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Quickstart Chinese is an audio course for complete beginners. The 140-minute download introduces you to essential holiday language, so you'll learn how to find a place to stay, get around town, order in restaurants, hit the shops, have a drink, and enjoy the nightlife.

English for Cantonese Chinese Speakers Phase 1, Unit 1 contains 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and isolated vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. The lesson contains full practice for all vocabulary introduced in this unit.

English for Mandarin Speakers Phase 1, Unit 1 contains 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and isolated vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. The lesson contains full practice for all vocabulary introduced in this unit.

Meet Regional Emmy nominated Kimberly Ming in one of the most intimate settings, her speaking to you. Ming takes you on a journey using short stories and spoken word poetry to explore concepts of race, culture, and belonging as someone who is Chinese and Puerto Rican. She uses writing as a tool to create a home for herself and others within mixed and multicultural spaces.

After his family's matchmaking extravaganza at Thanksgiving, high school teacher Zach Wong is terrified of what his parents might do for Chinese New Year. Surely they'll try to set him up yet again, especially now that his older brothers are in relationships. Zach, however, has no interest in dating, not since his fiancee left him. The solution? Find a fake girlfriend to avoid his parents' matchmaking.

Do you struggle with stress eating, binge eating, emotional eating and all types of overeating? Do you repeatedly go on diets, manage to lose weight, only to gain it all back? Yes? I know what it is to be overweight, tired, and sick all the time with what seems to be no end in sight. Life is too short and beautiful to be fat, sick and tired.

The 1000 essential words. How to learn a language differently ? With our learning method : I listen, I repeat, I speak. We rely on pronunciation, oral rehearsal, listening, combined with words, essential phrases, and a vocabulary list. 20% of the words are used 80% of the time. The end goal is to get a sufficient level in one language to be able to hold simple conversations, to be able to understand simple exchanges, deal with with everyday life and start exploring the new culture that opens up to you.

In this Guide to Buddhahood which the Chinese call Hsuan Fo Pu the listener will actually get Buddhism arranged in a definite and regular order, beginning with the lowest scale of existence and ascending regularly through the different stages of progress till finally Paradise and Buddhahood are attained.

Start speaking Chinese in minutes, and grasp the language, culture and customs in just minutes more with Absolute Beginner - Chinese, a completely new way to learn Chinese with ease! Absolute Beginner - Chinese will have you speaking with proper pronunciation from the very first lesson and arm you with cultural insight and other information to utterly shock and amaze your Chinese friends.

Start speaking Chinese in minutes, and grasp the language, culture and customs in just minutes more with Survival Phrases - Chinese, a completely new way to learn Basic Chinese fast! Survival Phrases - Chinese will have you speaking with proper pronunciation from the very first lesson and prepare you with cultural insight, travel tips and other information to utterly shock and amaze your friends and family, travel companions and people you meet along the way.

Start speaking Chinese in minutes, and grasp the language, culture and customs in just minutes more with Absolute Beginner - Chinese, a completely new way to learn Chinese with ease! Absolute Beginner - Chinese will have you speaking with proper pronunciation from the very first lesson and arm you with cultural insight and other information to utterly shock and amaze your Chinese friends.

Start speaking Chinese in minutes, and grasp the language, culture and customs in just minutes more with Survival Phrases - Chinese, a completely new way to learn Basic Chinese fast! Survival Phrases - Chinese will have you speaking with proper pronunciation from the very first lesson and prepare you with cultural insight, travel tips and other information to utterly shock and amaze your friends and family, travel companions and people you meet along the way.

Start speaking Chinese in minutes, and grasp the language, culture and customs in just minutes more with Absolute Beginner - Chinese, a completely new way to learn Chinese with ease! Absolute Beginner - Chinese will have you speaking with proper pronunciation from the very first lesson and arm you with cultural insight and other information to utterly shock and amaze your Chinese friends.

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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You are not the only ones who are occasionally confused, misunderstood, and lost in the wonderful yet sophisticated Chinese system. For those of you who have committed yourself to taking a deeper, more structural and practical, modern approach to learning Chinese culture, you will find this book informative and at the same time compassionate.

Inside the Chinese Wine Industry takes you on a thrilling adventure through the past, present, and future of wine in China. The wine business is one of the world’s most compelling industries, and China is considered the rising star. A hidden secret, the Chinese wine production continues to grow at an amazing pace. It is poised to soon enter the top five producing nations, supplanting long-established countries such as Australia.

A MUST-have for travel! Speak French instantly! Simple, natural, helpful! More than 1,300 sound-tracked words, more than 340 expressions, and 14 tracks. Volume Basic is a synthesis of useful words and phrases from 30 common topics.

Embark on a journey to fluency in Mandarin Chinese with the 'Chinese Conversation Starter: Unlock Your Path to Fluent' audiobook. This comprehensive resource features six engaging lessons designed to equip learners with essential conversational skills. From mastering greetings and introductions to expressing gratitude and more, each lesson offers around 15 carefully crafted sentences, meticulously read three times—twice slowly to aid pronunciation and comprehension, and once at a natural pace.

Ming Da is only nine years old when he becomes the emperor of China. His ministers take advantage of the boy emperor by stealing rice, gold, and precious stones. But Ming Da has a plan. He orders his tailors to make him “magical” new clothes that only honest people can see. Can Ming Da outsmart his ministers and save his country?

Jia’s family is busy preparing for the Chinese New Year feast at their restaurant in Chinatown, and Jia wants to take part. But each time she tries to help she’s told that she’s too young: too young to be in the kitchen, too young to light the lanterns, too young to carry the plates. And then the feast begins, and something wonderful happens. When Jia is scolded for getting too close to the exciting lion dance, one of the dancers swoops her up and into the costume, and suddenly she’s a part of the performance—a crucial part that saves the show.