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@dan - 好球！You got me. I changed it. @baba - we are all the buddha. Read more

貂蝉算是中国 "四大美女" 之一。（记得CPod 的以前的课里头提过一次四大美女？不过这个课我刚才去找的时候却没有找到。） 在这个故事她参加了一个＂美人计＂，因为政策或者国家大事的问题。她站在两个政治家中间，然后这两个男人之间出现很多矛盾。我觉得这个方法很坏，但是也比较有意思。 Read more

baba How about some more info on the Gamow bag? Is this a hyperbaric chamber, or a "body bag"? It seems as though you could roll back down the mount... Read more

@shenyajin Perfect. Thanks for the help. Read more

@rjberki, there is distiction between the two, "myself", “我自己”，“本人”, only the speaker can call himself or herself "我自己" or "本人... Read more

@shenyajin Many thanks. So it seems that in oral chinese there is no distinction between "oneself" and "myself"? Read more

@rjberki, "I taught myself" and "I teach myself", we'll say “我自学”，（simple present and simple past are the same）"wǒ zìxué"，it... Read more

@shenyajin Abolishing the 户口 system would in principle benefit migrant employees - education and health for their children etc. in their adopted prov... Read more

Thank you lujiaojie. This is very helpful. Can you say 我教本人了? If not,  how would you say "I taught myself" or "I teach myself?" Read more

Thank you for the feedback guys. @Mikenotinjubei, in fact I havn't  heard of 'Who's on First'. Thanks for the link. Good source of inspiration... Read more