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Name: Margit Zwemer 
Profession:
Student
Hobbies:
Travel, Hiking, The Shanghai Fabric Market |
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Q: How are you finding your studies in China?
A: Very interesting, you can experience so much more of the city when you can speak the language. |
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Q: What do you find most interesting about Shanghai?
A: The way it changes every single day. |
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Q: What advice/tips would you give to others who plan to come and study in China?
A: Don't ask for the English menu, just point to whatever the guy at the next table is having. |
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Name: Martin Schlegel 
Profession:
Business Development Manager
Hobbies:
Gym, going out |
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Q: How are you finding your studies in China?
A: Hard – challenging – fun and useful |
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Q: What do you find most interesting about Shanghai?
A: So many people, so many new things, everything changing so fast….it's happening! |
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Q: What advice/tips would you give to others who plan to come and study in China?
A: Learn Mandarin – it really helps you enjoy the city even more! |
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Name: Christian Schaer 
Profession:
Managing Director UBS
Hobbies:
Cycling, Skiing, ice hockey and ping pong |
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Q: How are you finding your studies in China?
A: Very interesting! I'm learning a lot in a short period of time. The course is well structured and very useful. |
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Q: What do you find most interesting about Shanghai?
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- I like the architectural contrast of the buildings and their colors in the night.
- I like the rising fashion awareness of Shanghai people.
- I have much consideration for the ability of taxi drivers "moving" in this city. |
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Q: What advice/tips would you give to others who plan to come and study in China?
A: The summer is very hot, be prepared. Choose Mandarin House for their study. To buy a bike for little trips around the city. |
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Name: Coman Mihaela Alcmena 
Profession:
Student (dance teacher & model)
Hobbies:
Dancing, swimming and reading |
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Q: How are you finding your studies in China?
A: I think that being in China helps me learn mandarin much faster than if I would try to learn it in my own country. It's not an easy language to learn; therefore it helps a lot to be submerged in it. |
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Q: What do you find most interesting about Shanghai?
A: I find it very interesting that it's such an international city and yet it retains its traditional Chinese culture. I love to see the two mix. |
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Q: What advice/tips would you give to others who plan to come and study in China?
A: I think they should be prepared for a culture change. They should embrace the differences while they are here. If they come here open minded they will absolutely love it. |
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Name: Nadege Lespinasse
Profession:
Project Manager
Hobbies:
Traveling, shopping, white water rafting |
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Q: How are you finding your studies in China?
A: They were intensive, I would not have gotten as far had I not come to china, my studies are very applicable. |
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Q: What do you find most interesting about Beijing?
A: Development of city, mixture of architectural old next to new, it is a forward moving city very good energy. |
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Q: What advice/tips would you give to others who plan to come and study in China?
A: Don't over pack, there is plenty to buy here; Make sure you have check card, cash is used most often; Take chance and try the food from the street vendors; One funny bit of advice to my fellow black (African) Americans, the words for "this" and "that" are "zhege" and "nage" which may sound offensive but are totally innocent.. |
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Name: Susanne Risch
Profession:
Director of Marketing & Sales
Hobbies:
Arts & Letters, Golf, Jogging,
Scuba Diving, Traveling |
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Q: How are you finding your studies in China?
A: My studies in Shanghai have been the perfect introduction of the Mandarin language and a great opportunity to get at least a first insight in the Chinese way of living. Besides I have enjoyed the acquaintanceship and inspiring exchange of ideas with my classmates coming from allover the world very much. Probably I am not the only student who regards an accurate pronunciation and an improved listening comprehension as a true challenge... The more I highly recommend spending some time in China to further expand your “listening experiences / habits” – and your sense of humor in case of inevitable linguistically lapses. |
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Q: What do you find most interesting about Beijing?
A: The diversity, the dynamic growth, the optimism, the contradictions – finally the people. |
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Q: What advice/tips would you give to others who plan to come and study in China?
A: Schedule enough time for the repetition of the learnt lessons in order to ensure that your new Mandarin knowledge is saved in your long-term memory. Be carefully in learning the correct tone (also in Pinyin writing!) because the more your vocabulary is growing the more you will notice that you are depend on the phonetics to decrypt the spoken and written Mandarin / Pinyin. Don't be afraid of making mistakes if you are talking to local people. A smile is understood everywhere. |
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Name: Greg Barrett
Profession:
Chartered Accountant
Hobbies:
Bīng qiú (Ice hockey), huáxuě (ski), travel,
attempting to learn Chinese. |
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Q: How are you finding your studies in China?
A: Xué Zhōngwén zuì hǎo de dìfang kěndìng shì Zhōngguó! Wǒ zài Jiānádà zìjǐ xué, dànshì wǒ fāxiàn nàge fāngfǎ tài màn.( China is the best place to learn Chinese! I learned Chinese before in Canada; but I find it's too slow. ) |
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Q: What do you find most interesting about Shanghai?
A: Huólì! Shànghǎi biànhuà hěn dà, hěn kuài. ( Amazing Bicycle skills on display every day. How can so many people live together so well? It seems to work. ) |
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Q: What advice/tips would you give to others who plan to come and study in China?
A: Speak Chinese. So many people do not do so. Shanghai is international enough so that you don't really have to, but the experience is much less if you do not participate in the language. |
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Wǒ de jiā gōngyuán.
1、我的家 公园。 |
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