User Comments - Tal
Tal
Posted on: Welcome to ChinesePod
June 5, 2009 at 6:42 AMHi baba,
yes, while the application loads my computer does slow down a bit I guess, also the cursor doesn't respond well to mouse movement for a few seconds. This doesn't stop happening after registration (it seems to be a necessary part of the software 'getting its boots on' - lol) but if you continue using the software without registration after the trial period ends it does seem to get much worse!
It did used to annoy me at first, but otherwise the software works so well and is so useful for a person determined to learn and enjoy Chinese, that I decided to just get used to it. It only happens for a few seconds at start-up after all. I'll try and find a moment to email the creator about this issue.
Posted on: Delegating Tasks
June 5, 2009 at 1:43 AMSeriously? Good thing you changed it or this whole thread would have been chock-a-block with bruised egos and curt rejoinders! Anyway next time do one on working for dumb bosses, (a far more common experience and one we all need guidance with.)
Posted on: Welcome to ChinesePod
June 5, 2009 at 1:09 AMThe best of the 'popup translators' by far is the MDBG Chinese Reader, and any serious learners who haven't got to grips with Chinese characters yet would find it a valuable tool in my opinion.
You get a 15-day free trial, (after that the program will continue to function, but not so well as before, and you will get various messages and nags asking you to register.)
To register the software is somewhat more expensive than other similar things, but in my view, well worth it.
一分钱一分货 (yī fēn qián yī fēn huò - You get what you pay for.)
Posted on: Lili and Zhang Liang 1: A Fated Meeting
June 4, 2009 at 1:46 PM@lovelygreentea - Welcome to Chinesepod! Take a look at the recent posts in this thread which may answer some of your questions.
Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 11: Wang in the Doghouse
June 4, 2009 at 1:32 PM哈哈！我明白了！There's probably a long long list of people I have a hard time thinking of myself, (Donald Rumsfeld, Britney Spears, Rush Limbaugh, etc etc), and there's the sweet mystery of life right there! lol
many thanks for the book info, I'm going to try and place an order with the local bookstore this weekend - :-D
Posted on: Lili and Zhang Liang 1: A Fated Meeting
June 4, 2009 at 1:11 PM*bows* 应该的！
Posted on: Lili and Zhang Liang 1: A Fated Meeting
June 4, 2009 at 1:01 PM吧 can also indicate 'supposition', and in that sense performs the same function as 吗.
e.g. 你对这个地方很熟悉吧？ = You're familiar with this place aren't you?
您是从香港来的陈老师吧？ = Aren't you teacher Chen from Hong Kong?
Hmm... incidentally Mike I agree with you about the banter being much harder to catch in this lesson. I think the main reason is because Jenny does not really 'rein in' her speed here, does not often slow down and emphasize things the way she does nowadays. It's interesting to compare an older lesson like this with the more recent ones and observe the change in her teaching style. I think it's good to be stretched a bit by these older lessons.
Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 11: Wang in the Doghouse
June 4, 2009 at 10:36 AM@dan - 好球！You got me. I changed it.
@baba - we are all the buddha.
Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 11: Wang in the Doghouse
June 3, 2009 at 2:45 PM@baba - re. my personality disorder, perhaps you are yet wandering in illusions my son. What does Tripitaka say at the end of that first episode of the story we talked about? (Time for another quotation from this fine tale it seems!) "We're all afraid... until we realise that we are all each other." 怎么样？ No? OK, back to sniffing the mercury then! ;-)
@zhenlijiang - reading Alice in Chinese sounds like a nice idea. I must try and get hold of a copy. The Mad Tea Party is my favorite part too. If your (or anyone else's) interest and delight in the book equals mine you'll want to get hold of The Annotated Alice which contains a wealth of little known facts and background information about almost every whimsical poem and incident in both of Carroll's great Alice books.
Posted on: Who are You Looking For?
June 6, 2009 at 7:59 AMGreat proxy pete! And hilarious video. Don't know how I missed this. You might enjoy eccentric English stand-up Robert Newman's stage show The History Of Oil, which was where I first heard anyone amusingly riffing on both the names of Mr. Hu and Mr. Wen. The politics are slightly out-of-date now, but this guy is a real entertainer.
Shenyajin, when you were looking for your father, were you crossing your eyes?
I think I'm looking for the blue fairy.