What can I take to my friends from Brazil as presents? I am going to Sao Paulo this week. What can I take to my friends from Brazil as presents? Where do you recommend me to buy these gifts? And how much are they? Many thanks!

how to say 1/2.5 (二点五分之一) in English？

What does this sentence mean? I know a bunch of people that had a hard time getting in the law school. 01.It means I know those people? 02.It means I know the fact that there is a bunch of people that had a hard time getting in the law school? Is 01 or 02 right? Thanks!

粤语懒音的问题及粤语拼音的学习 问题1： 粤语中的懒音是什么？好像“爱”和“外”就跟这个有关对吗？ 问题2： 成人学粤语有必要学粤语拼音吗？如果不学怎样区分一些读音相似的字，比如：漂亮和聪明听着都像是“靓”，但实际上有区别是吗？

How to know the pronunciation of unknown Proper Nouns (eg. place names) in English? in Chinese, we can read a unknown word as per every single Chinese character (单独的汉字) because most of them have their only pronunciation. But it's apparently different in English. How do I know the pronunciation of a Proper Nouns (eg. place names) when I know it at the first time?