Learn Chinese with ChineseClass101.com. You are in China helping a friend shop around for houses that he can buy. He is currently investing in the Chinese housing market and wants a few properties to flip, with you doing most of the carpentry. You figured this job will keep you busy most of your summer and will pay well, considering this is your friend you are talking about. Your friend is looking at one property and is considering buying it. It is kind of run down and looks as if it needs quite a bit of work. You ask him nervously in Chinese, “You have seen Flip This House, right?” He gives you a questioning look, implying an answer you did not want. You know how much money he has to invest, but it doesn’t look like he knows just how much it would cost to repair the house he is looking at. All you can think about is one particular episode of the TV show you asked your friend about - the investor went bankrupt because he did not listen to his contractor. Maybe you can figure a way out of this before it is too late.
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4 Responses to “Intermediate Lesson #9 - The Housing Market in China”
Wednesday at 6:30 pm
The island province of Hainan has been notorious for land speculation and ove inflated housing prices. For more information on the current state of the real estate market, be sure to check out our cultural insight in the lesson notes.
Wednesday at 10:53 pm
Awesome, I finally tried the iPod center button, and instantly I felt better about remembering new Zhongwen! Just starting to try out intermediate! About 75% of the people I encounter in Chinatown sound different in speaking. Probly Cantonese, bu Mandarin, ma? Everyone is patient and helpful, however, and I was really delighted when the small group of musicians older-than-me allowed me to try out their beautiful lacquered-bamboo chang di and dizi. And I jammed with them! In the Park near Bayard! Now to return to humbly ask where to obtain the actual notes, to learn these traditional melodies! I imagine these guys absorbed this stuff very early, before speech, perhaps!
, who is keeping him from losing hope or passing out, as he returns from a mission with airplane damaged. You have such a voice! xie xie nin!
Love your audio, folks. Echo, did you ever hear of a WW2 British film, I think it’s “Stairway to Heaven” (not heavy-metal!) about a pilot who is mesmerized by the beautiful voice of a female nurse
Monday at 1:31 am
@Peter,
It was so sweet of you
Xie4xie5 ni3! Wo3 zhen1 gao1xing4!(我真高兴)
Zhu4 ni3 yi2qie4 dou1 hao3! (祝你一切都好!) Jia1you2! (加油)
–Echo
Sunday at 6:35 pm
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