ChinesePod - Intermediate

Manicured landscape, clean streets, not a piece of trash in sight, humidity... no, you're not at Disneyworld, but you might as well be... it's the most sterile city in the world, Singapore. Cliches aside, it's another cool place you can go and try out your Mandarin skills. Listen to this podcast, and get practicing-la. Or just go to Disneyworld... there's Chinese people there too--they love Minnie. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0753

You've gotten drunk on the baijiu, put in your time at KTV, and now is your chance to finally close the deal. Do you have the Chinese to do it? In this podcast, learn how to secure an exclusive super-duper excellent deal, and all the exciting details that come with the territory. Word of the wise: negotiating drunk is not recommended. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1026

It’s slightly reminiscent of your friendly neighborhood ‘Oriental Palace’, but where is the General Tsao’s Chicken and florescent pink sweet and sour pork? Though the smells and greasy tables feel strangely familiar, this isn’t the Chinese take-out of your memory. This podcast is a Mandarin lesson to reacquaint you with Chinese food, Chinese-style. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0747

Some addictions are better than others. Internet addiction, for example, is bad. Bad, unless of course, the addiction revolves around being on the internet compulsively reloading chinesepod.com every five minutes. Replaying each link of each podcast until slumped over in a heap. Pinning up pictures of the most active users on your wall. This good. Other addictions bad. Learn more in this podcast, in Chinese. 500 times. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1021

They were the best of times, they were the worst of times. Let's go back to your student days. Oh, the days of the camaraderie of communal showers, burning midnight oil, and abiding the delicate snores of your insufferable four roommates. Of course, all this fun had its consequences. Listen to this podcast and hear about them, in Mandarin Chinese. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0741

Ali vs. Foreman... Skywalker vs. Vader... Donahue vs. Oprah... There was always a winner and a loser. This may not be any rumble in the jungle, but the results are just as hard to bet on... and the odds, well, just odd. Listen to this podcast, where Google takes on Baidu. May the best Chinese search engine win. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1013

You survived the bike ride home on the handlebars of your friend's bike who was too drunk to walk. You made it to your apartment. You should drink water, and you should certainly shower off the baijiu that's seeping through your pores, but that bed is calling. As the room spins, you realize it will all be for naught if you can't brag about your exploits. Learn how to in this podcast, in Mandarin. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0734

Zooming cars, screeching tires. The only thing missing is a helmet and seatbelt to strap you in. You heard Formula One racing was coming to China. You thought it was already here. Listen to this podcast and learn in Chinese about the noise and speed of this race that is the big brother of your Shanghai morning commute. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0991

Thank you for calling, for directions in English press 1 now: *1*... for directions in Mandarin press 2 now: *1*, *1*... for directions in Cantonese, press 3 now: *1*, *1*, *1*, if you know your party's extension press 4 now, *11111111*, if you'd like to speak to the operator, press 0 now, *0*. I'm sorry that extension is invalid, please hang up and try again. Circumnavigate automated phone hell--in this podcast, learn your *'s and #'s in Chinese. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0731

With traditional Chinese money values (hiding piles of cash in a sock in the closet) changing, so is the world of debt in China. While you still won't find your card as welcome as a nice brick of not-so-crisp 100 notes, join in the debate of cash versus credit in this podcast. You will learn about the good, the bad, and the ugly of applying for a Chinese credit card, in Mandarin. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0986