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changye
Posted on: 十月怀胎
July 21, 2008 at 7:44 AM我家的小狗宝贝（名字叫芭迪）非常胖。她自称是一条西施犬（狮子狗）。不过我不敢轻易相信，就因为我从来没看过那么胖乎乎的西施犬。大家好好想一想，世上哪有体重超过18斤的胖狮子狗。百度百科也说西施犬标准体重范围从10到14斤。
我老问我的胖狗：“你原来是不是杂种的?”，但芭迪当然不承认，什么也不说。现在回想起来，虽然是六年前买来的小狗，可当时只花一百四十元人民币能买到纯血统的西施犬吗？纯粹的西施犬会有像她那样明显的地包天牙齿吗？真叫人纳闷！
我的小狗还没下过崽子，理由很简单就是她一只男朋友都没有。我看芭迪的体重是她找不到对象的主要原因。在我家附近徘徊流浪的公狗都比芭迪小，在加上，他们几乎都比芭迪少好几岁。公狗们可能害怕胖大姐，同时也喜欢年轻漂亮的女友。
前几天，我领着小狗散步的时候，在路上发现一个陌生女人一直盯着芭迪，后来她走过来对我说：“你的小狗生了崽子，送我一只好吗？我家的狗狗丢了，孩子不高兴。” 她误会我家的狗怀孕，以为芭迪是快要下崽的准妈妈狗。真是把我气坏了！
Posted on: 十月怀胎
July 21, 2008 at 1:30 AMHi henning,
Just hilarious! How humorous! Judging from what the doctor said, I think your first baby is a boy. Am I right? I don't easily believe that you have a baby girl who has the biggest ...............
Posted on: Sneezing
July 20, 2008 at 2:06 AMHi tucsonmichael,
Good for you, a lucky guy! I hope that your wife is not bothered by her snoring spouse. Now, let me pick on a happy bridegroom, hehe. Ethnic minorities are called 少数民族 (shao3 shu4 min2 zu2), not 小数民族, in Chinese. And be careful, 少年 (youngsters) is pronounced 'shao4 nian2', but not 'shao3 nian2'. 少 is a multi-reading character. 小数 (xiao3 shu4) means 'decimal number'. Enjoy your stay in China!
Posted on: Sneezing
July 19, 2008 at 11:29 AMHi tucsonmichael,
Thanks for your advice. I guess that 打呼噜 is probably more commonly used than 打鼾. Ironically, I didn't know the word '打鼾', even though there is a very frequently used word '鼾' (ibiki, snoring) in Japanese!
P/S. Are you already in China for your wedding?
Posted on: A Visit by the Police
July 17, 2008 at 8:53 AM我住的公寓是一栋六层的楼房。我住在六楼。六楼基本上非常安静因为楼上没有人。但是唯一的问题在于二楼的一个小姑娘喜欢弹钢琴。她弹的不是电子琴，而是一架既大又重的黑色竖式钢琴。这种钢琴发出的声音当然很大，而且中国砖造建筑物的防音效果很差劲。更倒霉的是那个姑娘天天晚上九点到十点半认真地练习钢琴。每天到了这个时间，我的公寓就变成一座音乐厅。很遗憾她弹得很不好。
我自己也是一个平时很爱听古典音乐的人。我书房里有一台从日本带来的名牌电子钢琴，在客厅有一套立体声设备和超过一千张的音乐光盘。当然是我对那个女孩儿所弹的钢琴曲子都很熟悉。可是这又意味着从二楼传来的声音对我来说并不是单纯的噪音，而是从小就耳熟的背景音乐。最烦人的是我都能听得出她把哪儿弹错或者是速度节奏是否妥当。我有时甚至看着乐谱听”噪音”。我不懂音乐就好了。
Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Hainan
July 16, 2008 at 2:12 PMHi pinkjeans,
Chinesepod is an ideal place for me to learn both English and Chinese simultaneously, which is a typical example of 一举两得 (yi4 ju3 liang3 de2), 一箭双雕 (yi2 jian4 shuang1 diao1) and 一石二鸟 (yi4 shi2 er4 niao3). More importantly, in my daily life I have no opportunity to write in English or Chinese except for here Chinesepod forum. Without Chinesepod, I can’t make any headway in learning the two languages.
I’m a newbie/elementary learner of Korean. The other day, I happened to come across a Korean-learning podcast hosted by Korean and Japanese teachers, and I listened to one of their lessons. I must say that I just couldn’t stand listening to it simply because their conversation in Japanese was too long. I also love banters and cultural tips in lessons, but provided that main emphasis is on learning a target language.
This is the reason why I posted my previous comment. Anyway, I myself am very satisfied with Chinesepod, but I don’t know if the same goes for native English speakers. In today’s lesson, Jenny and Ken taught us a useful phrase “前面就有”, but I don’t understand why they didn’t mention 后面 or 旁边 for the record, just to enable listeners to learn words more systematically. Are these words too much for elementary learners?
I always thank Chinesepod!
Posted on: Wait!
July 16, 2008 at 5:32 AMHi darrencook,
＞ A跟B (gen1) [northern dialect colloq.]
＞ A和B (he2) [neutral]
＞ A同B (tong2) [southern dialect colloq.]
＞ A与B (yu3) [formal and classical]
As far as I know, 跟 and 和 are commonly used in conversation, and 同 and 与 mainly in writings. 与 is the most formal among them as you mentioned. Of course, there is no clear-cut distinction among them.
As for 同, I guess there might be some misunderstandings in your grammar book. In Cantonese, 同 is actually used as a dialect, but in this case its meaning is “instead, for” (替, 给). So I don’t think A同B is a southern dialect usage.
Posted on: Finding a Taxi
July 16, 2008 at 3:53 AMHi yangyanga,
Thank you! At last, a great mystery has solved! 差头 is a transliteration of the English word "charter", who would have expected this?
Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Hainan
July 16, 2008 at 2:56 AMI’m a non-native English speaker, so this kind of lesson, where you hear long banters, sightseeing guide in English and a little bit of Chinese vocab and grammar in 14 minutes, is very educational for me because it is a good English listening comprehension exercise.
But I don’t know whether or not it is still worth listening to today's lesson repeatedly for native English speakers, even if they are elementary learners. I prefer a little more condensed and linguistically informative lessons. I think that ten minutes would be enough, at most.
后面就有。hou4 mian5 (in the back)
旁边就有。pang2 bian1 (beside)
Posted on: 十月怀胎
July 21, 2008 at 12:04 PMHi user28880,
I'm a free user, so I know nothing about paid services provided by Cpod. The English translations of dialogues are NOT included in them?