User Comments - giant
giant
Posted on: Aren't you.... （不是.... 吗）
January 14, 2009 at 6:14 AM.
Posted on: Buying Jade
January 14, 2009 at 4:04 AMBit OT: re: 隔墙，when looking for a new place, it's always best to ask about the
隔音 (sound insulation).
Posted on: Lost in the Desert
January 7, 2009 at 5:09 AM
changye, 其实在我国家便利店不多，一般要求要买东西就到大超市去所以最好不要在沙漠中迷路了确实便利店让在中国的老外过的特别方便。
Posted on: Outrageous Power Bill
January 7, 2009 at 4:45 AM我的电费不会超100元，每天空调一直开应该起码有12个小时，matt_c 你离开时是不是 你的邻居开始哭了？
Posted on: Changes on ChinesePod
September 2, 2008 at 1:20 PM
Is there any plan to implement the FLASHCARDs system with Spaced Repetition? I'm currently using a freeware with spaced repetition (SM2 algorithm) and it's far superior (including several sentences as an example per word) than the very primitive flashcards system on CP.
Unfortunately it's also not possible to download [my] flsahcards to be practiced offline - this is also an extremely dissapointing disadvantage.
Posted on: Aren't you.... （不是.... 吗）
January 14, 2009 at 6:19 AM@xuchen ". Chinese people who don't speak English usually understand me 90% of the time. Anyone who can speak even a lick of English tend to not want to put the effort in."
Spot on. I can accomplish quite complicated tasks, even very technical, with people who can't speak English, or rather do not wish to speak English. While 5 minutes later speaking to a local that can speak something similar to English (starting from 3 English words vocab) they do not understand a word Im saying. What I'd disagree with you is that it's mostly due to them not wanting to put in the effort. There are quite a few other reasons.