ChinesePod - Intermediate

Cultural divide is at times nowhere more evident than in matters of appetite. When it comes to cravings--you're pining for potato chips, she's fancying feet. You're itchin' for a little twinkie-binging loving, she's hankering for a little o' the necks. In this podcast, food-fusion, east-meets-west, necks-meet-pretzels... learn how to nosh in Mandarin Chinese! Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0579

You won't find Screech in this classroom, but you will find some interesting characters in our new junior high drama. Someone once said: “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” The same is true for history class. So here's some history in Mandarin Chinese, and don’t forget to use the exercises or you’ll be doomed to repeat this lesson. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0807

The Departed was a pretty good film, although we have an office-wide dispute over whether it's better than Infernal Affairs. Before you settle down to watch the Hong Kong original in its glorious Mandarin dub though, we recommend checking out this podcast to learn the Chinese of the streets. Otherwise the plot won't make much sense. Bonus points if you can spot our mole ahead of time. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0573

So famous in China that he ranks his own statue in a housing development, the Harry Potter craze of course didn't leave China untouched. Though a look around any street-side book cart may make one wonder if any of J.K. Rowlings millions came from this neck of the woods, all the same--Harry Potter is part of Chinese children's world now, too. Hear all about the little wizard in this podcast. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0919

The language of babies may be mysterious, but the customs of parenthood are universal. Granted, the open crotch pants of babies in China save on diaper changes, but all parents run the gauntlet of feedings, sleepless nights and the task of coming up with creative inducements to slumber. This podcast walks you through another time-honored parental tradition... that of sharing your woes with a friend--this time, in Mandarin Chinese. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0563

In this two-part hospitality series, we are going to talk about common dialogues in the hotel. Today in this episode, we are going to talk about the turndown service. Let's take a look! Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/4628

The job candidates are lined up outside the office, with their neckties, their crisply printed resumes, and their sweaty handshakes. You thought going to a job interview was nerve-wracking. What about giving one? Oh, how the tables have turned. Listen to this podcast for help. Learn how to prepare for conducting a job interview in Chinese in this podcast. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0905

You know her type: a different guy for every day of the week, the tantrum dramas, the high-maintenance demands for lavish tokens of your admiration, her every surface gaudily bedecked with her spoils. In this podcast, ChinesePod does a public service announcement and teaches you how to beware of the dreaded "easy" girl. Let the learner beware of her artifice... in Mandarin Chinese. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0557

In today's lesson, we will learn about the 4 ways to ask for something. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/4611

Is there a better way to mix with the locals than by shootin' some stick and throwing back some Tsingtao's? Those words that can often never get past the tip of your tongue will flow like wine by the third round of pijiu. You will need some basic billiard lingo in Mandarin Chinese to hang with the boys, however. Well, that and a solid bank shot. Get it in this podcast. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0895