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epdchina
Posted on: Suffix Magic
May 11, 2010 at 7:03 AMJohn说，如果把形容词加“性”，那个形容词成为一个名词。但是，你们有一个例子"science"。"science"是一个名词，加“性"变成"scientific"，一个形容词。
John said that if you take an adj and add "姓", the adj will transform into a noun. But, science is a noun and adding 姓 turns it into an adj.... help?!
Posted on: Fog or Smog?
May 10, 2010 at 6:23 AM顺便，如果可以的话。。。By the way, If possible...
- 顺便 shun4bian4 by the way
我想你们回答我的问题 (用中文还有英文)。 I want you all to answer my questions (using Chinese and English).
- 回答 hui2da2 answer
让我们讨论一下这三个问题吧！Let's discuss these questions!
- 讨论 tao3lun4
你们也可以做一个词汇表 you can even add a vocab list
- 词汇 ci2hui4 vocabulary
- 表 biao3 list
这样也是一个方法让你复习你的中文.This is also a way to practice your Chinese.
- 复习 fu4xi2 review
Posted on: Fog or Smog?
May 10, 2010 at 5:32 AM哪些城市有最大的污染？What are the cities with the largest pollution problem?
城市cheng2shi4 city
污染的最大的问题是什么？比如，损害肺还是引起癌症? What is the biggest problem of pollution? For example, harmful to lungs? Causes cancer?
损害sun3hai4 harm
肺fei4 lungs
引起 yin3qi3 cause
癌症 ai2zheng4 cancer
我们怎么停止污染？How can we stop pollution?
停止ting2zhi3 stop
Posted on: The Mysterious Student Record
April 8, 2010 at 6:04 AM好，因为这是Chinesepod，我应该用中文问这个问题：
我有一个英文语法的问题关于最后一句话。我们可以说，"during university“吗？我只在Chinesepod看过这个"during university"；之前没看过。在美国，即使我是本科学生（不是专科学生），我还是使用“during college"。 我们会说“我的大学(my university)“。
上初中，上高中，上大学，都是做得事情，不是去某个地方。虽然他们都是地方，我们不说“上我的高中”。这个好像工作。你会说，“我上班“，不是“我上公司”。
我知道大学跟学院不一样，但是还是说:"go to college"
不好意思问你们一个英文语法问题，但是我是洋人英文老师，所以比较重要！
Posted on: The Mysterious Student Record
April 8, 2010 at 5:37 AMHere's an English grammar question about the translation of the last sentence. Can you say"during univeristy"?
I never saw the word "university" used this way until I saw it in Chinsepod. In the US, I always heard and said "during college", "go to college", etc. instead of "during univeristy","go to university", etc. even though we went to a univeristy. If we used the word "university", it would most likely be this way: "my university","the university", etc.
"Going to college" is like "going to work" because it's more broad. You wouldn't say "I'm going to company today". You could say "I'm going to my company today".
I know that "colleges" and Universities are not the same (Universities are 4-year), but we still don't say "during university'
(sorry about posting English questions on Chinesepod, but since I'm an English teacher I wanted to ask!)
Posted on: Chinese Zodiac Birth Year
February 22, 2010 at 6:33 AMrandom question: Chinesepod's Chinese name is what? i.e. How do you say Chinesepod in Chinese?
任意的问题：Chinesepod的中文名字是什么？Chinesepod中文怎么说？
谢谢大家
Posted on: Street Food Buffet
December 14, 2009 at 3:41 AMJohn, what song did you use for the background music? 哪首歌？
Posted on: Ways to Describe Things that are "Inside"
December 14, 2009 at 2:16 AMHey John, Connie and Liliana,
I'm not exactly sure where to post suggestions for the next QingWens. Is there a special place for that? I'm guessing that y'all just take questions in the comments section that you find from any of the lessons.
Anyways, I have a question about grammar that I would like to see on a QingWen. When I use the world "if" in English, I can use it flexibly for example "If I....." or "I don't know if...." but in Chinese I must be careful to use 如果 或者 是否 或者 是不是。。。Sometimes I get confused because I am sort of translating the English "if" and it doesn't always come out right. So, if anyone could give me some tips or make a new Qingwen about that question, that would be 非常好。
Posted on: Nothing More Than Only and Just
October 19, 2009 at 8:49 AMQuestion: why do we have to use the 着 when we say:
别光想着玩
Posted on: Shanghai Expo Pavilions
May 17, 2010 at 3:56 AM听说 the American pavilion was really focusing on the importance of going green- 绿化