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Peter’s Chinese Kid Lit #5: Cowardly Rat
June 23rd, 2009 | No Comments
We start a new series of short stories. Each story highlights one of the animals that make up the Chinese Zodiac. Today’s story is about the rat.
膽小如鼠
dan3 xiao3 ru2 shu3
The Cowardly Rat
Where Are You Going? To See My Friend!
June 22nd, 2009 | No Comments
I basically abandoned both my Chinese and Japanese texts as of this post and its sleep-inducing adventures learning Chinese at Seton Hall University.
I’m seeing the wisdom in Khatzumoto’s principle: if it’s not something you’d voluntarily read in your L1, why bother with it in L2? Read/watch the fun stuff first; it’ll help with the boring stuff later.
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