From: "Douglas Koller, Latin & French"
Subject: Re: Mandarin, anyone?
> Joe writes:
>
> >Does anyone here happen to speak Mandarin? I'm probably going to China*
> >this summer and would like to learn the basics, or at least a little
about
> >the grammar before leaving.
> >
> >* Specifically Lanzhou, in what I believe to be Gansu Province. I think
> >that's a Mandarin-speaking area.
>
> Are you going on holiday or for some other reason (study?
> humanitarian?)?
I'm going with a group teaching English over the summer to Chinese students,
so they'd tend to go to areas that have less access to such things already.