In this lesson, you will learn basic expressions related to expressing where you come from and also the names of many countries in the world. You can start listening by clicking on the jukebox player.Listen carefully at first and later try to repeat. The English speaker reads once and the chinese speaker reads twice.

Expressing Countries & Where you are from

Basic Beginner Chinese Lessons- First words in Chinese

1. Greeting & Meeting People in Mandarin Chinese & Jobs vocabulary
2. Where are you from? Names of Countries vocabulay
3. Expressing Thanks and Apologies in Chinese
4. Numbers-count in Chinese - Easy- Number Vocabulary Lesson & how to build more words using numbers as prefixes and suffixes.
5. Talking about family and jobs & Occupation in Chinese

Elementary & Survival Chinese Lessons

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

For English Learners & Teachers

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