I found that a really good gift idea is to give something related to Yao Ming (basketball player) such as a jersey or sports memorabilia. He represents a global icon that connects the two countries and since he just retired, they could consider it valuable and thoughtful. This worked really well for me during business meetings with Chinese officials and one of them said they were giving it to his son so I think it would be a popular gift for anyone.

I don't think karaoke is, especially if you are not that advanced in Chinese. The words go by too fast and there's no way to really verify if you learned anything. The best way I learned was by chatting with Chinese people online and then translating whatever words I couldn't understand. It's an easy and casual way to learn more characters, much better than reading a dictionary. I couldn't read Chinese last year but now I can carry on a conversation just fine.

More than likely = 最有可能 It will probably happen. Example : "It will more than likely rain tomorrow" - 明天因该会下雨／名天最有可能下雨

You have to practice, practice, and practice some more. It is sometimes good to read books and the dictionary but I think the best way to improve is to watch TV shows and talk with English speakers while at the same time figuring out your mistakes. You can't always move to an English speaking country but pretending like you're in it is the best way to learn that language

I think she is asking whether having a degree clearly represents a person's ability. I think it doesn't because like other people said, there are very successful people with no degree but with the tough economy and there being less jobs, the only clear way to separate oneself nowadays is the quality of your degree.

I think she is asking whether having a degree clearly represents a person's ability. I think it doesn't because like other people said, there are very successful people with no degree but with the tough economy and there being less jobs, the only clear way to separate oneself nowadays is the quality of your degree.

I'm not really sure what you are asking but if you want to understand how to obtain a better pronunciation of English you should first decide what location/accent you want to copy such as English（British) accent or American accent. It's good that you are very engaged in knowing the technical aspects of English but in my personal opinion, it isn't necessary. I'm sure 95% of Americans don't know what a semi-vowel is.

To make lots of money in the future so I can donate the money to help poor children