中秋快乐

今天是中秋节，祝大家中秋快乐。

中秋节是一个家庭团圆(tuanyuan: reunion)的节日。每年这一天，家家都会在一起吃月饼(yuebing: Moon Cake)、赏月(shangyue: watch and enjoy the Moon)。圆圆的月饼和月亮都是全家团圆、生活美满(meiman: perfect, complete)的象征(xiangzheng: symbol)。

Mid-Autumn Festival is a holiday of family reunion. Every year, every family would gather together at this day to have some Moon Cake while enjoying the beautiful full moon. The round cake and the full moon are both symbolization of family reunion and perfect life..

Treehouse Meeting

今天下午五点半，我们老地方见。天气这么热，喝点啤酒一定很舒服。

这次我们应该多说中文，越多越好。

这个新闻你看了吗？很好笑。
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8ivS4N6Dak

相声：打电话

Xiangsheng (traditional Chinese: 相聲; simplified Chinese: 相声; pinyin: xiàngsheng), sometimes translated as crosstalk, is a traditional Chinese comedic performance in the form of a dialogue or, much less often, a monologue or, even less frequently, a multi-player talk show. The language, rich in puns and allusions, is used in a rapid, bantering style. Xiangsheng is one of China's foremost performing arts.

Modern xiangsheng is made up of four skills - speaking (说), imitating (学), teasing (逗), and singing (唱).
(From Wikipedia)

Here is a xiangsheng titled Da dianhua(Making a phone call),performed by Ma Ji and Guo Qiru. It's a cartonized version with subtitles. 您听得懂多少？
http://video.cctv.com//opus/subplay.do?opusid=8565

Treehouse Meeting

今天下午五点半我们在Treehouse酒吧见面，然后一边喝啤酒一边用中文聊天。我们可以聊一聊学中文的时候碰到(pengdao: encounter)的问题。

欢迎光临

朋友，你好吗？最近忙什么呢？要是有空就说两句吧。