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Today a special News and Features: we hear from one of our very active Chinese users here on ChinesePod, Cassie. Cassie has helped many of us with her answers to our numerous questions about Chinese, and we have her on the show so you can get to know her a little!
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bababardwan says
October 25, 2008
Cassie,
Great to hear your voice! If my Chinese ever gets even half as good as your English,I'd be over the moon.
bababardwan says
October 25, 2008
I met someone from Fuzhou recently in Oz.Here's a picture of Fuzhou:
And a pic of the banyan trees it's famous for [which I think you can see in the above pic on the shoreline ]:
nativespeaker says
October 25, 2008
bababarwan
i am studying in fuzhou.right now..it is the capitcal of fujian prov.,cuturally and administratively ,,,but not the economic centre in that prov....不过，还是欢迎大家来福州！
bababardwan says
October 25, 2008
nativespeaker,
Nice to hear from you.
"but not the economic centre in that prov"
...would that be Xiamen ?
cassielin says
October 25, 2008
Oh my god! Is that Cassie's voice? I wondered why Bazza and Cassie both got a cold when they did interview with chinesepod（two separate interviews） !It's kind of weird! Maybe it is coincident!^_^(嗓子有点哑！)
oh, it is kind of strange to hear my own voice on chinesepod lesson! Am I day dreaming? LOL
Thank you chinesepod for this nice phone interview and Thank you Bazza for making this interview come true！ 谢谢你们！
nativespeaker says
October 25, 2008
it surely is...
you know what xiamen is one of the special economic zones in China.经济特区
nativespeaker says
October 25, 2008
cassie.你是姓林吗？my surname:巫
pleased to meet you here.are you a native chinese too?
calkins says
October 25, 2008
Cassie, I stayed up an extra 10 minutes just to hear your voice...definitely worth it :) Great interview, and your spoken English is just as amazing as your written English.
Thanks for all that you give us!
nativespeaker says
October 25, 2008
cassie.what a coincidence,,i'm also from fujian.it is my senior year..and i happened to be here for the first time last night.but i major in Foreign trade.
很感动， for 你对祖国语言以及中美人民的友谊的贡献！
能和你交流下吗？we can chat with each in english by QQ
cassielin says
October 25, 2008
hey bababardwan,
Thank you and your chinese will definitely better than my english one day if you keep trying your best to learn and keep practicing!
总有一天梦想可以实现！zong3you3 yi1tian1 meng4xiang3 ke3yi3 shi2xian4.
One day the dream will come true!^_^
bababardwan says
October 25, 2008
Cassie,
What did you learn about marriage customs between China and US,and has it been useful?
artkho says
October 25, 2008
Cassie's english is excellent!
henning says
October 25, 2008
Thanks for coming on the show, Cassie! I am looking forward to the day that my Chinese is half as good as your English!
:)
jennyzhu says
October 25, 2008
Cassie must be a great counsellor too.
sushan says
October 25, 2008
Cassie's comments, questions, and video clips have definitely added value to many lessons. Very happy to hear from her first hand!
cassielin says
October 25, 2008
hey, bababardwan,
You are right, 榕树rong2shu4 is the symbol of Fuzhou city! Just like maple leaf is the symbol of Canada! So, that is why people also call Fuzhou 榕城（rong2cheng2）！^_^
cassielin says
October 25, 2008
谢谢大家对我的支持！我非常高兴能够在这里认识你们！我也将继续和大家一起努力的学习语言！^_^
Thank you all for supporting me! I am glad to meet you guys here! And I will keep learning language hard together with you guys!
bababardwan says
October 25, 2008
cassielin,
You found a much nicer banyan photo than me.Perhaps you used baidu when I used google.
cassielin says
October 25, 2008
I should have mentioned some really nice and friendly people that I met on chinesepod like Adam, auntie68, changye, Brent, Rjberki, henning and so on! (sorry, so many people that I want to mention^_^)Too nervous to do that when you were talking to your favorite hosts! I wish I could do it next time when I get another chance!^_^
wchan says
October 26, 2008
林甜芳老师您好！
闻名不如“听声”
我们又认识多一位好老师啊。
你的
Avatar photo真的是你吗？
祝 生活愉快！
继续加油！
陈博士
urbandweller says
October 26, 2008
谢谢甜甜老师！
It was so cool to finally hear you on Cpod! You did great and your English is wonderful. So when will we see you on a video lesson with Connee??
Thanks to Jenny and John for giving her this opportunity. It was very inspiring to hear you converse with her in both languages. it really makes me want to work harder. Please have her on again someday soon.
Maybe we should start a Cassie fan club?!! :)
加油甜甜！！
-Adam
billgloveruk says
October 26, 2008
Congratulations Cassie. Really good to hear how you came across ChinesePod.
It is wonderful to see someone selflessly jump at the chance to help others the way Cassie has done. A big thankyou to her.
Jenny is right. Her students are very lucky. I would like to hear more about the mentor system in China. It sounds as if it is taken a lot more seriously than here in the UK.
ekosupriyanto says
October 26, 2008
congratulations cassie
ekosupriyanto says
October 26, 2008
but in my country,indonesia,chinese language is still new,so,we need more information about chinese language and its sites.
bazza says
You're welcome Cassie. Great interview, I knew you'd do better than I did. :)October 26, 2008
greggs says
October 26, 2008
Great job Cassie, your interview sounded effortless. Your English is certainly accomplished, as everyone here has commented about.
Keep up your good work. I am just beginning to understand Mandarin and face a long march to be as accomplished in Mandarin as you are in English.
This is a great community of intelligent and thoughtful users. Thanks to all, I learn something everyday because of the users like Cassie that comment so frequently.
rjberki says
October 26, 2008
Cassie, nice of you to share. Any plans for graduate school or travel?
sebire says
October 26, 2008
Nice to hear from you Cassie!
raychenon says
October 26, 2008
Congrulations, it means Most Valuable Contributor can be broadcasted on CPod.
我希望我能讲汉语比你讲英语一样。
Just a question Cassie, what is the purpose of military training on universities ?
bingge says
October 26, 2008
Cassie, it was so great to hear you on this episode! Thanks for sharing with us!
azerdocmom says
October 26, 2008
Nice to hear you, Sweet Cassie 老师！
songyian says
October 26, 2008
From the way it was explained to me, while I lived in China, the military training is something akin to boy scouts or girl scouts in the U.S. The goal is to foster teamwork skills and discipline among the students. Although most of my students usually complained about the experience, heh.
Also, I have agree with the earlier comments about Cassie's English. I can only hope that one day my Chinese will approach that level of comfortability.
john says
October 26, 2008
It was great finally talking to Cassie. We look forward to meeting her in person someday.
I've been to Fuzhou too, and it was a very pleasant stay. The people were so friendly!
xiaohu says
October 26, 2008
cassielin
很高兴终于能够听到你的声音。你知道么，有好多中国人说，“福州人不好”但甜芳就是确凿的证据，福建人反而很好啊！盼望我们的小甜甜能快一点回来常常跟我们在一起。我们 Poddies 不都已经把甜芳当成家人了吗？而甜芳的注解很给予帮助的。
太谢谢你这么努力来帮助我们 “老外”的中文！再说，谢谢你这么温柔的态度。
甜芳啊，不要那么在乎你晒黑的事，你皮肤黑还是白都美有关系，你肯定永远水灵，啊!
林甜芳加油！
附言: 周年快乐！我迫不及待听你第二次的采访！
cassielin says
October 27, 2008
谢谢大家！^_^
Your nice and warm words make me feel emotional!
One year, I have been hanging out with you guys here on chinesepod for a whole year! How time flies!时光飞逝shi2guang1fei1shi4!
Look back over the past one year, you gave me another life experience as a native chinese people who never know what and how foreign friends think about China and chinese people before! I really appreciate it! And for my comments and tips, I just want to quote a very famous saying goes like予人玫瑰，手留余香！yu3ren2mei2gui，shou3liu2yu2xiang1, Which means "Roses given,fragrance in hand" in English.^_^
cassielin says
October 27, 2008
谢谢你Jenny, 我也希望能够成为学生们的良师益友！
I hope that I can not only be my students good teacher but also be their helpful friend， like a mentor!
良师益友liang2shi1yi4you3
good teacher and helpful friend
John, be sure to contact me when you come to Fuzhou next time! You know how to contact me!^_^ 下一次来福州的时候记得联系我哦！
nativespeaker, 好好珍惜眼前的机会，你会做的很好的！
bababardwan says
October 27, 2008
Cassie,
"人玫瑰，手留余香！yu3ren2mei2gui，shou3liu2yu2xiang1, Which means "Roses given,fragrance in hand" in English."
What a beautiful saying .I've never heard that before.Thanks for sharing.
light487 says
October 27, 2008
I wonder if I will have worn out my welcome with ChinesePOD staff by the time I travel to Shanghai next year. It is my hope to see them at the start and again at the end of my trip, to see how much a month in China can improve on what I have already learned from ChinesePOD. However, I can understand if they are too busy for this.. it's not all fun and games. So may be once is enough to go there. I definitely want to meet them all at least once though..
cassielin says
October 27, 2008
Rjberki,
About graduate school, I had dreamed about study abroad before! It must be a wonderful life experience that study abroad and feel the real western culture by oneself! I bet that I will definitely benefit from the culture impact! However, for some social matters and personal matters, I choose to work first! I will do post graduate study when I really need to someday!
About travel, I have never go to other places that outside Fujian Province before! I wish I could visit Shanghai ,Beijing and other famous places someday!（I still can have summer vacation and winter vacation since I choose to work in college!^_^）
Adam,
I wish I could meet Connie soon! She is very cute! Especially when she say哼！,But, if I meet Connie, I will not be a little Cassie(小甜甜) any more！ I will be a big Cassie! 我的个头比Connie大很多呢！哈哈 I meant I am bigger and taller than Connie!LOL
cassielin says
October 27, 2008
Maybe Chinesepod can do a lesson about 辅导员fu3dao3yuan2（Chinese mentor /counsellor system） someday. If so, I can share more about that! Believe me, it is really a special teacher team 教师队伍in China! It really worth it!
cassielin says
October 27, 2008
小虎，
我也听说外国朋友对福建人的印象不好，可能是很多非法移民的缘故吧！但是，任何事情都不能以偏概全的！很高兴也很荣幸我能改变你对福建人的印象。^_^
以偏概全yi3pian1gai4quan2=take apart for the all
light487 says
October 27, 2008
It seems modesty goes out the window when comparing the height.. ha! :) Connie is also one of my favourite ChinesePOD staffers. One big shame is that I might not get to meet with Clay.. another favourite.
excuter says
October 27, 2008
GRMPF...to think it took me two days to discover this... How can it be I didn´t notice earlier...
甜芳好，恭喜恭喜你沟通很顺利啦。你肯定很棒！
我很高兴听你啊 ^_^
加油 加油 甜甜芳老师 ^_^
light487 says
October 27, 2008
excuter - are you subscribed to News and Features Podcasts?
bababardwan says
October 27, 2008
excuter,
What does GRMPF stand for? The only thing I could find was "lautmalerei, für den biss in den eigenen hintern" which made sense and made me laugh,but I couldn't see where those letters came into that.
bababardwan says
October 27, 2008
actually,
If the above interpretation was right then the letters don't stand for anything as it is onomatopoeia, right?
urbandweller says
October 27, 2008
加油CASSIE!!
(just trying to keep this thread on the top of the conversation list and focused on the main subject..hee hee)
:)
excuter says
October 28, 2008
Hi light487, I´m not but I normally scan the conversation section for something of interest every day...
Hi bababardwan, yes it´s an onomatopoeia ^_^
xiaohu says
October 28, 2008
甜芳老师加油，加油！
tony104 says
October 28, 2008
Great interview, it was wonderful to hear you Cassie. I really liked the banter of english and chinese between all the participants
lunetta says
October 28, 2008
Hi Cassie! It was so great to hear your voice. Thanks for contributing so much to the community on Cpod. 加油！
mizudesu says
October 28, 2008
你好!我知道只一点儿汉语,也我是新手.
Eh, I hope I wrote it right. well yeah - I am pretty much new to this site and I learned for a few months chinese once a week, but now I am on a break.
And I assume I need to quote "Thanks for contributing so much to the community" as said lunetta.
加油!
zyfjcty says
October 29, 2008
your sentence is wrong.
you should say:
你好，我只知道一点汉语，我是新手
the best say :
你好，我是个新手，我只知道一点汉语。
by the way
i live in china ,I am chinese guy ,we can help each other.
my email:zyfjcty@163.com
QQ:17427746
xiaohu says
October 30, 2008
呵呵，真好笑的事！我登录到我的私人主业然后晃眼一看右边的“latest comments”， 我注意到一个女的头像就想，“这个新的会员是谁呢？她蛮漂亮”！我一单击就发现，原来是甜芳的头像啊！笑死我了！
甜芳啊，我觉得你别担心你晒黑的事儿，你的皮肤一点都不黑了，而且你的新头像很好看！
zyfjcty says
October 30, 2008
我登录到我的私人主业 ｛“业”应该改成“页”｝
主业：主要指业务方面
主页：指网页
cassielin says
October 30, 2008
xiaohu,
谢谢！现在不担心了，过一阵子时间就会恢复的！
你为什么会“笑死了”？ 什么东西那么好笑？
^_^我猜你应该是想表达其它的意思吧！
xiaohu says
October 30, 2008
甜芳，
因为我起初没有认识你，所以就笑了！其实，“笑死”这个词好像有一点不正确地形容我的反应，哈哈大笑，这个词应该比较好一点。我的意思简直是你的新头像可真漂亮。
好笑的东西是我傻到我没有认识你这个熟人。
pinkjeans says
November 4, 2008
甜甜老师， 你的声音真很可爱，也很甜。
cassielin says
November 8, 2008
哈哈，谢谢pinkjeans!
xiaohu,
你的头像是你自己吗？
kimiik says
November 8, 2008
Cassie,
我想 xiaohu 的头像是 Brandon Lee 的照相。
Brandon Lee (1965-1993)
可是我希望我错了。 ;o)
xiaohu says
November 8, 2008
甜芳，Kimiik,
我的头像真的是我自己。
说实在的，我不喜欢换照片因为就像一个商标一样，如果不停的换，人家不容易认出我的留言。我常常翻阅页故意的甜芳的留言再说如果她不停的换头像，我快快地浏览网页的时候我根本就识别不出哪个留言是小甜芳的。
例如，QQ 的商标, 我估计每个中国人都已经视 QQ 和那个带微笑脸的企鹅为同一了。Tencent 不断的换标志的话用户怎么能认出 Tencent 的产品呢？
我想要 Chinesepod 的用户能够轻易的视那张头像和小虎为同一，因此很容易可以看出我的留言。
kimiik says
November 9, 2008
Xiaohu,
太帮了 ! 你酷似一个大名鼎鼎的。
要注意"反空"包弹的意外 !
cassielin says
November 9, 2008
Hi kimiik and xiaohu,
To be honest, I did not know Brandon Lee untill I searched his name! I never know he is 李小龙's son before!oh no, how can i have no curious about 李小龙’s offspring before? ummmm
anyway, glad I had asked the last question! Thank you kimiik, you let me know something new!^_^
xiaohu says
November 9, 2008
Kimiik,
谢谢你这么夸奖我！
甜芳老师:
你看过李小龙的电影吗？
chris says
December 28, 2008
Hi Cassie, great interview. My other half is from Quanzhou in Fuijian Province and although we live in Shanghai we do quite often go for trips back to Fujian (mainly Quanzhou, Xiamen and Fuzhou). A fantastic province - but so many dialects....I must learn Min Nan Hua once I've finally mastered Pu Tong Hua!
cassielin says
December 28, 2008
Hi chris,
You are right, there are about 7 kinds of dialects in Fujian province. I can only understand fuzhouniese福州话, I don't know Min Nan dialects either. You must learn 闽南话since your wife is from 泉州, which is in the southern part of Fujian Province. If you know 闽南话 that might help a little when you communicate with your mother-in-law岳母.:-D
xiaohu,
I am sorry I missed your question. ummm,to be honest, I have not watch a whole movie that 李小龙acted. I was too little to watch Tv at that time.