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My name is Michael, I come from America and my hometown is Chicago, Illinois. But winters were so cold there that I moved to California. I'm an artist and musician, I play acoustic guitar and love to draw and paint. I also love traveling. I've been living in China for 3 years and I want to learn Chinese better. I do know some basic Chinese but could use a language partner to help me be able to communicate more confidently. I currently teach conversational English so I can help you with your English skills at the same time. Thanks and hope to meet someone that wants a language exchange partner.
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Nina Ling
Chinese (Mandarin)
Jul 7, 2016
谢谢您长期以来的支持和肯定，恭喜你完成了汉语基础课程 To see your Chinese improved so much that really makes me happy. Hope talk to you soon while I am traveling in Germany. Pick up any topic that you like and conversation in Chinese:)
Nina Ling
Chinese (Mandarin)
Jun 29, 2016
谢谢
Nina Ling
Chinese (Mandarin)
Jun 15, 2016
See you on next Monday :)
Nina Ling
Chinese (Mandarin)
Jun 12, 2016
See you on Tuesday :)
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  • Answered
    Basically it means don'the just judge someone before you really get to know them. Yes, don'the judge by looks alone, get to know a person's character.
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    August 3, 2016
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    June 24, 2016
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    Thank you Ada!!
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    December 10, 2015
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  • Posted
    Simple story about Halloween 像许多其他的节日 , 有 万圣节 演变和变化的整个历史。 2000 多年前的塞尔特人所谓的生活在现在的爱尔兰、英国的和法国北部。 11 月 1 日是新的一年的一天。 他们认为 , 前一晚在新的一年 ( 10 月 31 日 ) 有一段时间 , 活人死人的一起聚集。 一千多年前的基督徒教会命名为 11 月 1 日诸圣天 ( 也叫 All Hallows。) 这是一项特别的圣日 , 到荣誉的圣徒和其他人死于他们的宗教。 前一晚的被称为 Hallows Eve 。 更高版本的名称被更改为 万圣节 。 塞尔特人民 , 欧洲人的时候还认为死者的灵魂将访问地球 万圣节 。 他们担心 , 恶灵将会造成问题或伤害他们。 因此在这一夜的人穿的服装 , 看上去像鬼或其他邪恶的生物。 他们认为如果他们穿着这样的精神会觉得他们还死而不伤害他们。 传统的万圣节是到美国的移民的欧洲人。 有些传统的改变很少。 例如 , 在 万圣节万圣节 在欧洲有些人将携带的灯笼从萝卜。 在美国 , 有南瓜更常见。 所以人们开始把蜡烛里面使用它们作为灯笼。 这就今天是为什么你看到杰克 ' o 的彩灯。 这些天 万圣节 通常不被视为宗教的节日。 现在万圣节是一种儿童喜爱的娱乐。 儿童身穿服装像人做了一千多年前。 但他们的家不要担心恶灵 , 。 他们敲门 , 说“不给糖就捣蛋”。每间屋的业主提供糖果或特别的东西给每个孩子。
    October 19, 2015
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    Another attempt at writing and learning Chinese.. 我在中国已经三年了。 我最喜欢春节，我认为每个人都应该经理春节。对我来说第一次是令人叹为观止。中国新年也叫春节，这是最重要的，时间最长的节日。中国新年如下阴历。所以每年日期不同了。 中国新年庆祝活动开始在每月的第一天，一直持续到望月。 中国有很多古代人民编造的神话那我们可以吸取教训，比如， 这个中国新年故事。 在很久以前Nian，妖物 在山住。每年，在第一次天， Nian，叫醒和去乡间。他都吃了谷和、牲畜，还有要事外面什么孩子，他们不巧不见了。 村民们生活在这种恐惧野兽并登上了他们的房子在这个夜晚，以保护他们的家庭。有一年，对在此之前的事件是发生，一个老人参观了村。他转身向村民，问：“你为什么害怕这种生物这样的吗？你有很多，他只是其中一个。当然，他不可能吞下所有的人。” 但村民仍持怀疑态度，呆在家。那天晚上，Nian不来。老人自己骑他直到天亮和动物又回到了山洞饿了。这种情况持续了好几个晚上，直到老人透露，“我不能保护你一辈子。” 他原来是一个神，不得不返回他的职责在其他地方。 所以，老人告诉他们，“野兽很容易害怕。他不喜欢红色。他担心大声喧哗和奇怪的生物。所以，今晚，传播红色的横村亨红色招牌上的每扇门。大声喧哗鼓，音乐和烟花。而为了保护你的孩子，给他们口罩和灯笼，以保护他们。“ 村民们 遵循老人指示，并Nian永远不会再回来。
    September 22, 2015
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    September 15, 2015
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    A Very Simple Version of Mid Autumn Fest..... I'm trying to learn Chinese characters along with my Chinese and that's not too long. Anyway, here is a very short and simple story about the Mid Autumn fest. Not the best but I keep trying, please feel free to correct. 在很久，有十个太阳。很多草木死了。也不再国泰民安。 一天，一个传奇式的英雄，Hou Yi 后羿用弓箭射下了九个太阳。大地得救了。 后来，女王给Hou Yi 后羿仙丹，可是仙丹只有一个。Hou Yi 后羿虽然想成为神仙，但是他需要和他的漂亮太太嫦娥在一起生活，所以他不吃仙丹，他要他的妻子保存好。 在Hou Yi 射下了九个太阳以后他是有名气的， 所以很多男人想拜师。他们中的大多数被后羿所接受。 不是后羿的每一个学生具有好的品行。MengFeng ，他的一个学生，想偷走他的仙丹。 一天，后羿和学生们去的狩猎，可是MengFeng 呆在假装患病。当时HouYi 和学生们狩猎去过，他去HouYi 家，强求嫦娥 给他仙丹。但她知道不能打败他，所以她喝了仙丹。仙丹使她神仙越飞越高。最后，她停止了在月球上。 从此，中秋节中国人在经常祈求嫦娥的财富和安全性。
    September 15, 2015
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  • Posted
    Is this sentence grammatically correct? 当我还在学校,你不帮助我。现在你的丈夫想学要英，你需要我的帮助,这是不公平的。
    September 8, 2015
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  • Commented

    Well, first， get over being afraid and making mistakes, it's just gonna happen but that's how you get better.  I was the same way learning Chinese but what I did was go into an Art gallery near where I live here in China and used the Chinese I did know, which was very limited, and tried my best to communicate about Art, because I'm an artist myself.  Anyway, I took it upon myself to learn how to ask questions and looked up phrases related to art and with the limited questions I knew began to expand my language.  It was hard at times but it opened the door and I keep getting better.  They were very helpful as the knew I struggled but encouraged me nonetheless.  Have faith in yourself, and begin to communicate about what interest you and just go for it, you be amazed.  Just do it everyday as much as you can and I'm sure many here will also help you!  加油！

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    August 30, 2015
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    I've been here in China for 3 years and I love it.  I'm in Wuxi, the people are warm and friendly to me and I met some great people here.  Although the weather in winter here is too cold for me, haha.  I did do some teaching here for awhile, mostly oral English, as I find that many young people here know English but are so shy when it comes to speaking and using the language.  So I gave some classes to some companies here, I also teach some acoustic blues guitar, which is much different than most of the kids know.  I'm also an artist an met a couple who own a small art gallery near where I live and spend so good amount of time there.  I really enjoy the country itself, there's so much culture that fascinates me, the Art, the Tang Dynasty poems, the historical sites, so much to see and experience. But the people I continually meet are just so great to me, helpful, friendly and always inviting me somewhere.  Oh and always willing to help me when I try to speak with the little Chinese I know.  I believe everyone should visit China to see what it's really like.  Oh and Guilin is so beautiful!!

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    August 22, 2015
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