<![CDATA[Comments on: Zombies: Deader than Ever]]> 2009-04-30 18:00:00 <![CDATA[By: rich]]> Wow, first time to post.  And it looks like this is tomorrow's lesson, but some reason I am getting tomorrow's lessons today (gee, sounds like the Early Edition show) in emails.  Used to be I was not being told about a lesson until 20 hours after it was released.

Wow...cool..another 僵尸 lesson!!  They just won't die, will they?  "我不是鬼，我是僵尸"...love it.

]]> Wow, first time to post.  And it looks like this is tomorrow's lesson, but some reason I am getting tomorrow's lessons today (gee, sounds like the Early Edition show) in emails.  Used to be I was not being told about a lesson until 20 hours after it was released.

Wow...cool..another 僵尸 lesson!!  They just won't die, will they?  "我不是鬼，我是僵尸"...love it.

]]> <![CDATA[By: missworldtraveler]]> Wow, I got the early edition too.  Unfortunately, I am unable to hear anything.

]]> Wow, I got the early edition too.  Unfortunately, I am unable to hear anything.

]]> <![CDATA[By: etherway]]> What was the name of the famous Hong Kong zombie movie John and Jenny were talking about?

]]> What was the name of the famous Hong Kong zombie movie John and Jenny were talking about?

]]> <![CDATA[By: xugande]]> Does anyone like these lessons? They leave me cold (sorry!)

]]> Does anyone like these lessons? They leave me cold (sorry!)

]]> <![CDATA[By: virtualbob]]> Didn't leave me cold. I thought the lesson was very interesting! 很有意思！

]]> Didn't leave me cold. I thought the lesson was very interesting! 很有意思！

]]> <![CDATA[By: clakkers]]> etherway,

the name of the famous hong kong movie is 僵尸道长 jiang1shi1dao4zhang3. the english name is mr vampire i think (which is strange because it's about zombies...)

i watched it last week on the chinese 'youku' website.  it's quite funny, there are two versions, one is in cantonese and the other in mandarin with mandarin and english subtitles. 

quality old skool entertainment!

i also think that lessons like this one are great because although i won't necessarily use the words everyday in china, it's a topic i don't get to study at chinese school or university.  It's a good insight into chinese culture too.  I think studying something lighthearted is a good way to pick up sentence patterns and grammar (but i love zombie movies so maybe i'm biased!)

 

]]> etherway,

the name of the famous hong kong movie is 僵尸道长 jiang1shi1dao4zhang3. the english name is mr vampire i think (which is strange because it's about zombies...)

i watched it last week on the chinese 'youku' website.  it's quite funny, there are two versions, one is in cantonese and the other in mandarin with mandarin and english subtitles. 

quality old skool entertainment!

i also think that lessons like this one are great because although i won't necessarily use the words everyday in china, it's a topic i don't get to study at chinese school or university.  It's a good insight into chinese culture too.  I think studying something lighthearted is a good way to pick up sentence patterns and grammar (but i love zombie movies so maybe i'm biased!)

 

]]> <![CDATA[By: sushan]]> ok, I'll bite with a 僵尸文化 question. 尸体 怎么 成为 僵尸?

]]> ok, I'll bite with a 僵尸文化 question. 尸体 怎么 成为 僵尸?

]]> <![CDATA[By: coljac]]> Great one. Now thanks to Chinesepod I'm prepared for a business lawsuit, a relationship breakup and the zombie apocalypse.

Hopefully I won't get to use all that vocab in one day.

]]> Great one. Now thanks to Chinesepod I'm prepared for a business lawsuit, a relationship breakup and the zombie apocalypse.

Hopefully I won't get to use all that vocab in one day.

]]> <![CDATA[By: matt_c]]> @sushan good question.

"They are said to be created when a person's soul (魄 pò) fails to leave the deceased's body, due to improper death, suicide, or just wanting to cause trouble."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiang_Shi

 

]]> @sushan good question.

"They are said to be created when a person's soul (魄 pò) fails to leave the deceased's body, due to improper death, suicide, or just wanting to cause trouble."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiang_Shi

 

]]> <![CDATA[By: caballero1011]]> This lesson did leave me a bit cold, and I certainly don't think it's practical. Sorry! :(  I don't ever like to criticize but I feel compelled to right now. Zombies are neither real nor are they part of Chinese culture. In fact I have feeling that if I use the Chinese word for "zombie" with one of my Chinese friends, that they won't even understand what I'm saying because people never talk about zombies in Chinese or English. On a positive note, I think this site is really cool. I think if the lessons are consistantly practical it will make the site even better:) 

]]> This lesson did leave me a bit cold, and I certainly don't think it's practical. Sorry! :(  I don't ever like to criticize but I feel compelled to right now. Zombies are neither real nor are they part of Chinese culture. In fact I have feeling that if I use the Chinese word for "zombie" with one of my Chinese friends, that they won't even understand what I'm saying because people never talk about zombies in Chinese or English. On a positive note, I think this site is really cool. I think if the lessons are consistantly practical it will make the site even better:) 

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