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			<h1><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Careful, slippery floor. </font><font size="+1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">小心地滑</FONT></h1>
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			<td><font size="+1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">小心地滑 </FONT><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Careful, slippery floor. You will probably never want to say that, but if you want to be able to say &quot;Careful!&quot; click on these characters: </font><font size="+1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://hua.umf.maine.edu/Chinese/Language/Sound2a/2533ds.wav">小 心</a></font><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> The Pinyin pronunciation guide is xiao3xin1 -- English sounds are something like -- 'see ow seen.'</font>
						<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">If you visit China, you will be amazed at how many signs are in multiple languages; not just English, but French and German as well. We should think about doing the same. It also helps students learn a foreign language. The Chinese government has a campaign to upgrade the signs for the Olympics so that foreign visitors will experience as little confusion as possible. </font></p>
						<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">If you are reading these pages because you are going to visit, return the compliment and take the time to visit my <a href="http://hua.umf.maine.edu/Chinese/topics/topics.html" target="_blank">Topics pages on the Chinese Dictionary</a> site to learn some simple phrases. Here's another one that is good in any language - &quot;thank you&quot; is pronounced xiexie ni </font><a href="http://hua.umf.maine.edu/Chinese/Language/Sound5a/5588jz.wav"><font size="+1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">谢 谢 你 </font><font size="+1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">！ </font></p>
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