Lesson Comments
不用说“前同学”。现在不上学了，也说“同学”就行了。 修改： 我住在南京，有几个同学和朋友住在上海。 如果我有了孩子，这个播客会更有用。（这里“了”表示假设的完成", 有“了”更自然） Read more
I live and travel all over china and don't think it is so strange I here it a lot from both chinese and expats. But zenme yang is used commonly or 最近... Read more
I like John's humor with 左右 - a little bit to the left or a little bit to the right. Read more
我住在南京，有几个住在上海的前同学和朋友。如果我有孩子，这个播客更有用。 请修改我的错误。 Read more
的话 isn't as formal as “in the event of". If you want to say "in the event of", 如果。。。。。。发生 or 万一 would probably be more appropriate. A native speaker s... Read more
Can you think of an English example where 'if' doesn't mean 'in the event of'. And if you can, is it incorrect to use 的话 in that situation? I'm... Read more
In many lessons 的话 ( Dehuà) is being translated as "if" - another form of 如果 ( Rúguǒ). Shouldn't it rather be translated as "i... Read more
Last Expansion sentence -- seems like the tone of 只 is wrong: 牛肉面 是 这 家 店 的 特色 ， 每天 只 限量 供应 五十 碗 。 niúròumiàn sh&... Read more
飙升 is almost same as 暴涨. So yes, 飙升is the opposite of 暴跌。 But as the lesson said, 涨/跌 is for price. 升 is for the datanumber... 飙升 is not just for the... Read more