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A Must-See, Must-Win Match

Wednesday, 26th March 2008 ~ Maggie ~ Link ~ Comments (0)

If you are near a television set this afternoon, tune in to CCTV Sports to see China's men's national football (soccer) team face Australia. China needs to win this game if it wants to qualify for the 2010 World Cup. The game takes place at Kunming's Tuodong Stadium, a move that's had some Aussies complaining, since it means playing at 1,900 meters. Coverage begins at 1:45.

Tags: Australia, football, Kunming, soccer, Tuodong Stadium

How Do You Say Baseball in Chinese?

Wednesday, 26th March 2008 ~ Maggie ~ Link ~ Comments (0)

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If you've been studying Chinese for any length of time, you're probably familiar with the ever useful ChinesePod, the Shanghai-based company that provides daily lessons in spoken Mandarin.

In the run-up to the Olympics, they have been serving up plenty of sports content, including this recent lesson on baseball. Some helpful ChinesePod users have also posted the Chinese names of baseball terms, positions and teams in the site's comments section.

By the way, the answer to the above question is bàngqiú, 棒球. Softball is lěiqiú, 垒球.

Tags: baseball, ChinesePod, language, Mandarin