User Comments - harrym
harrym
Posted on: Touring a Factory
July 4, 2007 at 7:29 AMI meant Capitalism
Posted on: Touring a Factory
July 4, 2007 at 7:28 AMThe odd thing to me about this behaviour by the bosses in China is that it manifests all the characteristics of Capitalisation and exploitation that were so hated by Marx and Lenin. Many western countries are so much more Socialist than the People's Republic. I believe that exploitation of the workers in Socialist Russia was almost a capital offence.
Posted on: Touring a Factory
July 4, 2007 at 7:16 AMThere are a number of words brought up and explained by Jenny and John in the dialogue that don't appear in the vocabulary tab. I am confused as to why that should be.
Posted on: City Comparison
July 2, 2007 at 12:04 PMWow! The old comments have just reappeared. I wish someone would have said what was going on!
Posted on: Experiencing Agricultural Life
June 30, 2007 at 3:56 PMMy first impressions are that this is great stuff. I don't think it needs to be so long though. The point here is to understand natural speach at natural speed rather than learning new words. It's a different learning experience.
Posted on: City Comparison
June 29, 2007 at 8:22 AMI wish someone would answer Mike in Ewshot's question. Was it deliberate to get rid of the old comments?
Posted on: I forgot your name
June 28, 2007 at 12:15 PMYou can make MS word do pinyin accents. Here is what I found on the internet: Open Microsoft Word 1. click [insert] 2. click [symbol] (a bunch of symbols will pop-up) a. find the symbol you want (example – click [ā]) b. at the bottom of symbol box click [Shortcut Key…] c. Customize keyboard window will open d. Box under [press new shortcut key:] your keystroke will be displayed i. Example for ā – press the following keys in order 1. [Ctrl] & [a] (hold ctrl down while pressing a) 2. 1 (one) 3. click [assign] 4. click [close] 5. Finished creating ā 6. when ā you will type [Ctrl] & [a] then 1 for first tone You will have to define each vowel, but it really doesn’t take that much time and it will work with your existing fonts. Don’t worry, they are all in the chart, some are harder to find then others. Even ü is there. I defined mine as ctrl & u + 5 The algorithm I use is: A 1st tone = Ctrl a 1 ā A 2nd tone = Ctrl a 2 á A 3rd tone = Ctrl a 3 ă A 4th tone = Ctrl a 4 à E 1st tone = Ctrl e 1 ē E 2nd tone = Ctrl e 2 é Etc…
Posted on: I forgot your name
June 28, 2007 at 11:20 AMchangye: your welcome
Posted on: I forgot your name
June 28, 2007 at 10:08 AMalexyzye Its possible to configure word to do it, but you can use a conversion tool on the internet: http://www.chinese-tools.com/tools/converter-pinyin-unicode.html So you type like this: wo3 bu4 zhi1dao4 zen3me zuo4 copy it into the converter and it comes out accented There is are a number of these. Here is another: http://www.pinyin.info/unicode/marks3.html
Posted on: Street Food
July 12, 2007 at 2:22 PMTalking of chinese only banter accessible to intermediates, I have revisited this lesson again and just love Jenny's flow at the beginning of the lesson which includes (I think).. 我觉的每个地方其实你要吃到最有当地特色对马？然后最特别的你在外国外地吃不到的东西叫到路边或者街边的这些小摊子上面去买