<![CDATA[Comments on: Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes]]> 2010-01-22 18:00:00 <![CDATA[By: btc10]]> I keep hearing about the Shanhai Expo! Why is it such a big deal? And are the changes in Shanghai temporary or permanent?

]]> I keep hearing about the Shanhai Expo! Why is it such a big deal? And are the changes in Shanghai temporary or permanent?

]]> <![CDATA[By: weibwo]]> Liliana you can change your job and change your girlfriend.  We say that all the time in English.

]]> Liliana you can change your job and change your girlfriend.  We say that all the time in English.

]]> <![CDATA[By: btc10]]> I've never heard anyone say "change your girlfriend".

]]> I've never heard anyone say "change your girlfriend".

]]> <![CDATA[By: go_manly]]> I don't think I've ever heard someone say 'change' your girlfriend. It makes girls sound like items of clothing.

]]> I don't think I've ever heard someone say 'change' your girlfriend. It makes girls sound like items of clothing.

]]> <![CDATA[By: 0zm4n33]]> http://www.google.com/search?hl=ru&lr=&newwindow=1&ei=cW5aS5OQB4r-6QPxn4UF&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&ved=0CBEQBSgA&q=%22change+your+girlfriend%22&spell=1

]]> http://www.google.com/search?hl=ru&lr=&newwindow=1&ei=cW5aS5OQB4r-6QPxn4UF&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&ved=0CBEQBSgA&q=%22change+your+girlfriend%22&spell=1

]]> <![CDATA[By: lizengzhi]]> 这座城市的变化真大；那个家伙变的越来越狡猾了；

我们两换下座位;我准备在机场把我的人民币换成美元；这双鞋子不太好，你换成其它的算了；

bian means someting or somebody vary

but huan means exchange

]]> 这座城市的变化真大；那个家伙变的越来越狡猾了；

我们两换下座位;我准备在机场把我的人民币换成美元；这双鞋子不太好，你换成其它的算了；

bian means someting or somebody vary

but huan means exchange

]]> <![CDATA[By: changye]]> It's not fair that you guys only mention "男人有钱就变坏" and not mention the second half of the well known Chinese saying, i.e. "女人变坏就有钱" (When women turn bad, they can earn money).

男人有钱就变坏，女人变坏就有钱。

]]> It's not fair that you guys only mention "男人有钱就变坏" and not mention the second half of the well known Chinese saying, i.e. "女人变坏就有钱" (When women turn bad, they can earn money).

男人有钱就变坏，女人变坏就有钱。

]]> <![CDATA[By: changye]]> 江山易改，本性难移

]]> 江山易改，本性难移

]]> <![CDATA[By: zhenlijiang]]> 我真无法理解你说那样 Connie！难道‘恐龙’的意思是‘很可爱的一个女孩儿’吗? 我们 poddies 会误解吧！

天下所有的女人有这一个永远不变的愿望（无论年龄多大，不管结婚没有）——要变得更漂亮。你也是吧   ☆彡

(rough translation)
I cannot believe you said that Connie! You'll get  poddies confused on the meaning of 恐龙; do you want us learn it as "adorable girl"?
All women (no matter what age, whether married or not) have an eternal, abiding wish--to become even more beautiful. You too, right!

]]> 我真无法理解你说那样 Connie！难道‘恐龙’的意思是‘很可爱的一个女孩儿’吗? 我们 poddies 会误解吧！

天下所有的女人有这一个永远不变的愿望（无论年龄多大，不管结婚没有）——要变得更漂亮。你也是吧   ☆彡

(rough translation)
I cannot believe you said that Connie! You'll get  poddies confused on the meaning of 恐龙; do you want us learn it as "adorable girl"?
All women (no matter what age, whether married or not) have an eternal, abiding wish--to become even more beautiful. You too, right!

]]> <![CDATA[By: changye]]> 我今天才知道“恐龙”这个词的另一个含义，多么有意思呀！如果你是日本人的话，你可以这么说，“見ろよ、あいつ、ゴジラそっくりだぜ!/你看，那个人长得像哥斯拉(Godzilla)一样!”

]]> 我今天才知道“恐龙”这个词的另一个含义，多么有意思呀！如果你是日本人的话，你可以这么说，“見ろよ、あいつ、ゴジラそっくりだぜ!/你看，那个人长得像哥斯拉(Godzilla)一样!”

]]> <![CDATA[By: zhenlijiang]]> Changye 我第一次听到‘恐龙’这个用法是在 CPod 这篇课程里：
http://chinesepod.com/lessons/a-fated-meeting?page=1
Jenny 和 John 从 04:00 开始给我们介绍一下这个来自网络上的新词语。所以 Connie 老师在这里用得才不恰当呢！

Changye the first time I heard this use of '恐龙' was in this CPod lesson (Intermediate - A Fated Meeting).
Jenny and John explain this new term from Internet slang starting at 04:00. So, the way Connie uses it here is so very inappropriate isn't it!

]]> Changye 我第一次听到‘恐龙’这个用法是在 CPod 这篇课程里：
http://chinesepod.com/lessons/a-fated-meeting?page=1
Jenny 和 John 从 04:00 开始给我们介绍一下这个来自网络上的新词语。所以 Connie 老师在这里用得才不恰当呢！

Changye the first time I heard this use of '恐龙' was in this CPod lesson (Intermediate - A Fated Meeting).
Jenny and John explain this new term from Internet slang starting at 04:00. So, the way Connie uses it here is so very inappropriate isn't it!

]]> <![CDATA[By: misterjess]]> Connie,

Connie, Connie, Connie...

Why you say dat?

]]> Connie,

Connie, Connie, Connie...

Why you say dat?

]]> <![CDATA[By: russell2012]]> Why is "I am a dinosaur" one of the lines of the dialogue?

]]> Why is "I am a dinosaur" one of the lines of the dialogue?

]]> <![CDATA[By: kangxia]]> Of course, you can "change your job" or "change your girlfriend". It is normal English.

]]> Of course, you can "change your job" or "change your girlfriend". It is normal English.

]]> <![CDATA[By: silktown]]>

My girlfriend thought she could change me. But I'm much too stubborn. She got a new boyfriend.

]]>

My girlfriend thought she could change me. But I'm much too stubborn. She got a new boyfriend.

]]> <![CDATA[By: silktown]]>

女朋友要改变我。

但是我很倔强的。我不要变。

她换了男朋友。

]]>

女朋友要改变我。

但是我很倔强的。我不要变。

她换了男朋友。

]]> <![CDATA[By: cqwuxioalong]]> 换is change ； 改变 as a Stone Carved into different shapes

]]> 换is change ； 改变 as a Stone Carved into different shapes

]]> <![CDATA[By: cqwuxioalong]]> 恐龙

1 dinosaur

2 looks very bad or unsightly，but only usually describe girl ，women。

please forgive me English is bad；

]]> 恐龙

1 dinosaur

2 looks very bad or unsightly，but only usually describe girl ，women。

please forgive me English is bad；

]]> <![CDATA[By: fred2]]> Qing Wen is a great addition to the lessons. 

Excuse me, but did anyone else find the background music a little distracting?

]]> Qing Wen is a great addition to the lessons. 

Excuse me, but did anyone else find the background music a little distracting?

]]> <![CDATA[By: btc10]]> @ xiasi,

Would you be so kind as to make a sentence using "change your girlfriend"?

]]> @ xiasi,

Would you be so kind as to make a sentence using "change your girlfriend"?

]]> <![CDATA[By: pauley]]> in aussie english a person who is referred to as a dinosaur is a person who is out of touch with the modern era...my children sometimes refer to me this way.....or in the work place a person who is a dinosaur has usually worked in a place for a long time and not up with modern methods..

]]> in aussie english a person who is referred to as a dinosaur is a person who is out of touch with the modern era...my children sometimes refer to me this way.....or in the work place a person who is a dinosaur has usually worked in a place for a long time and not up with modern methods..

]]> <![CDATA[By: jckeith]]> We use it the same way in American English. Small world :)

]]> We use it the same way in American English. Small world :)

]]> <![CDATA[By: ji_li]]> For all the 恐龙 out there, don't worry!

There's a saying that goes: 女大十八变

So you'll still turn out as a 天鹅 all right.

]]> For all the 恐龙 out there, don't worry!

There's a saying that goes: 女大十八变

So you'll still turn out as a 天鹅 all right.

]]> <![CDATA[By: kangxia]]> "Bob seems to change girlfriends every month. He is really fickle."

]]> "Bob seems to change girlfriends every month. He is really fickle."

]]> <![CDATA[By: chris]]> btc10, the actual Expo site is temporary - under expo rules they're required to pull all the pavilions down within a few months of the expo finishing. However, the big deal for longer term SH residents (as opposed to those just visiting for expo) are the major infrastructure improvements they've made throughout the city. Trust me, the whole city has been like a big building site for the last 12-18months. And it's been non-stop - they redeveloped the road outside my flat recently, and were working from around 630am straight through to 3am, 7 days a week. The real benefit will be with SH for years to come after the expo.

An interesting fact I read the other day is that over 95% of expected visitors to expo are Chinese. The 4-5% overseas visitors that are expected to come (i believe around 3-3.5million) is no higher than the average number of overseas visitors to SH apparently!

]]> btc10, the actual Expo site is temporary - under expo rules they're required to pull all the pavilions down within a few months of the expo finishing. However, the big deal for longer term SH residents (as opposed to those just visiting for expo) are the major infrastructure improvements they've made throughout the city. Trust me, the whole city has been like a big building site for the last 12-18months. And it's been non-stop - they redeveloped the road outside my flat recently, and were working from around 630am straight through to 3am, 7 days a week. The real benefit will be with SH for years to come after the expo.

An interesting fact I read the other day is that over 95% of expected visitors to expo are Chinese. The 4-5% overseas visitors that are expected to come (i believe around 3-3.5million) is no higher than the average number of overseas visitors to SH apparently!

]]> <![CDATA[By: John]]> btc10,

The Shanghai World Expo definitely feels as important to Shanghai as the Olympics felt to Beijing, although I, too, am not as immediately clear on why.

One person explained it to me this way: "the Olympics was China's opportunity to put on a show for the world. The World Expo is the world's chance to come put on a show for China."

In any case, there's lots of economic stimulus going on!

]]> btc10,

The Shanghai World Expo definitely feels as important to Shanghai as the Olympics felt to Beijing, although I, too, am not as immediately clear on why.

One person explained it to me this way: "the Olympics was China's opportunity to put on a show for the world. The World Expo is the world's chance to come put on a show for China."

In any case, there's lots of economic stimulus going on!

]]> <![CDATA[By: bill]]> As weibwo and xiasi point out, English is a very "loosely coupled" language. Words tend to be more general, i. e., less restrictive. One can change jobs, homes, girlfriends, opinions, clothes, appearance, personalities, etc. etc.

]]> As weibwo and xiasi point out, English is a very "loosely coupled" language. Words tend to be more general, i. e., less restrictive. One can change jobs, homes, girlfriends, opinions, clothes, appearance, personalities, etc. etc.

]]> <![CDATA[By: lilianamata]]> weibwo

Thanks for that. In Spanish you can say the same! HA!

]]> weibwo

Thanks for that. In Spanish you can say the same! HA!

]]>