Monday, July 8, 2013

密集型商務普通話課程 Interview Preparation / Business Mandarin

To meet the growing demand of job-seeking and career development, I'm offering short-term intensive Business Mandarin / Chinese one-to-one courses, which include:  
為滿足各行業人士的求職及職業發展需要,現提供短期密集型商務普通話/中文一對一課程,內容包括:
 

1.  Interview Preparation 求職面試篇 
- Translate the learner's resume from English to Chinese, and help prepare self-introduction;   將學員所提供的英文簡歷翻譯成中文,並在一對一課程中練習自我介紹;

- Help the learner prepare job interview questions, so that s/he can answer the questions in Mandarin accurately and confidently.
幫學員準備面試常問問題,力求在面試中有信心用準確的普通話回答問題。

2. Business Mandarin 商務篇
- Provide the lessons according to the learner's job scenarios, so that s/he can speak fluent Putonghua in daily work, presentations and meetings. 
按學員提供的行業情境,準備課程內容,足以用流利的普通話應對日常工作、演講及會議。

3. Chinese Culture 中國文化篇
- Introduce the politics, culture, entertainment, business etc. of China, and the differences between Hong Kong and Mainland, so that the learner can have a better understanding of their Mainland partners.

介紹中國政治、文化、娛樂、商務及兩地差異,令學員在與內地人士溝通時知己知彼.

Thursday, July 4, 2013

Have you eaten?

你吃飯了嗎?Have you eaten? is another way of saying "hello".

There are 6 categories of Chinese Food:
1. Staples (主食)
   rice, wheat, maize, buckwheat, sweet potato   
    水稻,小麦,玉米,荞麦,红薯
      Shuǐdào, xiǎomài, yùmǐ, qiáomài, hóngshǔ

2. Beans (豆)
   cashews, peanut, soybean
   腰果,花生,大豆
   Yāoguǒ, huāshēng, dàdòu

3. Vegetables (菜)
    Chinese cabbage, mushroom, turnip, onion, radish, soft bamboo
    大白菜,香菇,白萝卜,洋葱,萝卜,笋
     Dà báicài, xiānggū, bái luóbo, yángcōng, luóbo, sun3

4.  Meats (肉)
     pork, chicken, mutton, beef, duck, seafood 
      猪肉,鸡肉,羊肉,牛肉,鸭肉,海鲜
       Zhūròu, jīròu, yángròu, niúròu, yā ròu, hǎixiān

5. Fruit (水果) 
     Peach, apricot, lychee, crab apple, orange, lemon, pineapple, coriander
     桃,杏,荔枝,山楂,橘子,柠檬,菠萝,香菜
     Táo, xìng, lìzhī, shānzhā, júzi, níngméng, bōluo, xiān cài

6. Spices (调味品)
   ginger, garlic, cinnamon, chilli pepper, monosodium glutamate (MG)
   Shēngjiāng, dàsuàn, guìpí, làjiāo, wèijīng 
   生姜、大蒜、桂皮、辣椒、味精