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Posted on: Tomb Sweeping Day
April 5, 2008 at 8:17 AMI somehow associate today’s lesson title “tomb sweeping” with “bomb sweeping”.
Posted on: Tomb Sweeping Day
April 5, 2008 at 8:00 AM清明节 has also been called 扫墓节 (sao3 mu4 jie2) or 踏青节 (ta4 qing1 jie2). 清明 is one of 24 seasonal divides (24节气), such as 春分, 夏至, 秋分, and 冬至, which is a calendar system originated in ancient China. This system is based on the motion of the sun, not the moon, and that is the reason why 清明节 comes on approximately the same solar calendar date each year. 清明 is a shortened form of 清净明洁 (pure, clear and clean).
Posted on: 六一儿童节
April 4, 2008 at 7:52 AM不管你信不信日本的儿童节每年居然有三次， 分别都是三月三日五月五日和十一月十五日。 从经济角度看我分不清到底是好事还是坏事。 三月三日是在日语里被称作为雏祭的女儿节， 有女孩子的家庭父母一般都摆放工艺精湛而 造型华美的宫装人偶来祝福女儿的平安幸福。 这传统人偶是按照古代天皇夫妻的模样做的。 五月五日是上述三个节日中唯一的法定假日， 就是来源于中国端午节的男孩节又称儿童节。 这一天很多有男孩的家庭要在屋外挂鲤鱼旗， 并且家里摆个甲胄模型来祝愿儿子健康成长。 十一月十五日是所谓七五三的一种神道节日， 五岁男孩和三岁七岁女孩一般都穿传统和服， 和父母亲一起到神社去而感谢上帝保佑之恩。 当天孩子们按传统吃叫做千岁贻的吉祥糖果。 多亏有个妹妹我小时候能分享女孩子的节日， 又幸亏成家以后我有了一个男孩和一个女孩， 因此我虽已长成大人还能享受所有儿童节日。 女儿节的雛形娃娃 The girl’s festival, traditional dolls. http://images.google.co.jp/images?um=1&hl=ja&lr=&newwindow=1&q=%E3%81%B2%E3%81%AA%E4%BA%BA%E5%BD%A2&btnG=%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E6%A4%9C%E7%B4%A2 男孩节的鲤鱼旗 The boy’s festival, carp streamers http://images.google.co.jp/images?um=1&hl=ja&lr=&newwindow=1&q=%E9%AF%89%E3%81%AE%E3%81%BC%E3%82%8A&btnG=%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E6%A4%9C%E7%B4%A2 男孩节的甲胄模型 The boy’s festival, armor replicas http://images.google.co.jp/images?um=1&hl=ja&lr=&newwindow=1&q=%E4%BA%94%E6%9C%88%E4%BA%BA%E5%BD%A2&btnG=%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E6%A4%9C%E7%B4%A2 七五三节的儿童和服 The seven-five-three festival, children’s kimonos. http://images.google.co.jp/images?hl=ja&q=%E4%B8%83%E4%BA%94%E4%B8%89&btnG=%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E6%A4%9C%E7%B4%A2&gbv=2
Posted on: 六一儿童节
April 4, 2008 at 1:48 AMI thought that today's topic would be 清明节！ But it is more interesting to know today is 儿童节 in Taiwan. 不同的国家不同的节日习俗！
Posted on: Can you Speak Chinese?
April 3, 2008 at 2:08 AMHere are some variations. 你会中文吗？ 你懂中文吗？ 你会说中文吗？ 你会讲中文吗？ 懂 (dong3) understand 讲 (jiang3) speak
Posted on: Saved by the Gong: Math class
April 3, 2008 at 12:55 AMHi guolanusa and goulniky, Just saying 炒股 is much more common in China. I found other expressions with 股票， all of which mean playing the stock market. 弄 (nong4) 股票 玩 (wan2) 股票 做 (zuo4) 股票
Posted on: Saved by the Gong: Math class
April 2, 2008 at 11:37 AM现代汉语词典 says that 音速是声速的旧称 (old name), but interestingly 音速 is far more commonly used than 声速 at least on the Internet. I guess that the latter should be more conversational than the former. In Japanese, only 音速 (on-soku) is being used, and 音速 sounds much faster than 声速 does to my ears！ 音速 9,810,000 声速 262,000 飞机, 音速 511,000 飞机, 声速 44,400 超音速 3,950,000 超声速 111,000 …….. by Google
Posted on: Saved by the Gong: Math class
April 2, 2008 at 10:49 AMHi henning, Thanks for your warp-10 quick response. I have found several Chinese translations for Star Trek and Enterprise. 星际旅行 seems to be the most commonly used translation. I think that 进取号 is much better semantically than 企业号, even though both of them are frequently used in China. 星际旅行 （下一代） Star Trek TNG 星舰奇航记（银河飞龙） Star Trek TNG 星际旅行 （深空九号） Star Trek Deep Space Nine 星舰奇航记（重返地球） Star Trek Voyager 星际迷航记 Star Trek 企业号 Enterprise 进取号 Enterprise
Posted on: Saved by the Gong: Math class
April 2, 2008 at 7:12 AMLet me dedicate this comment to henning. 连续剧星际旅行初代中联邦宪法级星舰企业号 的航行速度以光速乘以曲速层级的三次方表示， 具体地说剧中所说的曲速十级等于一千倍光速。 我没记错的话企业号的最大速度为曲速十二级。 这意味着速度竟可达光速的一千七百二十八倍， 但是宇宙空间广阔无边企业号的速度也不够快， 人类所处的银河星系的直径约有十万光年然而 以曲速十级连续飞行五年的里程仅有五千光年。 可能因此星际旅行下一代中速度算法有所改变， 将旧曲速十级变为不可达到突破的无限大速度。 很遗憾的是新计算法复杂得超过我的算数能力。 如果只把原公式中的三次方改为四次方该多好!
Posted on: 六一儿童节
April 6, 2008 at 7:21 AMHi henning, Japanese children really love 西游记. The link leads you to the opening title of an old Japanese anime “孙悟空的大冒险”, which was made by Osamu Tezuka, the author of Astro Boy (铁腕阿童木), in 1967. It is one of Japanese classic animes. http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=yiEd_m8NrFY