When you meet a friend of Dani's on the street, you get a chance to introduce yourself in Mandarin Chinese. You'll learn to talk about nationalities and what country you're from. Telling people what languages you speak and your level of knowledge are also discussed.
If you spend some time in China, you'll soon learn that personal connections are what makes things happen in China. Known as guanxi, it is the ability to call on favors and influence in both personal and business dealings. It is generally wise to return any favors given, and also to do people favors if you have the opportunity. You may develop a useful contact to call on in the future to return a favour!
Practice listening to and constructing full sentences by typing the Chinese sentence or question that you hear. The large amount of different sentences and questions that you can understand and create becomes evident in this experience.
The following shortcuts allow you to use your keyboard to complete this exercise: Press # (Key Down): Shows Answer Press # (Key Up): Hides Answer NOTE: Pressing the hint button or the '#' key will mean an incorrect answer for that exercise.