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Posted on: Fog or Smog?
March 13, 2012 at 4:27 AMJoe, you mentioned Mansion and I know this is a bit far from the topic but it has always perplexed me when I see buildings in China called "something mansion" on its name plate on the front. Correct me if I am wrong but isn't Mansion a large residence with no commercial use at all?
Posted on: Flattery in the Office
March 3, 2012 at 2:44 AMI have talked to a few friends about the way the female voice listed as D sounds whiny and grating on the nerves. Chinese think it sounds normal Westerners think she sounds weird.
It is so bad I avoid listening to all the lessons with her in it because I can only hear this horrible child like voice and not what she is saying.
I would love to hear from anyone about weather this is a culture clash or a personal indiosyncracy.
Posted on: Plants Need Watering
February 17, 2012 at 3:21 PMhoping for a more complete lesson on different house plants and how to care for them.
Perhaps intermediate or upper int
Posted on: Discussing a Work Out Plan
February 17, 2012 at 3:16 PMI looked through all of the lessons on workouts and gyms and it seems that most are geared to women.
It would be great to have an intermediate or upper intermediate that talks about the actual muscle groups (pec, lat, abs, etc) and workout routines in a bit more detail. Maybe some names of specific exercises like bench (chest) press, squats, curls, etc.
Posted on: Fresh Air vs. Heat
January 30, 2012 at 11:21 AMI see a pattern here which seems to pointing out the irony in the fact that the very same people who are obsessed with having the windows open to get fresh air are the same ones who say nothing to smokers who sit next to them at dinners and meetings.
I am from Los Angeles and I can tell that Shanghai air quality is worse. I have read warnings from Chinese doctors that the air quality here can cause all kinds of health problems. There seems to be another kind of disconnect from reality going on here when my coworkers say they want to open the windows to some get fresh air.
Posted on: Calligraphy
January 25, 2012 at 4:05 PMDid you know that Ipad will not recognize a character if you use the wrong stroke order.
Just when I thought I was able to write simple characters by cheating on the stroke order
I find myself being monitored by a technological "Big Brother". I guess I really need to study those darn books with the 50 blocks in them for practice.
Posted on: Popular Slang from 2011
January 24, 2012 at 11:08 AMIf you are using itunes you can go into the info options and raise the volume there on itunes after you load it from whatever media you use.
Posted on: Hospitality Series 4: Chinese Breakfast
January 23, 2012 at 2:02 AMWell Jenny I agree that nobody, among the foreign teachers I know, likes what Chinese eat for breakfast.
I think you are talking to a rarified group here who profess to like what Chinese call breakfast. I consider myself a healthy eater so the only thing Chinese have for breakfast that I would even consider having anytime of day is dou jiang, soy milk.
Posted on: Online Shopping Help
January 22, 2012 at 3:46 PMOh yes TaoBao is one of the worst offenders of busy websites and they go a step further to make things frustrating by selling spaces to be first on any search. So whey I type in used bicycles I still get tons of irrelevant crap because they paid to be on top of any search.
Look at Craigs list for simplicity
Posted on: Please Heat My Food
April 13, 2012 at 2:31 AMin the grammar section you say: 我想要一本书。translated as
I'd like a booI'd like a book.