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Intermediate | Fog or Smog?

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In today's ChinesePod lesson we're headed back to our hometown. Lots of things have changed, some of them good and some of them not. Learn all about talking about the past in this reflective podcast. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1408

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