It was a great interview. I liked your take on Liu Xiang’s injury, and how people need to lay off the man. I always feel for Olympic athletes because I think the pressure on them is greater. For most other athletes, if they don’t do so well, or have an injury, there is always next year as they say. However these people need to wait four years before their next shot. And some are treated with scorn when they don’t perform as expected.

Thanks for sharing all your insights. I look forward to reading future blog entries,

Jay

I’m one of your listeners in ChinesePod since my instincts told me I should start to learn Chinese. I hear your voice everyday, so you are part of my life now. I feel that learning a new language is like be born again (I’m a Portuguese native speaker from Brazil), so thank you for make it so nice, lovely, enjoyable, fun and better than I thought. Your teaching skills, the smile in your beautiful voice and the cute way you say “hum” for agreement make the learning process of Chinese one of the better parts of my day.

And now, this blog! It’s already in my bookmark. I’ve been searching for such approach in a source of information about China for weeks.

I hope we can talk someday! =)

Zaijian

On another note, I do agree that you would be difficult to replace if you were to leave Chinesepod as the lead podcast ‘laoshi’. We have all gotten to know your intelligence and your clear enunciation. I would be sad, if one day, your presence were absent. Anyhow, I am continuing on with my mandarin learning habit, still a long way to go but having fun everyday!

regards,
Siyao

朱老师，things是复数，slips是用于单数三人称(3rd person singular)。应该 “for things that often slip under the radar…”

i just noticed that your home page features an “Asian Girls for Marriage” ad. perhaps there is an ancient calendar that will guide people to choose the right asian girl to date on any given day!