<![CDATA[Comments on: The Expat Show and a Jingle Contest]]> 2008-09-13 21:00:00 <![CDATA[By: henning]]> Wow! A Formula 1 lesson for auntie68!

But another 减肥 lesson? To feed my bad conscience? ;)

]]> Wow! A Formula 1 lesson for auntie68!

But another 减肥 lesson? To feed my bad conscience? ;)

]]> <![CDATA[By: bababardwan]]> Lots of exciting developments.Though I won't be able to make the expat show ,I'd like to know more about it.How long has it been going? Is it going to be on every year and on the same date? Is there a website about it?

]]> Lots of exciting developments.Though I won't be able to make the expat show ,I'd like to know more about it.How long has it been going? Is it going to be on every year and on the same date? Is there a website about it?

]]> <![CDATA[By: RJ]]> Henning - you have gotten your wish. I hope you can play an instrument. :-)

Light - I am expecting an entry from you. I hear you can play like Hendrix. Maybe do the Chinese national anthem, Hendrix style. 

 

]]> Henning - you have gotten your wish. I hope you can play an instrument. :-)

Light - I am expecting an entry from you. I hear you can play like Hendrix. Maybe do the Chinese national anthem, Hendrix style. 

 

]]> <![CDATA[By: light487]]> Can't fit a lot in there within 10 seconds though..

]]> Can't fit a lot in there within 10 seconds though..

]]> <![CDATA[By: light487]]> How do you say "news and features" mandarin? I see a few different possibilities for news: xīnwén, xiāoxi, and méitǐ. I am thinking it is xīnwén. And again a few options for features: tèxiě and tǐshì. I am thinking it would be tǐshì...

我们的有新闻和体式
wǒmen de yǒu xīnwén hé tǐshì

]]> How do you say "news and features" mandarin? I see a few different possibilities for news: xīnwén, xiāoxi, and méitǐ. I am thinking it is xīnwén. And again a few options for features: tèxiě and tǐshì. I am thinking it would be tǐshì...

我们的有新闻和体式
wǒmen de yǒu xīnwén hé tǐshì

]]> <![CDATA[By: artkho]]> Here's the website for the expat trade show, http://www.expatshowshanghai.cn/.

]]> Here's the website for the expat trade show, http://www.expatshowshanghai.cn/.

]]> <![CDATA[By: pretzellogic]]> Even though i'm only going to understand about 5% or less of the Formula 1 lesson, i'm really looking forward to hearing it. i'm not sure where the Formula 1 lesson is in the development process (all done and  just need the pdfs to be created, or just writing the script), but I am curious to know the thought process at cpod about sports focused lessons.  From American Football, World Cup Soccer, and other sports that Chinese may not be familiar with, cpod doesn't give much detail about specifics of the games that a person familiar with the game might want.  For example, the Super Bowl lesson was just very top level vocabulary, and wasn't helpful if you want to explain some deeper strategies and tactics of the game (like a "play-action pass is not a good play from your end-zone").  Granted, the Super Bowl lesson was a elementary lesson, but even the World Cup Football lesson, which was an upper intermediate lesson, didn't have specifics about player positions, or a favorite player on a team, or descriptions of regional styles of play.

It would be nice for the Formula 1 lesson to have a few terms that talked to strategy and tactics. Maybe talking about specific drivers like Lewis Hamilton, and whether he can continue to put himself in position to win the driving championship this year would be helpful. Also discussions about road courses, and the difference between tracks might be helpful, like the differences between the track for the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai ("very fast, 16 turns and corners"), and the track at Monza for the Italian Grand Prix ("lot more chicanes, 12 turns and corners"). 

Actually, for all the sports themed lessons, it would be nice to have those types of descriptions.  Just a thought.

 

]]> Even though i'm only going to understand about 5% or less of the Formula 1 lesson, i'm really looking forward to hearing it. i'm not sure where the Formula 1 lesson is in the development process (all done and  just need the pdfs to be created, or just writing the script), but I am curious to know the thought process at cpod about sports focused lessons.  From American Football, World Cup Soccer, and other sports that Chinese may not be familiar with, cpod doesn't give much detail about specifics of the games that a person familiar with the game might want.  For example, the Super Bowl lesson was just very top level vocabulary, and wasn't helpful if you want to explain some deeper strategies and tactics of the game (like a "play-action pass is not a good play from your end-zone").  Granted, the Super Bowl lesson was a elementary lesson, but even the World Cup Football lesson, which was an upper intermediate lesson, didn't have specifics about player positions, or a favorite player on a team, or descriptions of regional styles of play.

It would be nice for the Formula 1 lesson to have a few terms that talked to strategy and tactics. Maybe talking about specific drivers like Lewis Hamilton, and whether he can continue to put himself in position to win the driving championship this year would be helpful. Also discussions about road courses, and the difference between tracks might be helpful, like the differences between the track for the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai ("very fast, 16 turns and corners"), and the track at Monza for the Italian Grand Prix ("lot more chicanes, 12 turns and corners"). 

Actually, for all the sports themed lessons, it would be nice to have those types of descriptions.  Just a thought.

 

]]> <![CDATA[By: shanghaichanges]]> 为什么你们一个新jingle?

Why do you want a new jingle.

 

我喜欢一个jingle

I like this jingle.

]]> 为什么你们一个新jingle?

Why do you want a new jingle.

 

我喜欢一个jingle

I like this jingle.

]]> <![CDATA[By: blackjacksadie]]> 你好！I'm relatively new to CPod.

I agree that a new jingle would only be an improvement, and I really like the idea of a Hendrix-style anthem. I wish that I could play something besides the radio at times like these.

再见！

]]> 你好！I'm relatively new to CPod.

I agree that a new jingle would only be an improvement, and I really like the idea of a Hendrix-style anthem. I wish that I could play something besides the radio at times like these.

再见！

]]> <![CDATA[By: jim_parker]]> I was multitasking while I was listening to this podcast, so I might have misunderstood, but did JP actually say that "tool of the week" isn't about "users we don't like" ?  I would be surprised if anyone but a native English speaker caught that reference.  :)

Of course, if I did misunderstand, then I suppose I just won the prize for this week...

-jim

 

]]> I was multitasking while I was listening to this podcast, so I might have misunderstood, but did JP actually say that "tool of the week" isn't about "users we don't like" ?  I would be surprised if anyone but a native English speaker caught that reference.  :)

Of course, if I did misunderstand, then I suppose I just won the prize for this week...

-jim

 

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