Lesson Comments

Thanks. I've been at it for quite a while now. ChinesePod has a series of lessons on tones, and, as was already mentioned, I have my own site at S... Read more

不管是寒冷的上海或是酷热的澳洲，大家躲在舒服的家里收听chinesepod不是更好吗？:-) Read more

That's very confusing. Is there a generic term used for cousin? Or do you really have to be this specific? Read more

謝謝, Connie! 我快五十歲了, 終於開始過得好一點兒. Read more

I as am American have to agree (that its horrid that is). Nobody talks that way. Thats "valley girl" or something similar, not American. Talking like... Read more

澳洲和上海的天气刚好相反。现在上海是冷飕飕，而澳洲是暖洋洋。对吧？ 我很同意你的观点，现在物质越来越丰富，而人的身体却变得越来越娇嫩，风轻轻地刮一下就倒下来了。而且现在很多的独生子女从小就娇生惯养，父母从不让孩子受一点苦，更不会让他们冻着了。久而久之，人的独立生存能力就减弱了，适应大自然的能力... Read more

IMHO from the perspective of a native Cantonese speaker, I would suggest not going with the single-syllabic HomerSimpson-est use of 丢! especially in m... Read more

老师们和同学们，你们好。我住在澳洲，这里天气刚好相反，已经是初夏，所以没有冷飕飕的感觉。 但是我学到了一个新词，春捂秋冻。这是我第一次听到的词语。我同意这是个很好的理念，但是做起来并不容易，也要看看个人的身体情况吧。 我觉得现在人的受寒能力慢慢减少，这并不是人的身体不好，我想是因为经济太好，让人... Read more

Thanks Baba, and right back at ya. Actually, I don't mean to jump on hau_ab (too much). But just for the record, I have never once thought that any... Read more

hehe, I got the reference and love it. Seems very apt too. Personally I get a kick out of hearing Americans express things in a way that is different... Read more