''Chinese Studio'' () is a 5-minute English radio program that is a Chinese lesson that occurs at the end of each
China Radio International
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broadcast. For example, at the end of ''
China Drive'', this program will air.
The Chinese lessons are usually an entertaining dialogue between a non-Chinese male and a Chinese female.
General Theme of the Program
The theme is generally done on a week by week basis with one topic per week and a lesson review on Sundays. For example, if the lesson is about purchasing a car, the words used in the lessons will be focused around that theme for the entire week.
Air Personalities
* Yajie - a lady who has been with the program the longest
* Brendan (the current male non-Chinese host, as of April 16, 2007)
Past Hosts
* Cam (the previous male non-Chinese host, until April 15, 2007)
* Michael
* Raymond
* James
* Chris
* Shanshan (Sit-in for Yajie, ep. 111)
* (others not listed)
See also
* ''
Travel In Chinese'', the television segment on
CCTV International, also a Chinese language lesson hosted by
Dashan
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.
External links
Official Website (archived)* There are two different pages o
China Radio Internationalwhere Chinese Studio lessons can be found
which contains the most recently broadcast lessons without transcripts, an
which contains many Chinese lessons including transcripts.
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