We chatted with Carl, a Swedish audience member who’s been living in California for the past few years. How is living in the Bay Area helps him keep up his language skills? What music does he listen to in Chinese? And what is he studying in Physics in Berkley?

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斯德哥尔摩 | Sīdé gē'ěrmó | Stockholm (capital of Sweden)

• 哥德堡 | Gēdébǎo | Gothenburg (city in Sweden)
• 瑞典语 | Ruìdiǎnyǔ | Swedish language
• 切磋 | qiēcuō | learn from each other by exchanging views; compare notes
• 共同点 | gòngtóngdiǎn | common ground; commonality; similarity
• 德语 | Déyǔ | German language
• 汉字 | hànzì | Chinese characters
• 旧金山湾区 | Jiùjīnshān Wānqū | San Francisco Bay Area
• 茫茫人海 | mángmáng rénhǎi | a vast crowd of people; sea of faces
• 唐人街 | Tángrénjiē | Chinatown
• 伯克利 | Bókèlì | Berkeley (city / university in California)
• 斯坦福 | Sītǎnfú | Stanford (university / area in California)
• 公共汽车 | gōnggòng qìchē | public bus
• 西班牙语 | Xībānyáyǔ | Spanish language
• 旅游 | lǚyóu | travel; tourism; tour
• 神奇 | shénqí | magical; miraculous; mystical
• 欧洲人 | Ōuzhōurén | European (people)
• 自我介绍 | zìwǒ jièshào | self-introduction
• 课程 | kèchéng | course; curriculum; program
• 练习 | liànxí | practice; exercise
• 零食 | língshí | snacks
• 类似 | lèisì | similar; analogous
• 岔开话题 | chàkāi huàtí | digress; change the subject
• 确定 | quèdìng | sure; certain; determine
• 词语 | cíyǔ | words and expressions; terms
• 中学 | zhōngxué | middle school; secondary school
• 高中 | gāozhōng | high school
• 选择 | xuǎnzé | choose; select; option
• 法语 | Fǎyǔ | French language
• 感兴趣 | gǎn xìngqù | interested in
• 文化 | wénhuà | culture; civilization
• 挑战 | tiǎozhàn | challenge
• 摆烂 | bǎilàn | give up; let things slide; "let it rot"
• 作业 | zuòyè | homework; assignment
• 书呆子 | shūdāizi | bookworm; nerd
• 爱好 | àihào | hobby; interest
• 物理 | wùlǐ | physics
• 冲浪 | chōnglàng | surfing
• 毕业 | bìyè | graduate; graduation
• 南美 | Nánměi | South America
• 大自然 | dàzìrán | nature; the great outdoors
• 秘鲁 | Bìlǔ | Peru
• 厄瓜多尔 | Èguāduō'ěr | Ecuador
• 巴西 | Bāxī | Brazil
• 安排 | ānpái | arrange; plan; schedule
• 泳衣 | yǒngyī | swimsuit; swimwear
• 圣地亚哥 | Shèngdìyàgē | San Diego
• 洛杉矶 | Luòshānjī | Los Angeles
• 湾区 | Wānqū | Bay Area
• 粒子加速器 | lìzǐ jiāsùqì | particle accelerator
• 领域 | lǐngyù | field; domain; territory
• 词汇 | cíhuì | vocabulary; lexicon
• 麻烦 | máfan | troublesome; bother (someone)
• 研究 | yánjiū | research; study
• 量子场论 | liàngzǐ chǎnglùn | quantum field theory
• 量子力学 | liàngzǐ lìxué | quantum mechanics
• 宇宙 | yǔzhòu | universe; cosmos
• 广场 | guǎngchǎng | public square; plaza
• 操场 | cāochǎng | sports field; playground
• 碰撞 | pèngzhuàng | collide; run into each other; collision
• 爆炸 | bàozhà | explode; explosion; blast
• 能量 | néngliàng | energy; capability
• 数据 | shùjù | data
• 考倒 | kǎodǎo | stump (someone with a question); puzzle
• 土 | tǔ | rustic; unfashionable; unrefined
• 留言 | liúyán | leave a message; comment
• 反应不过来 | fǎnyìng bù guòlái | unable to react in time; slow to comprehend
• 混在一起 | hùn zài yīqǐ | mix together; jumble up
• 搞不清楚 | gǎo bù qīngchu | unable to make sense of; confused about
• 抽屉 | chōutì | drawer
• 随机 | suíjī | random; randomized
• 母语 | mǔyǔ | mother tongue; native language
• 切换 | qiēhuàn | switch; toggle (e.g., between languages/tasks)
• 日内瓦 | Rìnèiwǎ | Geneva (city in Switzerland)
• 奥本海默 | Àoběnhǎimò | Oppenheimer
• 翻译 | fānyì | translation; translate; translator
• 音译 | yīnyì | transliteration; phonetic transcription
• 淘金 | táojīn | gold rushing; pan for gold
• 诀窍 | juéqiào | knack; trick; key secret
• 放弃 | fàngqì | give up; abandon; renounce
• 流行音乐 | liúxíng yīnyuè | pop music
• 情非得已 | qíngfēidéyǐ | have no alternative; forced by circumstances; involuntary
• 歌手 | gēshǒu | singer; vocalist
• 代沟 | dàigōu | generation gap
• 电视节目 | diànshì jiémù | TV program; television show
• 暴露年龄 | bàolù niánlíng | reveal/expose one's age
• 发音 | fāyīn | pronunciation
• 鸡同鸭讲 | jī tóng yā jiǎng | like a chicken talking to a duck; talking past each other
• 成语 | chéngyǔ | idiom (usually four characters)
• 对牛弹琴 | duì niú tán qín | play the lute to a cow; cast pearls before swine
• 万般皆下品，唯有读书高 | wànbān jiē xiàpǐn, wéiyǒu dúshū gāo | all pursuits are low, only book-learning is high
• 谚语 | yànyǔ | proverb; saying
• 效率 | xiàolǜ | efficiency
• 通用 | tōngyòng | commonly used; universal; interchangeable
• 书面 | shūmiàn | written form; in writing; literary
• 通俗 | tōngsú | popular; common; colloquial
• 重视 | zhòngshì | attach importance to; value; take seriously