I met some friends in São Paulo.And I really like to know more about Brazil and go there to visit myself.(Teach Chinese there could not be better because I major in this) But it is a little hard at first,but i believe practice will help me go through this.

sasa的名字取得真好。聂恩茉这个名字可爱亲切，很中国化。并且朗朗上口。寓意也很淡雅。是个很棒的名字，拿来做小说女主人公的名字都很好。

一些 1.before the noun means a little or a few一些海鲜/一些米饭 2.after the verb or adj. means do a little/or a little adj (We tend to leave out the 一 just with 些) in the context, when you say this, you often mean that it's a little bit better. this use is more like a pattern.So I'll give you the most used example so you can understand. e.g. 我不喜欢(don't like)吃面（noddles）,米饭好一些（the rice is a little better） 昨天我生病了（ill）今天我好一些了（I'm a little better today） 天黑了（it's getting dark）当心些(pay a little attention) 差： cha(forth tone): 1. still need more. 我钱不够，差一些(My money is not enough,still need a little more) 2.a pattern:差点儿就(cha dian3 er jiu4)（means almost）我差点就摔倒了（I almost fell down）我差点就赢了(I almost won) 3. adj means not good to reach the standard 他是个差学生（He is a bad student）这鞋很差（the shoes are not in good quality.） ( cha the first tone) 1.a noun:差别(cha1 bie2) means different. so quite different:差别很大 这两个人差别很大。一个很胖一个很瘦（Do you understand the sentence?） 2. 5-2=3. five minus two is 3. In Chinese you can say 5减（minus jian3）2的差是3 So 3 is 差. Not so perfect but I hope it would help!

好好玩的题目呀！ 你指的是和外国人说吗？当然可以这么说！我遇到的有些外国人还是比较喜欢这种直接的方法。但是其实这个说法有些别扭。他们有些人心里可能会想。Wow...Why?What are you coming for? 毕竟没头没脑就找个陌生人说Can we be friends?还是挺奇怪的。朋友是慢慢熟悉之后自然而然形成的嘛。 你可以先以一些问题作为开场白嘛。比如Excuse me,Would you mind if I sit here?在有位子的地方比较好用。然后你可以扯扯嘛You're new here?Come for a visit?如果是的话就问：where are you from?Oh... I love your country.Where've you been these days?I recommend...Awfully nice talking to you.Here's my mailbox.Any problems I can help. 如果不是的话，So you live here? Wow can you speak Chinese? 然后可以让他/她炫炫中文呐。然后互相吹捧一下。接着就海聊呗。末了就说It's a pleasure talking to you.Do you have any email or msn? Maybe we can keep in touch with each other. 不要说什么I can teach you Chinese you can teach me English之类的。朋友嘛，就是聊天嘛。大胆点，随便聊聊。没成为朋友也不要强求啦，毕竟这个和中国人交朋友一样讲缘分。尽量找你们俩之间的共同点，他在做什么你就从他做的事情上下手，看书就问“Excuse me,could you give me a hand?I'd like to buy some books.Would you recommend one for me? What's that in your hand? Wow,sounds great.Tell me more about it” 呵呵！别怕，像和中国人一样交流就好啦！

Hehe.you ask a question so interesting! "才" is a good word to learn! I'll give you some examples to explain the word "才" 1, 真不知道怎么感谢你才好！ Here "才" act as an emphasis, It's a fixed pattern! Keep the sentence in mind! 2.你怎么才来！ Here is another typical example of 才！if you think somebody arrives later than you've expected,you said this sentence means why are you here so late! the opposite word is 就 你怎么就来了！if you think somebody arrives earlier than you've expected,you said this sentence.so 怎么才 and怎么 就...了 to express you think sb. did something quicker(earlier) or slower(later) than you've expected! e.g. 你怎么才吃完饭！（Finish the meal slower than you've expected.）你怎么就吃完饭了！(faster) 你怎么才回家！(Get home slower than you've expected)你怎么就回家了！(quicker) 你怎么才把作业做完！(Guess！)你怎么就把作业做完了！ 3.才=only 他才吃了1个苹果。He only had one apple. 他才考了60分。He only got a score of 60 我才认识他3天。I only knew him for 3 days 4.才是...就是....是 他是我爸爸 Jim和Jack都不是我爸爸。他才是我爸爸 他就是我爸爸 the first sentence:He is my father.an ordinary one to state a fact the second sentence: Neither Jim nor Jack is my father.He is my father the third one: It's he that is my father. Can you understand the difference between 这是我的书包。这才是我的书包。这就是我的书包。:) 4才...呢！ To refute!!! a context: Two girls gossip about guys A：你喜欢他吧？(You like him?) B；你才喜欢他呢！（The girl B disagree.So she says this sentence instead of saying I don't like him.Means I won't like this kind of guy.You are the one who likes him,Huh?） Another example A:你太傻了（You are too silly） B:你才傻呢！（B disagrees and refutes! I'm not silly.You are the one who is silly） Can you understand : 你考试没及格吧？（you must fail in the exam,am I right?）你考试才没及格呢！ 5只有....才能 Only by ....can we.... 只有努力学习，我们才能通过考试（only by studying hard can we pass the exam） 只有经常练习，你才能学好中文（only by frequent practice can you learn Chinese well） Also 才 is more than those examples! But recite those pattern, you'll get a better understanding of the word 才！！！ Hope you can understand most of them!

I've heard of that software. It's a great help with your character learning like stroke teaching and so on. The most special about the software is that it contains most Chinese famous literary works like the Monkey King.But many of them are in ancient Chinese. However I haven't used it so you have to choose by yourself. I found a website offering download, it seems that it's free. http://www.verycd.com/topics/274242/

yes,the nee how or ni hao.... ni 3 hao3 the correct tone would be this. but in oral chinese, when two 3rd tone meet together.the first one becomes the 2nd tone. so ni2 hao3 is the one you'll hear in oral chinese