We have a neighbor who is a famous symphony composer. The other busy day he popped in and asked if Hubs could translate his song…immediately. So, being the good natured jolly fellow that Hubs is, he agreed.

The song is going to be presented to some Beijing Olympic Song Committee. It may or may

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During one of my first Chinese classes, the word “telegram” ?? was in the word bank. I had only been in China for a few days and I was not expecting any telegrams. I became rather frustrated with my teacher who gave us a 5 minute lecture on how to use the word telegram. Yes,

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Last we mentioned, I won the Three Gorges University Chinese language competition. After the competition, I learned that the top three would move on to the next round.

The following day, I began studying in preparation for the provincial competition in Wuhan next month. The university liaison gave me a study guide which I needed to

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On April 21st, I was invited to participate in the first annual Three Gorges University Foreign Student Chinese Language Preliminary Competition. (Chinese love competitions, especially speech competitions.) The competitors included myself, 7 Nepalese and 2 Indian students. (The Indians and Nepalese are part of the medical program at the University.) There were four sections

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