For the adults, check out this post: 【电视剧】Where to stream foreign TV shows in China (中英字幕) Ready to run down memory lane? Ready to learn something in the process? Well, here are nine childhood cartoons from the USA… for years, our Saturday mornings included at least one of the following nostalgic animated shows. Each cartoon’s…
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【MV】Jamie xx《Gosh》在杭州天都城小区拍摄
You may not know who Jamie xx is or have heard this song before, but we highly recommend watching this video! It was directed by Romain Gavras and features more than 400 actors and was made without any CGI effects or other trickery. Keep that in mind when you see a figure standing in nearly…
【世界美食】Foods of the World: Vietnamese Phở 越南河粉
Phở is one of our absolute favorite foods in the world! Have you had it before? Don’t know what it is? If your mouth is not watering by the end of this post, then we don’t know what else we can do… be sure to watch the video at the bottom! Phở (or just pho) is pronounced /fʌ/, /fə/, /fər/, or /foʊ/:…
【7月4日】100 Years of Hot Dog Eating Contests 美国吃热狗大赛100周年
We all know the Fourth of July as the USA’s political Independence Day but it also marks a huge holiday in US culture. Besides fireworks and BBQs, one of the most well-known events on July 4 every year is the famed International Hot Dog Eating Contest 美国吃热狗大赛 on Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York, sponsored…
【流行文化】Top 3 Carpool Karaokes with Chinese subtitles 看过拼车卡拉OK了嘛？（中英字幕）
For some reason, the recent “battle of the late night hosts” in the USA has been won by two British guys. Gone are the days of Letterman and Leno monologues; it’s now time for viral video shorts that can be easily consumed on your mobile devices. James Corden, esteemed British funnyman, Broadway superstar, and the…
⚠️ Reminder: Verify your Alipay account by July 1
Do you use Alipay as one of your payment methods in China? Here’s your friendly reminder to authorize and verify yourself before July 1st! We received a suspicious text message from Alipay’s main number a couple weeks ago: It’s taken us a couple of weeks dealing with their “support” people trying to get some insight….
【搞笑】Hilarious Types of Spanish Accents 这么多种西班牙语口音
As you know, Spanish is one of the most oft-spoken languages in the world, being a top language in 20 different countries and one of the 6 official languages in the United Nations. So yeah, many people speak Spanish… but to tell the truth, they speak it in TOTALLY different ways. It may sound the…
【MV】Sia《Cheap Thrills》是不是今年的夏日之歌？（中英字幕）
Sia. Oh, Sia. Cheap Thrills is a song taken from her seventh studio album This Is Acting (2016). It was written by both Sia and Greg Kurstin, and produced by Kurstin. Cheap Thrills is a pop song with elements of electropop. The song was originally meant for Rihanna’s Anti, however after she turned it down Sia decided to keep it and…
The 2016 Tony Award Winners
For the best music, we have the Grammy Awards, for the best TV shows, we have the Emmy Awards and for the best movies, we have the Academy Awards (Oscars). 【好莱坞文化】What’s the big deal with the Academy Awards? But what about the best live theatre performances? For those, we have the Tony Awards! Fancy! The…
【美国体育文化】Pittsburgh Penguins win the Stanley Cup 匹兹堡企鹅队夺得斯坦利杯
SAN JOSE — A long, sometimes painful journey for the Pittsburgh Penguins ended in triumph Sunday when they won the Stanley Cup with a 3-1 victory against the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center. This championship came seven years to the day since their last one and is the fourth Stanley Cup title in Penguins history…