Chinesepod lesson search is not working well!

wei1xiao4
April 24, 2009, 12:49 PM posted in General Discussion

Today I needed to refresh my memory about suntan lotion.  I know there is a lesson on that because I know the word "fang2 shai4 shuang1".  However, when I put suntan lotion, sun, beach, protect, or even fang shai shuang in the "search lessons" or "search glossary" it comes up empty.  Come on guys.  This search engine has got to be better than this.  What am I doing wrong?

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henning
April 24, 2009, 12:59 PM

Hi weixiao,
好久不见 :)

After you do your search, you need to choose "expand search" and check everything (vocab, dialogue, ...). "Everything" is exactly what you would expect and what you usually need.

With the described method I found this lesson.

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calkins
April 24, 2009, 01:08 PM

Hi weixiao, in addition to henning's suggestion, I've found another good way is to search the Glossary instead of Lessons (in the pull-down box).

I entered 晒 into the search box, selected Glossary and came up with the following example sentences.  You can then click on the green arrow and it will take you to that sentence's lesson.  I've had much better results searching the Glossary instead of the Lessons...and if you're just looking for example sentences, it's perfect.

Sample Sentences
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那里防晒霜
(Sunscreen is there.)
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这里防晒霜
(Do you have sunscreen here?)
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这里没有最好防晒霜
(We don’t have the best sunscreen here.)
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哪里最好防晒霜
(Where has the best sunscreen?)
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最好防晒霜
(I want the best sunscreen.)
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这种防晒霜
(He doesn’t want this kind of sunscreen.)
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这样的防晒霜
(Do you want this kind of sunscreen?)
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这种防晒霜
(This kind of sunscreen is the most expensive.)
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什么样的防晒霜
(What kind of sunscreen do you have?)
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那种防晒霜
(That kind of sunscreen is very bad.)
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这种防晒霜
(This is not the kind of sunscreen I want.)
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防晒霜
(What kind of sunscreen do you want?)
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喝水防晒
(Yes. Drink lots of water and protect yourself from the sun.)
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夏天做好防晒
(In the summer you need to use sun protection.)
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海滩做好防晒
(When you go to the beach you need to put on sun protection.)
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冬天防晒
(Do you have to use sun protection in the winter as well?)
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衣服阳台
(I'll take the clothes out on the balcony to dry in the sun.)
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一种防晒霜
(That is the least expensive kind of sunscreen.)
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最好防晒霜什么样的
(What kind of sunscreen is the best?)
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知道什么样的防晒霜最好
(I don’t know what kind of sunscreen is the best.)

Well, for some reason the green arrows (links to the lessons) don't
show up here, but they do in the glossary.