Chinese University Girl Studying in US Shocked By American Culture! - Intermediate Chinese - HSK 5

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  • Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
  • How do Chinese students studying in the USA really feel about American Culture?
    In this podcast, Eileen interviewed Yifei, a Chinese graduate student in the USA, to find out!
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 260

  • @arturoortiz9378
    @arturoortiz9378 2 роки тому +273

    I can't even begin to imagine the amount of time and effort it took to put all the subtitles and edit the video so beautifully. This is true dedication and passion for teaching. Thanks again Eileen for providing us with such a great and interesting conversation!

    • @VaheTildian
      @VaheTildian 2 роки тому +5

      That's why we should support them if we can, it's some great work for us!

    • @Glorious_Kim_Jong_Un
      @Glorious_Kim_Jong_Un Рік тому +2

      It's a For-Profit channel so one would expect work to be put in for the video to get any views. If you think this is a lot, imagine some channels with animation or travel.

    • @史安达
      @史安达 Рік тому

      @@Glorious_Kim_Jong_Unall channels are for profit channels

    • @lorrainegatanianhits8331
      @lorrainegatanianhits8331 5 місяців тому

      there are transcription services, that analyses what people are saying, then converts it into text. Translation can be handled with a good translation service like DeepL

    • @SmeWnulya
      @SmeWnulya 5 місяців тому +1

      ​@@lorrainegatanianhits8331they are not accurate. It takes effort to adjust all the translation.

  • @paulagodebrito
    @paulagodebrito 2 роки тому +6

    Loved it! I'm Brazilian and, obviously, I already knew some of the points discussed in this video, but there were many I wasn't aware of! Besides, it was super fun comparing my own culture to the other two included here. There are points in which Brazilians are more similar to Americans (race diversity, more casual clothing) and others in which we are more similar to Chinese people (not using dryers, throwing toilet paper in a wastebasket), so it was a very cool and informative video. Thanks a lot~

    • @iurivanastacio3081
      @iurivanastacio3081 2 роки тому +1

      Pensei que era o único br aqui.

    • @dans.7651
      @dans.7651 2 роки тому

      I would say Brazil is in it's own category when it comes to 'casual clothing' :).

    • @paulagodebrito
      @paulagodebrito 2 роки тому

      @@iurivanastacio3081 estamos em todos os lugares, sempre

    • @paulagodebrito
      @paulagodebrito 2 роки тому

      @@dans.7651 maybe hahahaha

    • @novaparatv6200
      @novaparatv6200 2 роки тому

      e assim como os chineses, nós não damos gorjetas.

  • @JimiiMetal
    @JimiiMetal 11 місяців тому

    I cant believe I watched this whole video. Reading subtitles. 😂

  • @GREGSJH13
    @GREGSJH13 6 днів тому

    Some of this is accurate and some isn’t. I’ve never seen anyone wash shoes and clothes together. This isn’t widely done, Safety in cities like Chicago is definitely a concern. Tap water in certain areas isn’t drinkable and some is.

  • @breadman5048
    @breadman5048 2 місяці тому

    hey 我是美國人, 我悶也不喜歡這個小費的系統!希望在 未來沒有。更好total price 是多一點。 But i want to correct. 分享the bill有不同的習慣。 If they're close - most may just split the bill evenly. And yes friends do also treat each other for food all the time. But I think in a big group the food cost is so great that it is not affordable for one person to treat everybody.

  • @Glorious_Kim_Jong_Un
    @Glorious_Kim_Jong_Un Рік тому

    That's very gross in Europe to throw toilet paper in a rubbish bin. If in Europe, you throw it away in the toilet too like North America.

  • @andypierce6593
    @andypierce6593 2 роки тому +23

    These are really good for someone who isn’t in a Chinese speaking country and needs exposure to the language. Also, it’s nice that I can follow the gist of most of the spoken Mandarin but have subtitles as a referenceThanks!

    • @powercomm
      @powercomm 21 день тому

      This is both for foreigners and Chinese. Chinese can learn English through subtitles and ideas that are different from China.

  • @QuizmasterLaw
    @QuizmasterLaw 2 роки тому +20

    Hey Eileen! I watched your very first video when you first published it.
    I've been SO Happy to watch you rise up and become the best Chinese teacher on the internet! And I really learned Chinese! 感谢您老师!

  • @popwittenino7411
    @popwittenino7411 2 роки тому +29

    The greatest content of intermediate chinese on youtube ever. Not only wide variety of vocabulary but also how the words are used in contexts. Tons of treasure buried here.

  • @qianshi2219
    @qianshi2219 2 роки тому +9

    谢谢您每次提供我们非常有意思的内容😭在我开始学中文后第一次看的mandarin corner的视频就是您请来Kirk讲一讲关于中国南北差异的视频,我记得我太喜欢Kirk讲的中文了(非常容易听懂!),请问有再次请来他的安排吗?

  • @MandarinCorner2
    @MandarinCorner2  2 роки тому +2

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  • @whowantsusernames
    @whowantsusernames 2 роки тому +21

    These podcasts are the best thing out there. I pretty much only study those these days, listening to each interview so many times that I start to memorize part of it. It’s made my Chinese a lot more fluent. Also, Eileen, I love that you aren’t the typical, filter-loving Chinese UA-camr but instead have so many interesting experiences to share from your life in the country side, as a factory worker etc. I’m always happy to see your face and hear you talk.

  • @crtnyp
    @crtnyp 2 роки тому +12

    This was very interesting and informative! I’m American and have never been to China so I enjoyed listening to all the differences.

  • @superpayaseria
    @superpayaseria 2 роки тому +3

    Yes we will not understand eachother. We love freezing drinks. The more cold the better. So the correct word is not cold but freezing. We like it colder than ice itself lol. And we even suck on ice cubes. And I would never drink warm milk in my life I would puke!!

  • @vladimirzedong1801
    @vladimirzedong1801 2 роки тому +2

    Hey love your videos! noticed an error, i thought you might like to know if you are seeing this. You referred to drinking water from the faucet as "tab" water but its actually called "tap" water with a p not a b. Take care!

  • @MandarinCorner2
    @MandarinCorner2  5 місяців тому

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  • @superpayaseria
    @superpayaseria 2 роки тому +3

    Yes I drink the tap water happily. Thank God for the American way !! lol

  • @MandarinCorner2
    @MandarinCorner2  2 роки тому +17

    *TIMESTAMPS:*
    1.Tipping Culture 08:45
    2.Use of Toilet 13:29
    3.Doing Laundry 14:53
    4.Use of Umbrellas 16:10
    5.Being in England 17:58
    6.Safety Issue 20:01
    7.Drinking Tab Water 23:03
    8.Safes Tax 24:52
    9.Shops Close On Holidays 25:37
    10.Measurement System 28:43
    11.Food Portions 30:25
    12.Sweets & Dairy Products 38:56
    13.Cold Drinks 44:15
    14.Splitting Bills 46:36
    15.Fitness & Beauty Standards 49:50
    16.Shaving Body Hair 01:00:01
    17.Greetings 01:07:15
    18.Holding The Door 01:09:17
    19.How We Address Others 01:11:01
    20.Friendships & Relationships 01:13:44
    21.Political Correctness 01:17:15
    22.Education 01:22:28

    • @doomguy8324
      @doomguy8324 2 роки тому

      Youre hot. You married? Asking for a friend...

  • @petelovatt8357
    @petelovatt8357 2 роки тому +3

    The American trend of adding a tip to the bill defeats the point of tipping. It's supposed to be a reward for good service made at the discretion of the customer, not a mandatory add on.
    And my attempt in Chinese: 美国强迫顾客付小费的习惯就没有逻辑。给不给小费应该是顾客自己决定的。那样的话我们可以奖励良好的服务。

    • @BobClemintime
      @BobClemintime 2 роки тому +1

      Blame the exemption of certain service industries from the minimum wage. Their base pay is below minimum with the assumption that their total pay including tips will be above minimum wage

    • @petelovatt8357
      @petelovatt8357 2 роки тому

      @@BobClemintime In the UK all the restaurants in China Town employ Chinese students illegally for £2/hour.

    • @johng4093
      @johng4093 2 роки тому

      In US the tip is optional, nobody can make you pay one. Only exception is if you come in a large group (> 8) they may tell you ahead of time that you a "gratuity" will automatically be added to the bill.

  • @nicklewis2826
    @nicklewis2826 2 роки тому +5

    Best intermediate level dialogue I have ever listened to. The guest and host were both awesome. Great topics and a lot of useful vocab

  • @novaparatv6200
    @novaparatv6200 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you, girls, for these video. It is very useful and entertaining. I realy appreciated. Best wishes. Greetings from Brazil.

  • @IdeasForSuccess
    @IdeasForSuccess 2 роки тому +2

    This is not intermediate Chinese, it is advanced. Taiwan tv and movies are.kuch easier to understand.

    • @gee8883
      @gee8883 Рік тому

      This is upper intermediate. They did slowed down and reduced the amount of idiomatic phrases used. In normal interview, educated people would not peonunce each character this clearly. They did a very good job for the learners.

  • @amoheanzhu
    @amoheanzhu 2 роки тому +2

    在美国比较保守的地区(乡村,小城市),大部分的人会支持拥有枪的权利和让买枪容易的自由,但是他们大概会反对选自己的性别代词的现象。他们可能认为在纽约,洛杉矶那里的大城市里的生活,政策都奇怪。
    然而。在美国比较自由的地区,比如纽约,三藩市,洛杉矶,或其他大城市里,大部分的人想加强买枪的规则或甚至于禁止拥有枪。这些人大概会支持人们可以选自己的性别代词。他们可能认为其他比较保守的地区有点落后。
    我是说,你在美国观察到这些社会或政治的现象,并不意味着整个美国人支持或反对。在美国有不同的政治跟社会文化,你在观察到价值的竞争。
    在一个比较保守的地区,人不都是保守的。在一个比较自由的地区,人不都是自由的。而且,大多说的人不一定支持百分之百的自由/民主党或保守/共和党的观点。在这个上下文,我试用自由的意思是liberal,比如政治/价值的看法。
    说tap water起来,水的素质跟另外的地方的素质不一样。有些地方的很好,其他的不好。但是一般来说还可可以。
    从这个视频中,我们会发现,我们出生//长大的环境都影响我们的看法,那是很常见的。喜欢喝冷水/有冰的水。如果我在中国出生/长大了的时候,我大概会宁愿喝热水。其实我还可以喝热水,没关系,但是我还是宁愿喝冷水。
    Eileen做的视频做得很好!

    • @petelovatt8357
      @petelovatt8357 2 роки тому

      投票给右派左派就像选坐在火车右边的座位或者左边的座位一样。方向是一样的。

  • @strongopinionsweaklyheld2811
    @strongopinionsweaklyheld2811 2 роки тому +5

    This is honestly the best and most extensive discussion about USA/China cultural differences. If I had to make a list of these myself I would have forgotten so many of these but they're all true. Great job!

    • @AlexMkd1984
      @AlexMkd1984 Рік тому +1

      fake American live on stolen land

  • @DaCinderellaMan
    @DaCinderellaMan 2 роки тому +4

    非常感谢你们给我们这个机会看看中美的文化差异。我是美国人,刚刚从美国大学毕业(在大学时学中文的也是学习非盈利管理的)。你们的视频对我的中文学习有特别大的帮助,让我感觉我毕业之后还能进步。话题也是特别有意思的!我今年还住在大学所在的城市,希望我今年能认识更多来自中国和台湾的朋友们!谢谢你们!

    • @peterwang5272
      @peterwang5272 Рік тому

      我推荐你来B站,学习中文互联网特别有趣,Bilibili

  • @north-i1k
    @north-i1k 2 роки тому +3

    Great video, I learned a lot even though I am not even close to an HSK 5 yet :D

  • @reigninblood123
    @reigninblood123 2 роки тому +2

    Edinburgh is pronounced ed-in-bruh. This has nothing to do with British vs American English. It’s pronounced the same in both.

    • @BobClemintime
      @BobClemintime 2 роки тому +1

      There are regional differences in pronunciation of town names in the US though. New england retains more British pronunciations than many other areas of the country

  • @galept
    @galept Рік тому +2

    I'm a 35 year old American and have never had anyone carry my bags for me at a hotel. I'm not sure if she has a lot of money and always stays at luxury hotels, or if her program paid for it. But it does not seem like she experienced normal life here.

    • @gee8883
      @gee8883 Рік тому +1

      Only Rich kids go to foreign language primary education in China .

    • @lxtatar7773
      @lxtatar7773 Місяць тому

      She participated in 2 exchange programs, in Canada and Britain, graduated from a Canadian high school to avoid gaokao, and then went to study in the US. That's not very typical to say the least, so she is probably from a wealthy family. I mean, good for her :)

  • @johnbould7544
    @johnbould7544 2 роки тому +4

    Thanks Eileen and Yifei. Well done and pretty good insights from Yifei on the differences between our two cultures.

  • @MrKbtor2
    @MrKbtor2 2 роки тому +3

    Very useful. I've been looking for something like this. A typical casual dialogue I would have in my life and with the character subtitles. Thanks!

  • @ImprovingAbility
    @ImprovingAbility 2 роки тому +3

    Very helpful interview for intermediate learners! I am happy for the variety of speakers, some who speak more simple language, and others who speak more elaborate.

  • @BobClemintime
    @BobClemintime 2 роки тому +2

    I am thankful I have had the opportunity to travel throughout much of China, so I can share some other cultural and societal differences I found interesting. I should note that China is a beautiful country with a range of natural landscapes, modern cities, and history.
    我先说谢谢Eileen 和yifei. 你们说很多有意思的东西。这个视频很好用
    To preface, I should note that both the US and China have a huge variety of cultures and geography, so it is challenging to make general statements that are representative of the whole population. Some things are only true for certain groups within each country, and others are based solely on my personal experience (a data point of one:( ).
    China is largely a collectivist culture while the US is largely an individualistic culture. This has wide ranging effects on all aspects of society from sharing meals to singular versus groups of heroes in movies. China has a much greater population density and suburbs are largely nonexistent which completely changes the cost-benefit analysis of public services and infrastructure. China has a long history of authoritarian governments and social hierarchy based on Confucius teachings which makes Chinese far more willing to accept policies from the federal government and show deference to their elders.
    As for my personal experiences:
    Social relationships:
    - Vast majority of Chinese were welcoming to foreigners, from villagers on a pilgrimage to the great wall, to university professors.
    - Challenging for foreigners to make close friendships with Chinese
    - Many Chinese will stare at foreigners
    - Significant pressure to drink alcohol at social gatherings
    - Generally curious about foreigners and foreign countries
    - Dating gets more serious more quickly
    Crime and safety:
    - nobody knows the true crime rates in China and the official statistics are likely underreported and maybe drastically underreported. That said based on personal experience the violent crime rate appeared to be lower than the US
    - like in most countries, foreigners are prime targets for pickpockets.
    - roads are far less safe than in most western countries
    -black (illegal) taxis will target foreigners
    Politics and freedom:
    - Chinese are surprisingly open to discussing politics, but only in private settings
    - world wide web is only accessible through a VPN, which is technically illegal and will lose service during sensitive periods
    - no monolith of political opinion
    - lax enforcement of many laws and unclear understanding of the law. Though this is changing in recent years
    Infrastructure:
    - Very advanced travel infrastructure
    - Excellent airports, the most impressive high-speed rail system in the world, excellent subway systems, wide range of low cost (though sometimes dangerous) bus networks, extensive taxi services
    - Sewer systems and toilets are inconsistent
    - Water quality is generally lower than western countries

  • @kugua3921
    @kugua3921 2 роки тому +4

    很高兴再次见到你们俩!我觉得比一比不同的国家的习惯很有意思。听着你们说话我想起来每次我到了一个我之前没去过的国家。

  • @TheMagicCrafter
    @TheMagicCrafter Рік тому

    I was born and raised in the USA, but I honestly do not understand the cold water thing either. If I drink water that hasn't been heated, it makes my body so cold. When I go to a restaurant, the waitresses always look at me like I'm crazy when I order hot water. I can understand drinking it when you are really hot and need to bring down your body temperature, but otherwise... gross. lol

  • @dmblum1
    @dmblum1 2 роки тому +2

    Great video - I teach at a university in Zhengzhou, China, and if it were in English it would be incredibly useful for my English class. I have been here over four years. Yes, in America is customary to have a dryer and also an oven in the home. Also, a big difference is sit down toilets. At my university they don't exist (you squat). Chinese people don't have dishwashers I think mainly. Living expenses like food and housing is cheaper here. Taxis are really cheap. Population density is much higher - most Americans live in the suburbs and drive cars everywhere. Americans have the concept of "personal space". As for tipping, Americans know that we don't have to tip in China (and some other countries). But often taking a taxi I'll just say "keep the change" and they seem to understand.

  • @DANCEVIC90
    @DANCEVIC90 2 роки тому +1

    lol I dont think seeing the dentis once a year is a culture thing. Tartar builds up inside your gums, is not a cosmetic thing.

  • @dariia_岚岚
    @dariia_岚岚 2 роки тому +2

    感恩你们,我终于找到五级这么丰富内容的视频,让我提高一些汉语听力的水平而且体验对比一下中国与美国的文化生活风俗的习惯。谢谢☺️,关注了🌸🌸🌸

  • @TheMagicCrafter
    @TheMagicCrafter Рік тому

    I think that many Americans also find European dialects to seem like different languages too! So please don't feel bad about it! It's so hard to understand some of them 🤭

  • @MandarinCorner2
    @MandarinCorner2  2 роки тому

    Check out YeFei's *first podcast* with Mandarin Corner:
    *Kris Wu, Sexual Assault and the **#MeToo** Movement in China:* ua-cam.com/video/4bMVoXWd6JY/v-deo.html

  • @muhammadnaseemhaiderjafri4554
    @muhammadnaseemhaiderjafri4554 2 роки тому +2

    thanks a lot Eleen , you are really hard worker. .
    love from Lahore Pakistan.

  • @RiDankulous
    @RiDankulous Рік тому +2

    You chose a superb guest who communicates well and understands western cultural ideas. She views them in an objective, almost scientific manner.

  • @srw5724
    @srw5724 2 роки тому +1

    The benefit of tips in restaurants is you get good service most of the time. I remember how bad the service was the first time I went to China. Truly shocking.

    • @CorlissAhmad
      @CorlissAhmad 6 місяців тому

      In Asia, the service is usually good, swift. It’s unrelated to the tip.

  • @amunra5330
    @amunra5330 2 роки тому +1

    Good video. I was wondering if the girl knew that British English is the original English and that American English is a dialect?

  • @KostaRadojkovic123
    @KostaRadojkovic123 2 роки тому +3

    Videos with Yifei are the best, her accent and pronunciation are clear and standard, feels like her vocabulary is amazing too, you can easily see that she is very educated. Please make more videos with her :D

    • @ollieanntan4478
      @ollieanntan4478 10 місяців тому

      Are there any other videos with Yifei, or just this one?

  • @bernhardrulla
    @bernhardrulla 2 роки тому +2

    Thanks so much for the interesting video and the subtitles, teacher Eileen!!

  • @liambird2053
    @liambird2053 2 роки тому +1

    11:50 does anyone know what movie this is from?

  • @johnbonamigo5696
    @johnbonamigo5696 Рік тому +1

    Lip balm needed lol

  • @BobClemintime
    @BobClemintime 2 роки тому +2

    PSA: Just because something flushes and does not clog your toilet does not mean it is safe to do so. You shouldn't flush toilet paper in China because the sewer system is not designed to handle it. Your toilet may not clog, but you may cause clogs in other pipes in the system or the treatment plant itself.

    • @johng4093
      @johng4093 2 роки тому

      So is that the case even in foreigner tourist hotels in China?

    • @BobClemintime
      @BobClemintime 2 роки тому

      @@johng4093 I was speaking generally. I can't claim knowledge on all the sewer systems in China. It is certainly possible some hotels have a pretreatment process to deal with paper. Some of the newer sewer systems in China may even be able to handle paper as well. I think it is far more likely in most cases that they feel the tax revenues from the hotels are worth the additional expenses of dealing with clogs in the system due to tourists

    • @johng4093
      @johng4093 2 роки тому

      @@BobClemintime Ok, because the idea of putting used toilet paper in a wastebasket seems pretty disgusting and unsanitary to me.

  • @predrag-peterilich900
    @predrag-peterilich900 2 місяці тому

    Thank you, Eileen; very well done. I was impressed by Yifei's reporting, particularly toward the end. There are many good things in the USA but food and nutrition are certainly not the one. Fresh cooking in the Chinese culture is much, much better and healthier. I just hope it won't get eroded by American influence (American - not Western, please learn to make this difference!).

  • @FUZASHIII
    @FUZASHIII 8 місяців тому

    From what I can say most of the things mentioned here can be applied to both countries, except tipping culture, food and drinking hot water.

  • @JBfan88
    @JBfan88 2 роки тому +1

    我觉得避免高考的困难是很多留学生的主要原因之一哈哈!

  • @cmmndrblu
    @cmmndrblu Рік тому

    I just want to point out that Americans who don't know how to pronounce Edinburgh actually pronounce it incorrectly. They do the same with many British place names because they simply haven't been exposed to those names in the UK which is natural. Also many places in the USA are named after places in the UK. It's natural that with places in the UK they might not know how to say them, why would they? But when it comes to American pronunciation of British places, sometimes they are just pronouncing them incorrectly. Am American who knows how to pronounce them will do so correctly. There's a big difference between a regional accent and pronouncing something co.oletely incorrectly!

  • @leosaihlaing7862
    @leosaihlaing7862 2 роки тому +1

    我超喜欢老师的博客节目,我每天都听老师的博客。这次呢,您们合作得非常好,我能学到很多词语,深表感谢老师 🙏
    希望您们再合作😻

  • @dans.7651
    @dans.7651 2 роки тому +5

    This is a great channel, but c'mon... I got to the 'rarely find homeless people in China' lie and gave up. You want to find homeless people in, say, Chengdu? Follow me, I interacted with them every morning on my run. Sounds like this young woman lives in a bubble.

    • @madcuntmcgee1955
      @madcuntmcgee1955 2 роки тому +3

      of course she does lol, her parents are likely rich which is how she can afford it.

    • @derekeano
      @derekeano 2 роки тому +2

      @@billyminer398 true very true. Although some of the other things the speaker said were a little annoying to me like tap water “I’ll just always boil it cuz it tasted funny once.” 😂 Really depends on where you live in the country for that. I wish she mentioned her specific cities and states she visited. Also sales tax doesn’t exist in Oregon, where I’m from.

    • @dans.7651
      @dans.7651 2 роки тому

      @@billyminer398 Where do you go in the highly populate province of Guangdong (126 million!)? That's a pretty big statement. And yes, homelessness is a big humanitarian problem on the U.S. west coast.

    • @dans.7651
      @dans.7651 2 роки тому

      @@billyminer398 Interesting info. Since I'm a long distance runner, I used to wind up running along the river to the outskirts of town. That is where I would usually find homeless folks, who had made 'beds' out of old concrete benches. A fair number looked Tibetan. I do think that the Chinese government does 'disappear' the homeless and mentally ill who stand out too much for them, at least from city centers.

    • @johng4093
      @johng4093 2 роки тому +1

      The visible "homeless" you see on the streets in US mostly have substance abuse problems. If they don't already have mental health problems they will develop them with their lifestyle. Those homeless who are not addicts are more likely to find places to stay in shelters, with friends, etc.

  • @sakurayama2969
    @sakurayama2969 2 роки тому +1

    I like it so much this type of learning....❤️from Indonesia...

  • @DoubleAmaterasu
    @DoubleAmaterasu 2 роки тому +1

    best mandarin channel out there 34

  • @elaineg60
    @elaineg60 2 роки тому +1

    So impressed with these young ladies…then again, I don’t believe I’ve ever known a single person from China who didn’t impress me-and I have gotten to know MANY in the past 12 years that my precious, late Son introduced me to. (My son spent 12 years living, working and traveling through China because of good friends he made in his University-he was a Student Ambassador and Counselor to students from China. Unfortunately, just before he was to return to your beautiful country last year; my Son didn’t wake up one morning. He had a stroke, a blood clot, as he slept. I remain in touch with his friends-who are always checking in on me 🥰, and I’m still working on the language, Chinese Brush Painting and Calligraphy 😁)
    One more comment-I am in a small town in Pennsylvania and I wouldn’t dare drink our tap water! MANY US Water systems have become unsafe in recent years. In fact, in over 60 years of living in different states and traveling around the world, the only 2 places I drank water from a tap or allowed my children to was on our farm in North Florida and had had a very deep well put in. I tested the water myself as I worked in a lab at FSU where I was in Pre-Med. It was absolutely the best water I’ve ever had. Then, in my residency in Northern Alabama, my husband at the time had health issues and we didn’t even trust bottled water. We had an extensive filtration system put in for both our house and even our pool! But most Americans, including myself these days, can’t afford such a system. I’m currently dealing with very bad, very old pipes that are both in my walls and our city pipes which are continually rusting and breaking. I had a pipe rust through in my ceiling last week and showed my friends on WeChat the horrible damage I’m dealing with..the whole infrastructure is so antique, so corroded; it took almost 3 hours just to shut it off. It destroyed half my home. My friends in China were shocked about that and other infrastructure failures we’ve had lately. Local and State governments just aren’t willing to update and fix infrastructure. An old gas line exploded in my daughter’s city in New York last year-3 people died and many more were injured. The media later said that gas line was almost 80 years old…and there are MANY, MANY more like it. It’s both sad and terrifying. My best friend’s husband is from Russia and they have been dealing with a LOT of bigotry, harassment..even threats. About 20 years ago, they actually lived in Harbin for several years and traveled throughout China. Before my Son died, he had wanted all of us to join him in China, saying it is healthier, safer and friendlier. My friend and I are now seriously considering going over there and a medical research team I worked with for many years is now in Beijing…I’d love to, but we’ll have to see about my health issues here first. (Although that’s another subject you don’t want me to get started on. My daughter is a Nurse Practitioner and is seriously looking into moving either to Canada or Europe.)
    Anyways, thank you for continuing great videos! ❤️🇨🇳☮️

    • @alexeibogoslovskii7966
      @alexeibogoslovskii7966 Рік тому +1

      As Chinese from Taiwan told me they take clear water in mountain regions, the water on the plain is dirty. The island is polluted.

  • @emmapinn5216
    @emmapinn5216 8 місяців тому

    Can I just add that I've never heard of people putting their shoes in a washing machine along with their clothes. This is likely just a US college student habit

  • @bingolittle8725
    @bingolittle8725 2 роки тому +1

    我好讨厌政治正确,Yi Fei 是很美

  • @Andy_Pandy2000
    @Andy_Pandy2000 Рік тому

    Body hair is seen as a masculine trait. It is also associated with wild (hairy) animals. It is therefore not seen as appropriate on women ( except on the head where the opposite is true- long hair is feminine). Women are supposed to be smooth, soft, and silky in western thinking.

  • @williamdunn1000
    @williamdunn1000 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you so much. These are my favorite types of videos you publish and as soon as i see one on my youtube recs, i watch it :)

  • @ericpatterson906
    @ericpatterson906 2 роки тому +1

    其实有的男人会把私处毛刮。叫 “Manscaping” 😂😂

  • @JianYZhong
    @JianYZhong 15 днів тому

    Very interesting in terms of revealing what Chinese society is like. And how it has changed with the younger generation!

  • @tk-zh3dd
    @tk-zh3dd 2 роки тому +2

    You do the best interviews omg 🙏

  • @rkundi
    @rkundi 6 місяців тому

    Thank you so much. I am subscribed. I hope to learn the language and the customs from your videos.

  • @FilipP88
    @FilipP88 2 роки тому +1

    Awesome video, very insightful

  • @tedcrowley6080
    @tedcrowley6080 Рік тому

    在美国有地方不喝自来水,而有其他的地方没问题。许多城镇给家的房子提供喝用的水。
    这个视频是什么水平的汉语吗?HSK7? HSK12?我不知道,但我感觉很难懂。这么多字!

  • @josephsermarini4632
    @josephsermarini4632 Рік тому

    Armed robberies DO NOT happen often in New York City.

  • @Je.rone_
    @Je.rone_ 2 роки тому +1

    谢谢我喜欢你们的podcast.

  • @HarryPotterFan2110
    @HarryPotterFan2110 2 роки тому +4

    I love these podcasts! You make so much effort for us Eileen! Love you!

  • @Ma_Wukong
    @Ma_Wukong 2 роки тому +1

    Great content. Please keep it up.

  • @AlistairVigier1
    @AlistairVigier1 Рік тому

    Should have gone to Vancouver or Victoria instead. Don't go to the cold parts of Canada lol

  • @Keravnius
    @Keravnius 2 роки тому +1

    Yifei is such a doll

  • @SevenCostanza
    @SevenCostanza Рік тому

    Can't imagine having to consume all my water from bottles

  • @magnoliastate8274
    @magnoliastate8274 Рік тому

    Lol, I would totally thrash anyone that washed shoes in my washing machine

  • @senxu3960
    @senxu3960 2 роки тому +1

    Very excited to listen to this, thank you Eileen for the upload!

  • @lucnguyenthe5857
    @lucnguyenthe5857 6 місяців тому

    听你们讲话,我可以听懂基本视频的内容,但也有很多不认识的生词,谢谢你们,从越南爱你们😀

  • @John9tv
    @John9tv Рік тому

    Shoes in the washing machine is a deal breaker. We can't be friends

  • @kimb8907
    @kimb8907 2 місяці тому

    我是美国人。 我从来没有把我的鞋子跟衣服放在洗衣机里。这样可以撕破你的衣服。

  • @ronneltv2915
    @ronneltv2915 2 роки тому +1

    I really love this channel 😍😍😍

  • @aungmonn
    @aungmonn Рік тому

    Thanks very much, Eileen. Just to say I have watched this video at least 10 times - I find 这位奴嘉宾的 manner, way of speaking, accent, grammar all are amazing and very good to be modelled after. This indeed helped me a lot in my journey of Chinese language learning. If there's a chance, I wish to watch more interviews with her.

  • @edgeclay56514
    @edgeclay56514 2 роки тому +2

    When European societies started providing a water supply the primary motivator was that was that it was safe, drinkable water. The idea that people are happy to wash clothes in dirty water makes my flesh creep.. It is fun that societies are so different. Hearing people unhappy to drink water from a tap and wasting energy to boil it is so wasteful for society. Clean your water supply :-) Thanks for this content although this is beyond my limited vocabulary at the moment.

  • @acrobaticfish
    @acrobaticfish 8 місяців тому

    “The food in the UK is simple and tasteless”. 😂

  • @kantnergirl08
    @kantnergirl08 Рік тому

    在美國,我覺得水龍頭的水沒有味道,但是有一些小鎮的水龍頭的水卻有味道

  • @QuizmasterLaw
    @QuizmasterLaw 2 роки тому

    English cooking is generally bland and boring BUT
    trifle for desert is really good!
    yorkshire pudding (its not sweet!) is also good.
    i like the pasties but yeah, bland.

  • @CorlissAyaz
    @CorlissAyaz 6 місяців тому

    Incredible vlog. Language, content, delivery, sequencing of the topic - everything was perfect. Thank you Eileen, Thank you Yi Fei

  • @АлександрВанхобин-й8ф

    Приятно слушать, очень хорошее произношение.

  • @kantnergirl08
    @kantnergirl08 Рік тому

    我們也經常分享食物

  • @Karl-going-solo
    @Karl-going-solo 9 місяців тому

    這兩位女士很有品味。 能娶到這樣一位優雅的中國女人我會欣喜若狂。

  • @Euclids.Elements
    @Euclids.Elements Рік тому

    Love your videos. You need a video of an American who speaks very little Chinese what he thinks about visiting China. Not an ex-pat who lives there. I’ve visited three times and the shock and awe is completely different than someone who lives there. Also knowing “xiao” Chinese makes it a lot more interesting. And last time, pulling out paper money instead of using an app to pay was an experience.

  • @cvetnojsad
    @cvetnojsad 2 роки тому

    Hi Eileen!
    恭喜你客人女朋友! 也不光是由于她的这么高的个子! (我也想她的个子的一点点!☺️
    跟别人 一直只能仰视!) . 如果这么高的中国男朋友不好找, 可不可以向她介绍一下一位外国人男朋友吗?
    很有趣搞笑的对话! 其实你们中国人会发现不仅美国人, 还是我们欧洲人的那个单独点吃菜的方式很奇怪! 而我们也对你们的都一起分享的饮食挺惊讶!So nice a habit! 😊
    甜零食,太多糖当高对身体当然有害!我也比较喜欢喝从水龙头的不冷水, 也不习惯喝太多牛奶!🥛
    运动, 健身以及鸡肉我同意: armonic standard body 最好的! 💪
    另外一个是, 雨伞一般好容易弄坏了弄丢了!☔
    其实每两个文化有所正面与负面的特点,对吧?
    Ms 怡菲的中文话很好听, 也她原来有很多的知识经历, 就是很专业! 谢谢你们根我们分享你们说对比的对话!😊
    😘

  • @josephjoebrown11
    @josephjoebrown11 Рік тому

    man she really drank the koolaide

  • @JMPIMP254
    @JMPIMP254 10 місяців тому

    I lived in Beijing for 3 years as a native of the US. I would love to tell you about my culture shock. Great videos!

  • @deshappriyatdk
    @deshappriyatdk Рік тому

    幸亏你提醒我要不如果我去美国的话会忘给消费

  • @Andy_Pandy2000
    @Andy_Pandy2000 Рік тому

    “Was there any other thing about American size which surprised you ?” LOL

  • @janstone2365
    @janstone2365 9 місяців тому

    Great video. Yifei is a great guest. Time stamps for the different sections would be great though.

  • @EmilyMarais
    @EmilyMarais 2 роки тому

    Thank you so much for these videos - I learn so much! It would be really helpful if the subtitles could be moved up a little, so that when I pause I can still read the English. Right now, the English is covered when I pause. Thank you!

  • @monstarsenior9906
    @monstarsenior9906 2 роки тому

    After very very long time new podcast im enjoying now...we r waiting for long time..im learning alot of chinese culture and language through your videos..

  • @polinamartinez4119
    @polinamartinez4119 2 роки тому

    Thank you for all these amazing videos that help us to study. W know, you put a lot of effort and I can't be more grateful. Your topics are super interesting and I would definitely recommend your Channel to everyone.

  • @CorlissAhmad
    @CorlissAhmad 6 місяців тому

    Near perfect. Love this vlog, you, your team. ❤😊