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Posted on: 小太监进宫四
On August 12 at 4:33 AM by xiaophil

Pete 那你觉得“as big as Texas”怎么样？好象只是美式说法，而且不常见，但是我听说过。只想问一下这样的说法是“metonymy”还是“比喻”？我不想作pedant，就是不太熟悉那个metonymy的词。 Read more

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Posted on: 赤壁之战
On August 12 at 4:32 AM by bababardwan

上周末我老婆跟我一起去看这部“赤壁”电影了。我非常喜欢的，不过我老婆不可以看看半 的电影因为她觉得它太暴力。可是，她挺满意因为她宣称这部电影证两个女人比几万男人聪明。感谢Cpod 为这个当前和专题课程。 Read more

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Posted on: 小太监进宫四
On August 12 at 4:03 AM by pearltowerpete

Hi xiaophil , 对，我就是想讲一些具体的地名。 我们metonymy 用的稍微多一点，比如： Wall Street, the White House, Foggy Bottom, Hollywood, 等，这些地方都能代表一个概念，比如经济，行政部门，外交界，电影界等。但... Read more

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On August 12 at 3:58 AM by lujiaojie

desluo929 : The last syllable of 出来/出去 should be pronounced as a natural tone, write as lái/qù and lai/qu are both OK. &nbsp... Read more

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On August 12 at 3:53 AM by connie

Hi alexyzye You can say “这真是捣乱。” But “这不是捣乱嘛。” and “这不是捣乱吗？” are also correct。The speaker uses the &ld... Read more

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Posted on: 小太监进宫四
On August 12 at 3:47 AM by xiaophil

Pete 我觉得英文里面有类似的关于地理的说法，这个叫“as steady as a rock”，不过英文的说法比中文的无聊多了，而且我认为你指着具体的地方，所以算了，哈哈哈。 Read more

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Posted on: 疑病症
On August 12 at 3:31 AM by deng66deta

golden_little_tiger85 ： 我是中国人但我不是医生，不过据我所知，我们把这叫做“I型糖尿病”和“II型糖尿病”，或者写成“1型糖尿病”和“2型糖尿病” I'm C... Read more

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On August 12 at 3:19 AM by rubielyn_tenidor

In the Expansion sentence: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style De... Read more

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Posted on: 小太监进宫四
On August 12 at 3:15 AM by pearltowerpete

对话里面讲到“稳如泰山。” 顾名思义，它的意思就是特别稳定。泰山就是山东省的一座山。 中文里很多其他成语和俗语也会提到泰山，如： 有眼不识泰山，泰山北斗，等。 我想问一下，听众朋友的母语会不会有类似的关于地理的说法？比如，日语会不会有很多讲富士山的俗语？我想了很久... Read more

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On August 12 at 3:14 AM by Tal

Too right! I think I'm just gonna become a CPod nostalgic, listen to all the old stuff and 'live in the past', CPod's 'golden age'! Read more