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cinnamonfern
Posted on: 为 and 为了
May 22, 2011 at 4:21 AMIt might be different on your iPod because mine is a low-tech nano and has the round flywheel button thingy. On my iPod I have to press and hold both the center button in the middle of the flywheel and the down direction on the flywheel at the same time. If you've got a fancy iPod touch, I think that this might be your solution.
http://www.apple.com/support/ipodtouch/assistant/ipodtouch/#section_2
I'm *guessing* you need the option at the bottom of the page - press and hold the sleep/wake button and the hold button at the same time. Make sure you hold them both down until the apple logo appears. Hopefully you know what these buttons are (the ones pictured on the website?)...I don't have a clue as I don't have an iPod touch.
Posted on: 为 and 为了
May 21, 2011 at 5:49 PMSometimes when my I first plug my nano into my computer and it tries to sync to iTunes my poor iPod breaks and I get the "apple screen of death". Is this what is happening for you? If I press and hold the center button and the down direction on the flywheel at the same time, it resets and all is happy and functional again.
Posted on: Renting an Apartment through an Agent 3
May 21, 2011 at 3:25 PMA transcript of this podcast is located here for those who are interested.
Posted on: The Four Sacred Mountains of Buddhism
May 21, 2011 at 1:55 PMSome of us poddies have put together a transcript of this lesson, posted here for those who are interested.
Posted on: Understanding China's Geography
May 17, 2011 at 1:57 AMGlad to help! 不用谢！:)
Posted on: Understanding China's Geography
May 15, 2011 at 4:00 AMSome useful vocab from the lesson - and a few freebies (kind of, but not entirely, in order of decreasing level):
火星 - huǒxīng: Mars
地球 - dìqiú: Earth
洲 - zhōu: continent
州 - zhōu: state (U.S.)
省 - shěng: province
自治区 - zìzhìqū: autonomous region
直辖市 - zhíxiáshì: municipality (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Chongqing)
特别行政区 - tèbiéxíngzhèngqū: Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong and Macao)
首都 - shǒudū: national capital
省会 - shěnghuì: provincial capital
市 - shì: city
区 - qū: district
县 - xiàn: county
镇 - zhèn: town
乡 - xiāng: township
Posted on: Understanding China's Geography
May 15, 2011 at 3:41 AMAh - a topic near and dear to my heart. My research has been a bit related to Chinese geography. I have had a miserable time finding the data on the land area of the "prefectures", which weren't mentioned in the podcast. Since they have caused me much pain, I will explain them (feel free to correct me if I get anything wrong).
Prefectures are the second level division of the government, below the province and above the counties. There are two main types. One type are those which are referred to by their key administrative city. For example, 杭州 Hángzhōu - capital of 浙江 Zhèjiāng, which was mentioned in the podcast, can refer to both the city and the prefecture (a much larger land area which contains the districts/counties under the administration of the city). The other type of prefecture is the Autonomous prefecture. These are similar to the autonomous regions in that they are largely minority Chinese, and they are located in the autonomous regions and the provinces - Yunnan, Sichuan, Qinghai and Heilongjiang are some provinces that contain autonomous prefectures.
Posted on: Get Down to Business, Fancy Drinks, and Monkey Kings
May 15, 2011 at 3:09 AMYay for Journey to the West and the Monkey King! Too bad I'm not ready to move up to Advanced. :( Although, really there can't be too much difference between being mostly lost in the UI's and completely lost in the Advanced lessons. :D
Posted on: The Complement 不下
May 15, 2011 at 3:02 AMThanks xiaophil! And 告诉你太太“谢谢”。
Posted on: Signs in China and Mistranslation
May 22, 2011 at 4:31 AMMy favorite three signs that I can remember off the top of my head were from a hotel in Dalian.