Communication

Communication

Ted Talks
How I turn negative online comments into positive offline conversations

Your body language may shape who you are

Comedy is translation

How great leaders inspire action
Tim Berners-Lee: The next web

Rufus Griscom + Alisa Volkman: Let's talk parenting taboos

Kate: Hartman: The Art of Wearable Communication

The secret structure of great talks

Sherry Turkle: Connected, but alone?

Hannah Brencher: Love letters to strangers

Miguel Nicolelis: Brain-to-brain communication has arrived. How we did it

Julian Treasure: 5 ways to listen better

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Social Media and Its Effect on Communication

How to Start

3 Ways to Improve Your Communication Skills

Effective Communication:

Improving Communication Skills in Your Work and Personal Relationships

Ay Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are

4 Powerful Ways to Use Body Language for Better Relationships

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Chinese Culture

Chinese Culture

Basic Facts

Country Description, Geography, People

Chinese Names, Language,

China Tourism, Holidays in China

Time Difference, Weights & Measures

Chinese Etiquette, Dress Code

Food and Drink, Chinese Zodiac

Arts and Crafts, Astrology

China Holidays, Chinese Kung Fu

Ethnic Groups, Chinese Medicine

Ancient Architecture, Chinese Dragon

Chinese Clothing, Marriage Custom

Literature, Four Great Inventions,

Traditional Furniture, Sports & Activities

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Chinese Traditions

Eating and Drinking in China

Lucky Numbers and Colors 

Ancient Chinese Marriage Customs

Chinese Zodiac Signs

Chinese Food

China’s Heritage

Chinese Religions

World Heritage Sites in China

Chinese Architecture

Chinese Language

Chinese Ethnic Groups

Chinese Ancient Currency

China’s Performing Arts

Chinese Kungfu

Chinese Folk Dance

Chinese Traditional Music

Chinese Acrobatics

Beijing Opera

Chinese Shadow Plays

Chinese Puppet Plays

Arts and Crafts

Chinese Silk

Chinese Jade Articles

Ancient Chinese Furniture

Chinese Knots

Chinese Embroidery

Chinese Lanterns

Chinese Kites

Chinese Paper Cutting

Chinese Paper Umbrellas

Ancient Porcelain

Chinese Painting

Chinese Cloisonné

Four Treasures of the Study

Chinese Seals

China's Festivals

Chinese Spring Festivals

Lantern Festival

Mid-Autumn Festival

Dragon Boat Festival

Sisters' Meals Festival — Oldest Asian Valentine's Day

Learning Chinese

Chinese Calligraphy

Chinese Writing

Learning Chinese

Famous Chinese Sayings
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Topics on Chinese Traditions and Custom

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Chinese Culture for Kids
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One-stop Chinese Culture

Basic Characteristics of Chinese Culture
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Videos

The Palace Museum 1: Establishment of the Forbidden City

The Palace Museum 2 - Golden Age of the Forbidden City

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Pan Gu & Nu Wa -- the creators of the world and human beings -- Chinese legends

Chinese Mythology (Part 1) (Part 2)

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The Origins of the Ghost Festival (Yulanpen or Zhongyuan Festival)

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The Legend Behind Chinese Valentine's Day (Qixi Festival)

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Collocations Dictionaries; Collocation/Corpus Search Engines; Corpus Analysis Tools

Collocations Dictionaries  Collocation/Corpus Search Engines
Corpus Analysis Tools

Collocations Dictionaries

● The BBI Combinatory Dictionary of English

● Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English--Online Search

● Free Online Collocations Dictionary

● Macmillan Collocations Dictionary

● ozdic.com: the English Collocations Dictionary Online

      ● Sports Dictionary of English-Chinese & Chinese-English Collocations

Collocation /Corpus Search Engines

● Collocations Search

● JustTheWord

● Sketch Engine

● BYU Corpora (The mostly widely used corpora)

● WebCorp Live

● Corpuseye

● Complete Lexical Tour

● Corpus Concordance English

● TCSE (Ted Corpus Search Engine)

● TIME Magazine Corpus

● Search for Sentences Used by VOA's Special English Program Scripts

● TANGO

● TOTALrecall

● Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA)

● British National Corpus

● British Academic Spoken English (BASE)

● British Academic Written English Corpus (BAWE)

● CARE (Concordancer for Academic wRitten English)

● PERC Corpus Online

● Business Letter Corpus Online KWIC Concordancer 

● Corpus of American Soap Operas

● MICASE (Michigan Corpus of Academic Spoken English)

● Corpus of of Historical American English

● Strathy (Corpus of Canadian English)

●  International Corpus of English 

Academia Sinica Balanced Corpus of Modern Chinese

● A Collection of Chinese Corpora and Frequency Lists 

(1. Chinese Internet; 2. Lancaster Corpus of Mandarin Chinese;

3. Corpus of Business Chinese)

Student Corpora

 MICUSP (Michigan Corpus of Upper-level Student Papers)

The Corpus of Academic Learner English (CALE)

Corpus Analysis Tools
Tools for Corpus Linguistics

(Simple Concordance Program)

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Extreme Weather

Extreme Weather

Climate guide

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AccuWeather.com
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Ted Talks

What's hidden under the Greenland ice sheet?

Let's prepare for our new climate

Why wildfires have gotten worse — and what we can do about it

Photos from a storm chaser

Time-lapse proof of extreme ice loss
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Snowstorm

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ABC News
Winter Storm to Wallop Midwest and Northeast 
With More Snow, Ice and Arctic Cold
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Video

New York Snowstorm VIDEO : The 'WALL OF SNOW'

 that wreaked havoc in Buffalo

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Glaciers

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Ted Talk

Time-lapse proof of extreme ice loss

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Video

 What is a Glacier?

Erin Pettit: Glaciers on the Run | Nat Geo Live

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Snow and Ice

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CNN

Last chance to see: Disappearing glaciers 
in the ‘Mountains of the Moon’

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Avalanche
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Video

The Fourth Phase: How Travis Rice 

Survived a Potentially Deadly Avalanche

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National Avalanche Center
Loose Snow Avalanche
Dry Snow Avalanche
Wet Snow Avalanche
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BBC News

Cold mountains: 
Snapshots from avalanche team's latest season

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Storm

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Ted Talk

Photos from a storm chaser

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Video

How to Prepare for a Winter Storm 

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Tornado

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NSSL
Tornado Basics

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Hurricanes
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Female hurricanes are deadlier 
than male hurricanes, study says

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Drought
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Historic California drought forces rancher 
to thin his herd of horses

5 Ways to Bust California’s Drought

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El Nino
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Video

   El Nino - What is it?

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What is El Niño?

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