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Lesson LibraryAdvanced Topics: Culture and History
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Advanced Topics: Culture and History
You'll learn about culture, history, folklore, arts, and more.
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75 Audio Lessons
1

Memory for a Lifetime

Learn the story of one Chinese pet owner and her beloved cat Chanel

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 • 2 Minutes
2

A Street, A Memory

Hear a story about young Chinese love

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 • 2 Minutes
3

A Late Night Cigarette

Hear the story of a young woman in China and what cigarettes and their smell mean to her

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 • 3 Minutes
4

Being Content

Hear about a lonely day in China, in which our host just wanted to spend the day alone

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 • 2 Minutes
5

Being a Smart Kid

Hear about memories of a childhood in China

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 • 2 Minutes
6

International Women's Day

Learn about the relationship between men and women in today's society

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 • 3 Minutes
7

Comfort Food

Learn a fantastic Chinese recipe

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 • 3 Minutes
8

The Urge to Write

Learn about a young Chinese woman who has struggled with pleasing people in her writing and learn how she handles it

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 • 2 Minutes
9

My Girlfriend

Hear the story of a Chinese woman looking back on the relationship she had with her best friend in China as a child and the innocence of the relationship

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 • 3 Minutes
10

My Day

Hear typical day of our Chinese host

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 • 3 Minutes
11

Days in the Sun

Hear our Chinese host talk about maintaining a positive outlook on life in China

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 • 2 Minutes
12

My Missing Cellphone

Learn some common words to use to get a new phone in the unfortunate circumstance that your cell phone is stolen or lost while you are in China

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 • 2 Minutes
13

Sun and Sweets

Listen to our host talk about her experience with Wenyu Cheese on Nan Luogu Xiang

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 • 1 Minute
14

A Strange Dream

Hear about our Chinese host's dream

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 • 2 Minutes
15

A Mother's Concern

Learn how to talk about your birthday, your parents, and the relationship that binds you together through even the most difficult times

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 • 2 Minutes
16

Working on a Dream

Hear a story about making decisions after college in China

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 • 3 Minutes
17

The Joy of Being Busy

Listen to our Chinese host talk about what she does in her spare time to relax in China

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 • 2 Minutes
18

Changes

Hear about what our host considers about a perfect match

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 • 2 Minutes
19

Trials

Learn about a much-anticipated event in China

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 • 3 Minutes
20

Courage!

Hear a story about the first time our host gave blood

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 • 2 Minutes
21

Looking back at 2008

Hear our Chinese host talk about the first time she gave blood

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 • 3 Minutes
22

Right or Wrong?

Hear about one of our host's past relationships and the effect that it had on her

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 • 3 Minutes
23

The Perils of Beauty

Hear what happened when our host let her vanity get the better of her and bought some new contact lenses that would change the color of her eyes

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 • 2 Minutes
24

Graduation Tears

Learn how to talk about your birthday, your parents, and the relationship that binds you together through even the most difficult times

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 • 2 Minutes
25

A Single Valentine's Day

Learn how to talk about your birthday, your parents, and the relationships that bind you together through even the most difficult times

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 • 2 Minutes
26

Friends

Hear our Chinese host talk about what happened to a good friend of hers from university

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 • 2 Minutes
27

A Brush with Death

Hear about overcoming the sense of guilt and pain when bad things happen to good friends

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 • 2 Minutes
28

Beijing Bicycle

Listen to Echo describe the perils of her daily commute to work

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 • 4 Minutes
29

My Weight-Loss Challenge

Hear about a secret Chinese weight loss tips; how to take those pounds off and keep them off

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 • 3 Minutes
30

My Love for McDonalds

Hear an embarrassing secret about the last time Echo headed out for fast food

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 • 3 Minutes
31

Back to the Village

Hear about Echo's annual pilgrimage home during Chinese New Year's Festival

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 • 3 Minutes
32

Wal-Mart, You've Got Competition

Learn about one of the strangest developments to hit the Chinese economy, and practice your Chinese language abilities in the process

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 • 3 Minutes
33

A Beggar's Life

Hear about the streets of Beijing with her thoughts on the beggars our hostess sees every day

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 • 3 Minutes
34

Living with My Boyfriend

Learn about housework

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 • 3 Minutes
35

Late Night Guest

Hear a story about temptations of food and beer from late night guests

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 • 3 Minutes
36

My Struggles with Chinese Banks

Hear a story about what happened when our hostess forgot the username and password for her online bank account

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 • 4 Minutes
37

Snakes, Mice, and Shovels, Oh My!

Hear about how our hostess's family dealt with an infestation of mice and snakes

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 • 3 Minutes
38

You Ever Had Nights Like This

Hear our Chinese host tell us about her dreams

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 • 3 Minutes
39

My Forbidden City Story

Hear our Chinese host tell us about a trip she took to the Forbidden City and the impression it made on her

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 • 3 Minutes
40

The Hard Way

Hear our Chinese host narrate a story of a cross-country train ride she took from Chengdu to Beijing and the misadventures she encountered along the way

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 • 4 Minutes
41

Do You Believe in Ghosts?

Hear about our host's experiences with the spirit world

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 • 4 Minutes
42

My New Chinese Kitten

Learn what happened the first time our host showed her kitten a mirror

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 • 4 Minutes
43

Living Alone

Hear about the trials and tribulations of living alone in China

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 • 4 Minutes
44

It's All Her Mother's Fault

Hear our Chinese host wades into the debate about the state of the housing market

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 • 4 Minutes
45

Back to the Village, Part II

Hear our Chinese host narrate a story all about her last trip back to her home village

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 • 3 Minutes
46

Where Do I Put My Leg Again?

Hear about the pains and pleasures of yoga as introduced by our host Gail

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 • 3 Minutes
47

Ghostly Curiosity

Hear our Chinese host describe her feelings about a haunted house in the neighborhood

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 • 4 Minutes
48

Transnational Love

Hear our Chinese host tell us what she and her friends think of men

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 • 4 Minutes
49

An Inexperienced Gardener

Learn about how to grow your own plot of bamboo and - most importantly - what not to do so you can avoid killing off your garden

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 • 4 Minutes
50

Good Riddance, Student Loan

Hear about our host paying off her student loans and experiencing the feeling of complete financial freedom for the first time

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 • 3 Minutes
51

Buying a Bike in China

Hear the story of our Chinese host

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 • 4 Minutes
52

To Save or to Sleep: Stray Dogs in Beijing

Hear the story of our Chinese host

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 • 4 Minutes
53

To Save or to Sleep: Stray Dogs in Beijing II

Hear the story of our Chinese host

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 • 3 Minutes
54

Gods of the Test

Hear the story of our Chinese host

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 • 4 Minutes
55

Life's Difficult Lessons in China

Hear the story of our Chinese host

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 • 4 Minutes
56

A Difficult Diagnosis

Hear the story of our Chinese host

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 • 4 Minutes
57

Tough Choices in Morality in China

Hear the story of our Chinese host

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 • 3 Minutes
58

Chinese Kitten Capers

Hear the story of our Chinese host

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 • 4 Minutes
59

Memories of Wenchuan, Part I

Hear the story of our Chinese host

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 • 4 Minutes
60

Memories of Wenchuan, Part II

Hear the story of our Chinese host

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 • 5 Minutes
61

Whenever I think of Seafood....

Hear the story of our Chinese host

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 • 3 Minutes
62

Shocking Language Training

Hear the story of our Chinese host

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 • 3 Minutes
63

Mosquitoes in China

Hear the story of our Chinese host

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 • 5 Minutes
64

Post 80s Generation View on Love in China

Hear the story of our Chinese host

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 • 5 Minutes
65

Village People and Village Matters in China

Hear the story of our Chinese host

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 • 5 Minutes
66

Love or Bread?

Hear the story of our Chinese host

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 • 5 Minutes
67

Beijing Beijing Part 1

Hear the story of our Chinese host

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 • 4 Minutes
68

Beijing Beijing Part 2

Hear the story of our Chinese host

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 • 5 Minutes
69

Advice from Mom

Hear the story of our Chinese host

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 • 5 Minutes
70

Professional Beggars

Hear the story of our Chinese host

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 • 5 Minutes
71

Style or Warmth (Part I)

Hear the story of our Chinese host

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 • 5 Minutes
72

Style or Warmth (Part II)

Hear the story of our Chinese host

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 • 4 Minutes
73

Train ticket - the impossible Chinese quest

Hear the story of our Chinese host

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 • 5 Minutes
74

Do you feel lucky, Punk?

Hear the story of our Chinese host

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 • 5 Minutes
75

The Power of Religion in China

Hear the story of our Chinese host

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 • 5 Minutes