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Learning Chinese The Fast Way

The Chinese language is one of the most complex languages very different from most other languages in general. Covered in this article are a few strategies for making the process easier for most. As you make progress it’s important to be patient with your progress no matter how slow it comes. You won’t be fluent right away that comes with time and practice.

With the differences between the characters of the Chinese alphabet and the letters of the English alphabet it’s no surprise the Chinese “picture” alphabet is hard to grasp the concept of. Once you’ve begun to learn these characters you will notice that these are categorized by groups known as radicals.

After accomplishing this you will have a better understanding of what the characters mean when you see them in written form.

Ask your children to learn the language with you in effect giving you a learning partner. The reason for this is that your children have the ability to learn languages faster than you. Avoid making it become a chore for them instead make it enjoyable. Your kids will learn fast which can be helpful in your learning too. Locating materials that are appropriate to the age of the child will help motivate them to want to learn the new language in a fun way.

Don’t worry about learning the characters right away. Pronunciation using Hanyu Pinyin is often skewed, so you will eventually need to learn proper pronunciation. Transitioning from English to Chinese can be done with these methods.

After all you will want to approach this language as an adventure rather than a difficult class. Take time to have fun as you learn new words and characters. Choosing books and movies as study materials will help you enjoy the process more. These methods will make it easier to learn the language, however it’s most important to be consistent to learn ever day.

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What does your take away say about you?

What does your takeaway say about you? I share a house with a few girls and every few weeks we’ll have a takeaway night. It might be pizza, Chinese, Thai, curry, it doesn’t matter, they’ll spend ages pawing over the menus and always end up ordering the same thing they always order.

I couldn’t make up my mind what I wanted either so I decided to mix it up and I ordered four or five starters rather than starter-main the looks on their faces was as if I had discovered a revelation! I like to look at the starters as a sort of sample menu rather than something you skip over in order to get to the mains. If I do go for mains though, I like to try something different every time. “The Usual” is anathema to me! All those choices and you want to stick the same old same old? Are you mad? Have you ever been to dinner with some one who ‘really like Thai food’ but only ever eat Phad Thai and don’t like coconut? They’re almost as irritating as people who pick at their food.

But getting back to ordering ‘The Usual’; Here’s the thing, you love your Chinese takeaways, you like the chef at The Jade Garden’s Kung Po Chicken, well, maybe he’s a bit of a dab hand with the old Szechuan Pork too, it’s the same chef cooking it and you like his chicken, right? Go on, surprise him, and yourself! There are some great takeaways in Nottingham, I aim to try them all! Seriously, if you’re looking for Chinese or Indian takeaway Nottingham really is the best.

I once worked in a pub which was also an Indian takeaway and restaurant (I know, crazy) but as staff we got discount on the food so I tried them all. Now I really know my way around an Indian menu and can tell you what they’re really like. Kashmiri for example, not too common but getting more popular, very mild creamy sauce with banana and lychee, a bit like a spicy fruit salad with meat!

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Avoid Eating Fatty Foods When Ordering Your Takeaway

Obviously if you will choose something that is greasy and covered in batter, it’s not going to be as good as say a vegetable curry. It’s all about knowing what’s the best and what’s the worst, while still enjoying your treat.

Here are some tips for the best and worst items on the menu for a range of different takeaways:

Fish and Chips: The worst items are chips, although you can really avoid having them, sausages, and pies. › Continue reading

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History of herbal medicine

Medicinal herbs are a important part of modern civilization. Many of the drugs that we use today for healing various conditions have their roots in herbs, either because the drug itself is based on a herb, or because an active compound was discovered first in herbs, and was later researched to find more substances that work in a same or similar way.

However, the use of medicinal plants is not a recent discovery, they have been used since ancient times. › Continue reading

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The early history of aquariums

It took a long time before we were able to keep aquarium such as this at Monteray Bay aquarium

People have been keeping aquariums for a very long time and the practice can be traced atleast back to Roman Empire, the Chinese also started to keep gold carps in ornamental ponds and indoor display a long time ago (during the Tang Dynasty 618-907). The word aquarium is a combination of the Latin word aqua, meaning water, and the Latin suffix -arium, which can be translates as “a place for relating to”.

The word has stayed roughly the same in many languages around the world and can be understood in most languages and not just the romance languages that are based on latin such as Spanish and Italian. › Continue reading

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