Can you help unmute Chinafan? Hi Italki, Chinafan is one of the most interesting friends I've got to know from here. Recently I just noticed I couldn't read his postings on italki anymore. Even if it said he posted something on his profile page, after I clicked on the title of the entry, it directed me to a page saying OOPS! PAGES NOT FOUND. I don't know what's wrong with it. It seems there is nothing sensitive in his notebook entries. There's no reason to mute him. I sincerely hope the admin stuff can unmute him as soon as possible. If you are a friend of Chinafan's and you also like to read his postings, please help him file a complaint with Italki. The more people write complaints to them, the better chance he would get to be unmuted. Thank you very much.

Podcast recommendation :)

Recently I just started to listen to podcast. It seems it's a good way to know more info about English culture and improve one's listening. If you listen to it as well, can you recommend some of your favorites to me? If possible, can you also give me a brief introduction of the podcast programme? Thank you very much. :)

can you help correct the passage? many thanks. Today China has been the most popular one in outsourcing over the world, because of the cheap workforce. Do you think it will last for one more decade? Please explain in detail. China has been the most popular one in global outsourcing because of the cheap workforce. According to the developing trend, this situation will be changed and it is more challengeable in the next decade. China got the obvious advantage based on the cheap workforce in the past. However, this advantage will be alleviated with the increase of labors' income . Other cheap workforce countries like India and Vietnam get better advantage over China. Under this scope, China is facing a new challenge. we need to know how to increase the productivity with the increment of workforce. The influence will be mitigated only if the increment of productivity is bigger than the increment of labor cost. Meanwhile, China is becoming stronger and more attractive in prosperity.

can you help correct the passage? many thanks. Do you think China can sustain the record in economic growth? What will affect the prospect of it? No, I don’t think so. After experiencing 30 years high growth, the development of China’s economy has been close to choke point. Many problems have emerged so we should adjust and reform accordingly. The main factors that affect economic growth are as follows: 1. Impact of investment: The investment will be shifting to other fields gradually so the investments towards fixed assets, capital construction and real estate etc would shrink gradually. All those will affect the economic growth. 2. Impact of consumption: Consumption is influenced hugely by some factors like education, health, pensions and the economic environment etc. Only by improving from those aspects, will it make people feel more secure to consume, and in turn,help realize China's goal of keeping a high economic growth rate 3. Impact of pollution: In the phase of economic high growth, blind exploitation of the resources has brought disaster effect on our living environment. Environment pollution control is one of the priorities.

sweet mouth I am not sure if the phrase Sweet Mouth is proper English as I assume it is just literal translation of the Chinese phrases - (sb) 嘴巴(mouth)真甜(so sweet) This Chinese sentence does not have any negative connotation. If I say this sentence to an English speaker - You have a sweet mouse. Will he/she get offended? Does this sentence have a negative connotation just like the word flatter in English? Or it just means the person is very kind and he/she always says something nicely? Thank you for your help. :)

pity & shame That's a shame! That's a pity! Do they mean the same? Are they interchangeable? Thanks for your answer in advance. :)

bless you I watched a short English video the other day. In the video, after the boy sneezed, the girl said Bless You to him. Did you say that when someone sneezes or coughs? Why did you say that? Thanks for your explanation in advance. :)

How to answer it? Me too or you too? Why? ty ^^ When ppl say lovely to see you again, shall I answer me too or you too. In Chinese, when ppl say 很高兴再见到你(nice to see you again) ，we answer 我（me）也是 (too/ as well)

Introduction in Korean (Homework) 앙녕하십니까? 제이름은왕춘매입니다. 저는중국사람입니다. 저는한국어를공부합니다. 반갑습니다. 감사합니다. I really enjoy learning languages. Recently I just started to learn korean. It takes me such a long time to type it in Korean. xD.