querido Posted October 5, 2011 at 07:09 PM Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 at 07:09 PM "Happy Things" looks easier than "Home with Kids". It's "China's first animated TV sitcom". Advantages for the learner (I think) over 家有儿女: a lot less vocabulary?, slower. Disadvantages: a lot of Beijinghua?, some of the characters look and sound unnecessarily unpleasant. As with "Home with Kids" there's a textbook with DVD: http://www.chinasprout.com/shop/BLO175 To me, it's a lot less attractive but seems much easier. Any opinions? [Edit: http://www.youku.com/playlist_show/id_1259066.html ] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasoninchina Posted October 6, 2011 at 04:49 AM Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 at 04:49 AM I would say both programs are at a low intermediate level. I do agree with you though that "Happy Things" is less attractive. This is essentially my problem with 快乐东西，家有儿女，快乐汉语; none of them are particularly interesting. I recently finished 爱上查美乐。The level of Chinese was a little high for me, but I was able to follow the plot every step of the way and learned a lot. Is it really that difficult to produce an interested program for Chinese learners? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
大肚男 Posted November 4, 2011 at 02:40 AM Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 at 02:40 AM based on this topic I watched an episode of 快乐东西。 while the animation was awful, I really liked it, it was funny, easy to understand, and without the annoying "kids" voices that plague many cartoons. thanks OP for the suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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