognized for his witty and warm style of writing, and for bringing Chinese culture to an English-speaking audience. We have selected four of his best stories for inclusion in this book, and have retold them to appeal to modern listeners and use a limited vocabulary of just 700 different Chinese words.

These six wonderful folk tales are based on stories told by Norman Hinsdale Pitman in A Chinese Wonder Book, originally published in 1918. Pitman collected and published several collections of folk tales and other Chinese books. We have taken the liberty of retelling all six stories to be appropriate for a modern audience, and to use a limited vocabulary, most of which are in the standard 1200-word HSK4 vocabulary.

In ancient Chinese mythology, Nüwa was the goddess who created the universe. She was half woman and half snake. Legend claimed that she created human by kneading clay into her image. One day, heaven collapsed, the earth cracked and a flood occurred. A Black Dragon Demon devoured humans as they appeared and they were confronted with an unprecedented catastrophe. How would Nüwa help the humans? Would she defeat the Black Dragon Demon? Please listen to the story of Nüwa to find out.

Chunyu Yi has five daughters. However, the absence of a son always makes his heart sink. To his surprise, when he is in trouble, Tiying, his youngest daughter, bravely steps forward to help.

Long, long ago, people didn't know how to distinguish which plants were edible and which were not. Many suffered poisoning from eating the wrong food. Shennong, the chieftain of a tribe, decided to solve this problem.

A villager named Li Er found his cow’s tongue was mysteriously cut. He then reported his case to Bao Zheng. The judge used a clever way to find out the truth….

Do you know the Monkey King? If so, do you know that his master, Xuanzang, was a real historical figure? Xuanzang was a Buddhist monk during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). More than 1,000 years ago, he traversed more than 25,000 km and overcame countless difficulties and dangers along the way to study Buddhism in India....

By Hangzhou’s picturesque West Lake lived a young man named Xu Xian. He fell in love with Bai Suzhen, a beautiful and kindhearted young lady. The two of them lived happily together, until Fahai, an evil monk, discovered Bai’s secret and tried to separate them by taking Xu away forcibly. To get Xu back, Bai fought against Fahai and summoned a flood using her magic powers.... Would Bai Suzhen succeed against Fahai?

How did people weigh an elephant in ancient China? A young child came up with a brilliant solution.

Kurs prednaznachen dlja teh, kto sobiraetsja poehat' za rubezh na otdyh ili v delovuju poezdku i nuzhdaetsja v bystrom osvoenii kitajskogo jazyka. Kurs predostavljaet vozmozhnost' usvoit' naibolee upotrebitel'nye slova i vyrazhenija, rasshirit' svoj slovarnyj zapas. Vozmozhnost' proslushat' zvukovoj material v ljuboj moment (nahodjas' doma, v mashine, v samolete ili poezde) delaet dannyj kurs maksimal'no poleznym dlja vseh, kto zhelaet uluchshit' svoi znanija kitajskogo jazyka.