Lesson Comments
Is there an office sweepstake in Chinesepod? Or is that sort of thing frowned upon? :-p Read more
Wow, I must give Gansu a visit sometime. Read more
In British English, we'd also say: "get a tan" or "where did you get such a good tan?". This treats it as a noun, so there's clearly all kinds of ways... Read more
Whatever happened to Rebecca. She's in so many of these older podcasts, she's practically Amber's co-host! Did she stay in China, go back to A... Read more
Yeah, I say xìnxí,, and my parents are from Taiwan. Didn't realize there was that discrepancy. Read more
Doesn't look like my pox is working. Sigh. Read more
No, but you would say "where did you get so burned?" or "burnt"... right? Read more
Do I dare jump in... eeeeerrrrrrr.... okay, can't resist. I think tan is okay here because it could be interpreted as an adjective, and it wouldn... Read more
Can't we just all agree that American English is an abomination, and go back to English English? It would certainly make it easier for me ;-) Read more
Yes, but in this case there is no adjective form of burn, therefore we must default at the passive verb construction of burnt/burned. Read more