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a song sung during Moon Festival

a famous Chinese Poem and song: duan yuan ren chang jiu When will the moon be clear and bright? With a cup of wine in my hand, I ask the blue sky.In the heavens on this night,I wonder what season it would be? I'd like to ride the wind to fly home. Yet I fear the crystal and jade mansionsare much too high and cold for me.Dancing with my moonlit shadow,It does not seem like the human world. The moon rounds the red mansion, Stoops to silk-pad doors,Shines upon the sleepless,Bearing no grudge,Why does the moon tend to be full when people are apart? People have sorrow or joy, be near or far apart, The moon may be dim or bright, round or crescent shaped,This imperfection has been going on since the beginning of time.May we all be blessed with longevity,Though thousand miles apart, we are still able to share the beauty of the moon together.

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Typing Chinese at home:

To type Chinese at home: Switch to Chinese by select CH from the language bar at the bottom of the computer screen. If the language bar does not show up, right-click on the bar at the bottom of the screen, click on Toolbars, and select Language Toolbar to make sure it is turned on.
Computers at school should allow you to type Chinese. If you want to type Chinese at home, go to the Control Panel and choose Language and Regional Options. Then select Add Languages, Languages tab, scroll to and select Chinese (PRC) and click on the Add button.
If your machine is recently purchased and equipped with the recent version of Microsoft Word, go to Control panel > Regional languages > Add Chinese, and select Simplified IME Input. The button EN will appear on the bottom of the screen, and you click on it to switch to Chinese or other languages.
If you are using an older machine, you may have to download Microsoft Global Input Input Method Editors from the Microsoft website.

Useful Website 

Games

http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/online.htm

Videos

http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/online.htm


  Survival Chinese lessons

http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/online.htm


  Chinese podcast lessons

http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/online.htm


  Chinese Proverbs

http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/online.htm
 

  Chinese Cultural Interviews

http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/online.htm
 

  Chinese recordings

http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/online.htmPractice Tones and Writing Characters!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chinese/games/


Other lessons from BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chinese/real_chinese/

 Chinese animated stories, grammar, exercises online:
http://edu.ocac.gov.tw/biweekly/index.htm

Find stroke order of Chinese characters:
http://lost-theory.org/ocrat/chargif/

Stroke order with pronunciation:
http://www.mandarintools.com/

Free Chinese flashcards:
http://www.semanda.com/