With the rapid development of cities, sometimes we find that we seem in a different place, although the place we were really familiar with in the past. In today’s story, our protagonist visited a place where he had been there for many times. He found that he could this place has changed a lot and he could hardly recognize. 

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The word of “ha” in Chinese has a few of different meanings and could be used in different circumstances. In today’s story, we are going to look at the use of “ha” as a modal particle word. We will see that it really makes some differences with or without using this word.

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The development of character has gone through a long history of evolution. In China, there are many ethnic minorities and some of them have their unique written characters and speaking languages. In today’s story, we are going to look at the characters on the Chinese paper currency, which involved several minority scripts besides the standard Chinese character. It is interesting to see all of them reflect the history of character’s evolution and dissemination. 

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In many people’s perception, the conditions of camping tours are very rudimentary. Due to the epidemic of COVID-19, people couldn’t travel really far away from where they are living and they want to enjoy the wildness as well as quality accommodations, therefore, a new way of camping has been developed among Chinese people-luxury camping. In today’s story, we are going to discuss what is luxury camping, its impact on the environment and how it impact on people’s life. 

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For people who have been to China, they may find the names of some places in north China sound a bit strange and funny and the place’s names in south sound poetic. In today’s story, we are going to discuss the differences between the names of places in south and north china and the reasons behind the differences. 

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In Chinese, there are many linguistic forms, such as set phrases, proverbs, sayings, and two-part allegorical saying etc. In today’s story, we are going to learn a phrase that describes the weather by using a special linguistic form.

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In every country, there are beautiful and moving stories about love, and even if some of the stories are sad, they are unforgettable and passed down for many years. Today, we are going to hear a beautiful love story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. Their faithful and loyal love story is one of the most popular dramas on stage for Chinese people. You might have heard of the violin concerto "Butterfly Lovers" before, if you haven’t heard it before, we definitely recommend you to do. 

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When we learn a language, we always try to pronounce the words as accurate as possible. However, it is not easy at all, even native speakers could find some difficulties to pronounce the words in a 100% accurate way. In today’s story, we are going to hear a conversation between David and Xiaohong about speaking Putonghua with accurate pronunciation. Xiaohong is a native Chinese speaker. Let’s see why Xiaohong advised David not to be too strict with him on the pronunciation.

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In the era of Internet, all kinds of new words and expressions emerge one after another. Most of them are quite creative and there would always be some reasons behind the creation of words. In today’s story, we are going to look at a new way of expression that is quite interesting, it often reflects two different meanings in one sentence and therefore, the form of the expression is different compared with other structure of sentences. Let’s take a look what it is. 

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Mountain climbing has become a quite popular leisure activity nowadays. Some mountains are easy to climb and some are difficult. In today’s story, we are going to see that our protagonist went for mountain climbing with his friends. Although it is not an easy one to climb, luckily they have some advantage on their side. 

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