A new Tiktok craze is now driving every teacher mad in England. Some silly children are damaging the plastic chairs in school with their masks' string!! Teacher Momo was very angry about it and made a podcast to roast on it. You can easily tell that my tone was not as happy as before! If you would like to see transcript of the podcast, please feel free to check on our website: https://maomichinese.com Text me what you think :) Support the show...
May 08, 2021•8 min•Ep. 18
In this episode I will talk in my normal speed. You can also slow down the speed on the player embeded in our website. If you would like to see transcript of the podcasr, please feel free to check on our website: https://maomichinese.com Text me what you think :) Support the show
May 01, 2021•8 min•Ep. 17
Today we will discuss about an idiom-鸡娃. It's not chicken baby! Find out what it means in the podcast, and you will also get some useful vocabulary about schooling and parenting. If you would like to see transcript of the podcast, please feel free to check on our website: https://maomichinese.com Text me what you think :) Support the show...
Apr 24, 2021•9 min•Ep. 16
Special episode today! This is an interview with Teacher Martha, who is English but also a Chinese learner as well as a Chinese teacher. She is sharing with us her learning tips and stories in China. I personally feel really touched by the ups and downs she shared when she's learning Chinese, and I hope this can motivate you as well! So please make sure you listen to it till the end. If you would like to see transcript of the interview, please feel free to check on our website: https://maomichin...
Apr 17, 2021•38 min•Ep. 15
Louie the cat, mascot of MaoMi Chinese is introducing his busy day to everyone! Today's podcast is a listening practise-we will go through some key vocabularies together, listen to some questions relevant to the text and then listen to the whole text. This strategy can help to activate our listening and improve our listening skill. If you would like to see both transcript and translation of this podcast, please feel free to check on our website: https://maomichinese.com Text me what you think :)...
Apr 10, 2021•10 min•Ep. 14
Have you ever heard about Tomb-sweeping festival? It is a key to understand that why most of Chinese people worship their ancestors instead of believing in religions. Check it out and get some insights into it! If you would like to see both transcript and translation of this podcast, please feel free to check on our website: https://maomichinese.com Text me what you think :) Support the show...
Apr 03, 2021•10 min•Ep. 13
Today we will talk about some very popular and useful expressions about shopping, or being more specific, poor and awkward situation after a shopping spree. If you would like to see both transcript and translation of this podcast, please feel free to check on our website: https://maomichinese.com Text me what you think :) Support the show...
Mar 27, 2021•9 min•Ep. 12
In today's episode we will listen to the story of Zhang Guimei, who established a school only open for girls from deprived background. Text me what you think :) Support the show
Mar 20, 2021•8 min•Ep. 11
Welcome back to MaoMi Chinese! Today we are going to talk about how Chinese is taught in UK and how well English children can speak Chinese. When did you start learning Chinese? No matter when did you start it would never be late. Hope you would feel happy and fun when you are learning Chinese! If you would like to see both transcript and translation of this podcast, please feel free to check on our website: https://maomichinese.com Text me what you think :) Support the show...
Mar 13, 2021•7 min•Ep. 10
你好！Hello every one! Welcome back to MaoMi Chinese episode 9. Have you listened to some Chinese songs? In today's episode you will listen to the story about Teresa Teng (Deng Lijun), a legend in Chinese music. Although she passed away in 1995, her songs are still in lots in Chinese people's memory. Let's check it out! I start to put in English translation of the transpript to help everyone understand it better. If you would like to check the transcript and the translation, please see: https://mao...
Mar 06, 2021•7 min•Ep. 9
你好！nǐ hǎo！Welcome back to MaoMi Chinese! Have you heard about Cantonese? This is a very popular Chinese language as well. It's mostly spoken in Canton, HongKong, Macao and lots of overseas Chinese community. It's also one of my mother tongues! In today's episode you can feel the most direct difference between Cantonese and Mandarin. Let's check it out! I start to put in English translation of the transpript to help everyone understand it better. If you would like to check the transcript and the ...
Feb 27, 2021•7 min•Ep. 8
你好！Hello every one! Welcome back to MaoMi Chinese episode 7. You probably know that food is such an important part in Chinese culture, and this is also shown in Chinese language! In this episode I will introduce some very fun and useful idioms and expressions about "eat". Let's check it out! I start to put in English translation of the transpript to help everyone understand it better. If you would like to check the transcript and the translation, please check: https://maomichinese.com Thanks for...
Feb 20, 2021•8 min•Ep. 7
你好 everyone！Happy Chinese New Year！新年快乐！ Our lives have been changed so much due to the pandemic, and surely I can't be with my family again. This is actually the 4th Chinese New Year when I am not with my family. However, I made some New Year wish, wish all of us a better year than the last one! Text me what you think :) Support the show...
Feb 13, 2021•6 min•Ep. 6
你好！！ How are you doing recently? I am having a lock-down insomnia... 我 失眠 了！ But I am not the only one. A Chinese TV NEWS interviewed some Chinese people on the street about their sleeping quality. In today's episode you will also listen to some common and useful expressions about sleep. Let's check it out! Feel free to check the transcript on our website: https://maomichinese.com Text me what you think :) Support the show...
Feb 06, 2021•9 min•Ep. 5
Chinese people are well known for "working hard", but nowadays it seems this quality is crushing down Chinese employees-in some big companies, employees are encouraged (or forced) to follow "996 work schedule": to get to work at 9am, get off work at 9pm, and work 6 days a week. In today's episode I made a short interview with my friend who is very fed up with working overload. Let's check out how she described her work. Meanwhile, you can also listen to some useful expressions to talk about work...
Jan 31, 2021•9 min•Ep. 4
Today's episode is more personal-how did Molly, who used to be a very shy girl, become an international Chinese teacher. Learning a language used to be an upsetting thing for me, especially when I was in school. I used to think maybe I was just not talented enough. But no! Now I understand learning a language is a personal journey, and it will ultimately take you to where you would like to go. If you would like to read the transcript, please see our website: MaoMi Chinese.com There is a smart di...
Jan 23, 2021•8 min•Ep. 3
In today's episode we will listen to a female Chinese talkshow artist Yánglì. Her shows, which often challenge and make fun of sexual discrimination in China, is going viral among young chinese people. Useful expressions will be introduced in the episode too! Let's check it out! Text me what you think :) Support the show
Jan 16, 2021•11 min•Ep. 2
We were asked "what's that kitty in your logo". This is the story of him - Mr Louie The Cat, the mascot of MaoMi Chinese. You will also find some useful vocabulary and expressions to describe a pet in Mandarin Chinese. Text me what you think :) Support the show
Jan 09, 2021•6 min•Ep. 1
