User Comments - Tal

Posted on: Questioning a Child

过奖了 old sport! After I posted I realized 日落西山 would have been more apt. As for my quote I had a teacher who used to like saying this. Don't know the movie, only the rock band!

Posted on: Questioning a Child

Sic transit gloria mundi, old sport.

Posted on: Questioning a Child

Yo son of Jor-El! Yes it's both clever and cute of Bob to come up with that, 对吧？For all his faults he's not completely without charm. Part of me realized some time ago that we should all really nurture him, help him to grow as a person, be his family and friends. Any reasonable person should know that smacking a disagreeable child seldom produces a desirable result, instead it just sets up a negative feedback loop which does no good. Let's get out of this one and do what Superman would do! ;-)

Posted on: The Wives of Gay Men

First question: answer has to be 'you must be joking!' (sorry). Second question, well... almost the same. Chinese people (generally) don't find it easy to be open-minded about these things. I've found that they generally look down on both those who adopt children and those who are adopted. It just doesn't fit their world view.

Posted on: Questioning a Child

I thought by now someone would have remarked upon the picture used to accompany this lesson title. Am I alone in finding it unpleasant? Surely unnecessary to depict a young child being treated in this way. The topic of corporal punishment is a tricky one of course. I recall a time when raising it in a lesson like this would have produced lively 'discussion'.

Posted on: Questioning a Child

Round 2 seems unnecessary iaing but I did enjoy your post. I rest my case on it I think. Don't see many roos in China but just by chance I was reading today how in 1770, Captain Cook's ship Endeavour ran aground on the coast of Queensland, Australia. While some of his men made repairs, Cook led an exploration party and met the aboriginal people. One of the sailors pointed to the animals that hopped around with their young riding in pouches, and asked an aborigine what they were called. The aborigine replied, "Kanguru." From then on Cook and his sailors referred to the animals by this word. It wasn't until later that they learned it meant "What did you say?"

Posted on: Questioning a Child

lol - you really are in danger of developing a sense of humor arentcha? I had to google your jest and now can't resist quoting wikipedia.

"The two main characters, Weebl and Bob, are best friends, but are easily prone to harassing and insulting each other though these insults are mainly directed at Bob. Both characters are egg-shaped creatures with wide mouths that split their heads in half (like the Canadians from South Park), and move by rolling, hopping or swaying back and forth. They just mutter and 'talk' in a way that they seem to understand between the two of them. Weebl is the larger of the two, during the series it is revealed that Bob's small stature is due to a cheese overdose in the 1980s. Many of their stories are centred around their love of pie, a devotion shared by most of the other characters in their world—these episodes generally depict one of their several (often failed) attempts to obtain it. We also know that the two characters don't have a house as Weebl sold it to buy a rocket ship."

OK Bob, cute. Seems like you're learning too.

Posted on: Questioning a Child

哈哈哈， 江山易改， 本性难移。

OK Bob, go ahead and delete!

Posted on: A Visit From Superman

You're one of a kind baba, here's to ya 超人! (Steer clear of the kryptonite!)

Posted on: Arrival in Jizhou

Station dude! I live in hope of a sequel to this classic series. Any chance of being led astray by that magic flute again? Here's hoping.