NYC Chinese Language & Culture Group

一日之计在于晨，今个早上我们一起参加伦敦中文学士聚会的高阶中文网上聚会。请注意，这是国际聚会，Zoom 链接跟周三晚上聚会的不一样。

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各位高阶的中文学习者，在这个网上聚会里，让我们挑战自己，只用中文（普通话）来交流。大家不要说英语！遇到难题可以在聊天窗里用英语做笔记，我们一起去探究中文该如何说。大家互相帮忙，一起学习。

若人数太少，很难进行交流。如聚会前一天参加人数仍不足四人（主持人以外），此聚会将可能延后一周在同一时间段举行。届时将通过 Meetup 通讯公告参加者。

上次聚会参加者总数：5

Suggested theme for this month:
Songs about the beach or ocean
有关海滩或大海的歌曲

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Words set to music give us the songs we know and love. Listen to a song, listen to it again, learn the words and the music. Find out what the song means. Memorize, and make it your own. Then share it with others, and pass it on.

歌词加上音乐，谱成了我们喜爱的歌曲。 好歌可以一听再听，学习歌词和曲调，挖掘出它的意义。把歌曲记到心里去，使它变成属于你自己的，然后跟大家分享。

We can learn language through song sharing. Let's get together online for an evening of song sharing and language learning. Each participant brings a song to share, and tells the group where and when they first heard the song, what it's about, who wrote it, and how it continues to inspire them.

我们通过分享歌曲能够学习语言。诚意邀请你来参加我们分享歌曲，学习语言的晚会。每位参与者选择一首想要分享的歌曲，给大家介绍一下自己如何接触到这首歌，以及歌词的意义，歌手是谁，歌曲带来什么启示。

This will be an intergroup meetup event. We'll join members of the Boston Mandarin Chinese Language Meetup Group for this online Mandarin Learners conversation practice meetup. This is a monthly event.

Attendance at the last Song Sharing event: 14

Before signing up for this event, please make sure you have a profile picture in which you are recognizable as yourself.

Start time: 7:00 PM Eastern Time (Wednesday, July 29th, 2026)

Please submit your song before 7:00 PM Eastern time the day before - Tuesday July 28th. You can do so by including a YouTube link in your RSVP, editing your RSVP, posting a message on the event page, or messaging the event host.

Suggested theme for this month:
Songs about the beach or ocean
有关海滩或大海的歌曲

Zoom meeting room will open at 6:50 PM
RSVPs close at 6:00 PM
7:00 PM - Gathering song titles, Youtube links, lyrics.
7:15 PM - Song sharing

• We will play songs on Watch2Gether. The W2G link will be provided once the Zoom meeting starts.
• After each song, the person who suggested it tells the group about the song in the language they want to practice - English or Mandarin.
• Songs can be in any language, but we'll talk about them in English and Mandarin.
• Songs can be submitted at the beginning of the meetup, or by messaging the host.
• We should be able to do 7-8 songs over 2 hours. If more people show up we'll ask them to do their songs at the next song sharing event. We will hold one of these events each month.
• Please don't wait until the last minute to sign up and provide the Youtube link to your song. This makes it difficult to finalize the playlist and the lyrics file.

9:00 PM - End. Anyone who wants to chat in English can stay on for another half an hour.

Leaving before the end:
Participants can leave any time they like. The main thing is for everyone to listen to the songs, ask questions if they don't understand the lyrics, and share the learning experience together.

No-shows:
If you sign up for an event, please show up. If you have a schedule change and can't make it, please change your RSVP to "Not going". No-shows will be marked so that attendee lists can accurately reflect attendance.

Bi-weekly Mandarin conversation meetup for intermediate and advanced learners. For learners who can read and pronounce standard Mandarin Pinyin. HSK3 level recommended.

Start time: 3:00 PM Eastern Time (Wednesday, August 5th, 2026)
- 8 PM London Time
- (follows BST time in the UK)
Zoom meeting room will open at 2:50 PM
This is an international meetup event. Note the Zoom Link! We'll join members of the London Mandarin Learners group for this online Mandarin conversation practice meetup.

HSK3:
Intermediate-level Chinese proficiency test. It evaluates your ability to communicate in basic daily, academic, and professional situations, and helps you handle most communicative tasks while traveling in China.
(Google AI)

Sample HSK3 text:
虽然昨天天气不太好，但是我们还是去了公园。
Pinyin: Suīrán zuótiān tiānqì bù tài hǎo, dànshì wǒmen háishì qùle gōngyuán.
English: "Although the weather wasn't very good yesterday, we still went to the park."
(from Google AI)

This week's topic:
The most unexpected opportunity you've ever had
最意想不到的纪元

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Perfection comes from practice. The best way to learn a language is to use it. Let's get together online for an evening of Mandarin conversation practice for all levels. When we run out of vocabulary, we continue to chat in English, but we write down the words we want to learn how to say in Chinese, and we ask our Mandarin speaking friends to help.

熟能生巧，活学活用是学习语言的最佳办法。我们在线上聚会，练习中文会话。当遇到难题，不知道用中文该如何表达，我们用英语记下来，找说中文的朋友来帮忙。欢迎不同水平的中文学习者参与。

This will be an intergroup meetup event. We'll join members of the Boston Mandarin Chinese Language Meetup Group for this online Mandarin Learners conversation practice meetup. This is a weekly event.

Attendance at previous Wednesday Evening Online conversation event: 7

Before signing up for this event, please make sure you have a profile picture in which you are recognizable as yourself.

Start time: 7:00 PM Eastern Time (Wednesday, August 5th, 2026)
Zoom meeting room will open at 6:50 PM.
RSVPs close at 6:00 PM
7:00 PM - Introductions in Mandarin and English, Housekeeping announcements
7:15 PM - Topic of the day in breakout rooms

• The most unexpected opportunity you've ever had
  最意想不到的纪元
• Mandarin only rooms for intermediate and advanced Mandarin speakers
• Mandarin English mixed conversation rooms for language exchange
• Chinese text and vocabulary reading practice
• Zoom session will be set up to allow participants to move between rooms and take part in different conversations
• 30-40 minutes per session.

9:00 PM - End. Anyone who wants to chat in English can stay on for another half an hour.

Leaving before the end:
Participants can leave any time they like. The main thing is for everyone to try and take part in the Mandarin conversation, and make an effort to express themselves and communicate with others in Mandarin.

No-shows:
If you sign up for an event, please show up. If you have a schedule change and can't make it, please change your RSVP to "Not going". No-shows will be marked so that attendee lists can accurately reflect attendance.

Who should take part in this event?

• Beginners.
• Intermediate learners are also welcome.
• Advanced learners who would like to help other learners.
• Native speakers of Mandarin who would like to help.

Who should not take part in this event?

• People who just decided last week they wanted to start learning Mandarin.
• If you can't read basic Chinese characters in Pinyin, you're not a beginner. You need to spend a few months with a Mandarin teacher or a language learning App.
• Native speakers of Mandarin who only want to practice English.

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Required:

• A computer with Zoom installed and updated.
• A reliable internet connection.
• A working webcam.
• Web browser such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari.
• Logging in on a computer/laptop is strongly recommended

Zoom link and password:
Please do not post Zoom login information on social media or on public pages of the Meetup website.