User Comments - rajat
rajat
Posted on: Requesting a Napkin
June 4, 2007 at 4:55 AMI have an idea for a lesson! I was watching a soccer game in Chinese the other day, and was totally lost except for for players names (Bei ka me) and when a goal was scored (feichang piaoliang!) . I think a lesson for commentary on a soccer game could be very useful, and a lot of fun to boot (har har)
Posted on: Lili and Zhang Liang 15: Uncomfortable Encounter in a Bar
May 28, 2007 at 11:00 PMHey! I don't normally post this, but this was a really excellent lesson! A good balance of old, and new vocabulary, and old/new grammar patterns, and great explanations to boot. Good job CPod! I thought Jenny especially did a great job - I'm not sure if she meant to speak in a more measured voice - but for some reason it was easier to understand her banter! One question for you all though - is it normally to have a soft violin playing gently in the background when you're at the bar in China ??? Here in Canada, its a little more common to have loud rock music... but I rather prefer the violin ;) Speaking of Chinese music, I just got some great stuff by Li Wei - classical chinese instrumental music. Highly recommended!
Posted on: World Cup Football
May 24, 2007 at 1:18 AMI think the MP3 is still missing...
Posted on: My New MP3 Player
May 24, 2007 at 1:13 AMHey guys (and gals), can you recommend any good Chinese instrumental music for our MP3 players? I heard something from the Shanghai Philharmonic on the World Music channel here in Canada, and was absolutely enthralled. Asian classical music can be so relaxing! Please, no N-Sync wannabe pop music though - everyone seems to send me that :P (including things like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRAdBNaqg9k )
Posted on: 是飞碟吗？
May 22, 2007 at 9:53 PMI can't read chinese :(
Posted on: Chinese Wedding Customs
May 16, 2007 at 10:44 PMAlso, Jenny can you tell us a little more about this ritual of removing clothes of the married pair? I used to think Chinese society was conservative, relative to Western society... wow was I wrong! Is that it, or does more hanky panky go on? Don't be shy to tell us, we're all grown up here.... I think ;) Also where do we find these pictures that you said everyone seems to take :P
Posted on: Chinese Wedding Customs
May 16, 2007 at 10:41 PMAmen.
Posted on: Chinese Wedding Customs
May 16, 2007 at 1:37 AMDoh for that last comment - it was supposed to be the proverbial Chinese language MOUNTAIN. So much for my poetic attempt.
Posted on: Chinese Wedding Customs
May 16, 2007 at 1:35 AMI think I should chime in with a positive note here. A couple months ago I was really struggling with the intermediate lessons although Eles were too easy for me. I complained on these comment boards quite a lot, in sheer frustration. But these dual english/chinese lessons really helped me bridge the gap... and you really need to drill down at this level and repeat each lesson over and over. Chinese is 'fun' at Ele and Newb, but now it's 'fun' and 'hard work' too... which is just fine by me, since the rewards of speaking such a widely spoken language fluently are great! From my experience, you won't get anyone speaking Chinese more clearly than Jenny. She might change speed at times, but these are natural variations that you should get used to. I also try practice my Chinese with a dude I met on craigslist for a language exchange and it is way harder to understand him than Jenny, because he speaks a lot faster and not as clear. So yeah, I think these hybrid lessons at the Inter level really do the trick - I now understand way more of the banter than ever (still not everything though). Just listen to them over and over again, and drill down on the words you don't know. The intermediate lessons are now by far my favourite - after only two months of struggle! So if you're struggling up the proverbial Chinese language, take hope from those of us who have already scaled it! (or...at least gotten to Base Camp ... the rest of us look to John as the real Edmund Hillary)
Posted on: Requesting a Napkin
June 4, 2007 at 7:04 AMYeah I'm thinking an intermediate, or upper intermediate lesson. I play soccer with an all-chinese team and its a little difficult to understand what they're trying to say when they yell at me for losing possession once again....