Chinesefortravel.com features basic survival Chinese lessons as online podcasts and mp3 downloads. With a simple listen and speak communicative language approach you will learn and become confident with using simple basic survival Chinese. On this page we have made the mp3 downloads available so you can take along while you travel. These downlaods will help you develop primary listening, comprehension and speaking skills.

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Basic Beginner Chinese Lessons- First Lessons in Chinese

1. 1- Greeting & Meeting People in Mandarin Chinese & Jobs vocabulary
• Download this mp3- Expressions & Useful phrases
• Download this mp3- Vocabulary about jobs
1. 2- Where are you from? & Names of Countries vocabulay
• Download this mp3- Useful phrases about places and countries
• Download this mp3- Country names vocabulary
1. 3- Expressing Thanks and Apologies in Chinese
• Download this mp3 - Saying thanks and sorry in Chinese
1. 4-Numbers-count in Chinese - Easy- Number Vocabulary Lesson & how to build more words using numbers as prefixes and suffixes.
• Download this mp3- How to count in Chinese
• Download this mp3- Number prefixes/months of the year & days of the week lesson
1. 5- Talking about family and jobs & Occupation in Chinese
• Download this mp3- family members vocabulary
• Download this mp3- useful phrases about family

Elementary & Survival Chinese Lessons

1. Eating out - At the restaurant :
   • Restaurant Dialogue and Translation of phrases
   • Useful expressions related to ordering food and drinks in a restaurant- Download mp3
   • A grammar and vocabulary analysis of the useful phrases - Download mp3
   • Drinks vocabulary podcast lesson - Download mp3
   • Alcoholic drinks lesson podcast- Download mp3
   • Restaurant talk- Express how you feel about food- Download mp3
   • Restaurant talk - Hear the expressions analyzed - Download mp3
   • Meat vocabulary lesson podcasts - Download mp3
   • Commonly eaten Chinese food - Download mp3
   • Restaurant culture and table manners - Download mp3
   • Seafood vocabulary lesson podcast- Download mp3
   • Vegetable vocabulary podcast lesson - Download mp3
2. At the hotel : This lesson contains the following parts:
• Hotel reservation and checking in key phrases - Download mp3
• Vocabulary lesson podcast related to booking a room - Download mp3
• Sentence and useful phrases analysis- Download mp3
3. Shopping for clothes- Learn how to go shopping for clothes in this podcast
   • Shopping Dialogue & Translation
   • Useful expressions and phrases used when shopping for clothes - Download mp3
   • Clothes vocabulary podcast lesson- Download mp3
   • Colors Vocabulary Mp3
   • Sentence structure and vocabulary analysis of useful expressions- Download mp3
4. Making phone calls in Chinese: Learn telephone Chinese
   • Making Phone call - Short Dialogue & Translation
   • Useful expressions used when making phone calls- Download mp3
   • Making appointments on the phone- Download mp3
   • Analysis of useful expressions and words - Download mp3
5. Post office Chinese lesson podcast: Learn how to send and receive things at the post office
• Useful phrases and key expressions used at the post office- Download mp3
• Useful words often used at the post office- Download mp3
• Post office sentence and vocabulary analysis- Download mp3
6. Seeing a doctor : Learn how to talk about your health problems to a doctor
   • Useful expressions and phrases used when seeing a doctor- Download mp3
   • Body discomfort vocabulary lesson podcast- vocab lesson 1- Download mp3
   • Sentence vocabulary grammar and structure analysis- Download mp3
   • Doctors advice - phrases doctors would normally use - Download mp3
   • Sickness vocabulary podcast lesson- vocab lesson 2- Download mp3
7. Going Places: Learn words related to traveling :
   • Useful phrases and expressions related to traveling - Download mp3
   • Useful words on booking travel services- Download mp3
   • Sentence structure & Grammar explained- Download mp3
8. Going to the bank : You will learn the following:
   • Dialogue and translation of key phrases
   • Words commonly used at the bank- Download mp3

By breaking down the lessons into useful phrases, vocabulary and sentence structure analysis, experience has proven that most foreigners will learn enough to communicate with while in China. We have picked the most relevant topics ( the things a traveler always needs)

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