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Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 14: The Finale
February 24, 2012 at 6:45 PMThanks.
Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 14: The Finale
February 24, 2012 at 2:47 PMAnyone know what is said at 10:33?
Sounded like 谁会影? Wait and see?
Helpful vocabulary:
架
chǎojià
to quarrel / to have a row / quarrel / CL: 頓｜顿
足够
zúgòu
enough / sufficient
能力
nénglì
capability / capable / able / ability / CL: 個｜个
思考
sīkǎo
to reflect on / to ponder over
相信
xiāngxìn
to be convinced (that sth is true) / to believe / to accept sth as true
总之
zǒngzhī
in a word / in short / in brief
糊
móhu
vague / indistinct / fuzzy
突出
tūchū
prominent / outstanding / to give prominence to / to protrude / to project
解释
jiěshì
explanation / to explain / to interpret / to resolve / CL: 個｜个
比喻
bǐyù
to compare / to liken to / metaphor / analogy / figure of speech / figuratively
注意
zhùyì
to take note of / to pay attention to
主题
zhǔtí
theme / subject
Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 13: Wang Meets the Big Boss
February 23, 2012 at 8:30 PMHelpful vocabulary:
之前
zhīqián
before / prior to / ago / previously / beforehand
郑重
zhèngzhòng
serious / solemn
久仰
jiǔyǎng
honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you. / It's an honor to meet you at last.
抽象
chōuxiàng
abstract / abstraction
相反
xiāngfǎn
opposite / contrary
注意
zhùyì
to take note of / to pay attention to
原因
yuányīn
cause / origin / root cause / reason
目的
mùdì
purpose / aim / goal / target / objective
加长
jiācháng
to lengthen
程度
chéngdù
degree (level or extent) / level
显出
xiǎnchū
to express / to exhibit
重复
chóngfù
to repeat / to duplicate
Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 3: A Call for Innovation
February 18, 2012 at 9:40 PMYes, 系列, that's it. Thanks.
Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 3: A Call for Innovation
February 18, 2012 at 9:20 PMThanks - yeah - 对不起, I meant the fourth series of Lao Wang's Office.
Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 3: A Call for Innovation
February 18, 2012 at 8:25 PMI'm confused, in the beginning, 0:10, Jennifer says something like "intermediate xi1 liao4", but I cannot find anything with xi1 liao4.
I am guessing it is "intermediate 资料"?
Posted on: Getting Satellite TV
February 16, 2012 at 8:27 PMJohn is ahead of his time - he cut the cord before he even had one. More and more Americans are doing this as $100/month cable becomes less of an option as the 经济 shrinks.
CNN, at least US CNN, dunno about International CNN, is getting worse as its ratings decline as well. 他们基本卖推持. 我可以自己看看推特! Some people call it:
Certainly
Not
News
Posted on: Chinese Chess
February 13, 2012 at 9:17 PMThe rules aren't that different from European Chess (which actually originated from India I think.)
Most of the pieces are the same. The cannon needs to jump over a piece to take another. There's a river, certain pieces can't cross it. The king, er, general can't move out of the square, er, palace, neither can his advisors. There's no queen. I missing others, but that's the gist.
Wonder if they do speed chess?
Posted on: Boston
January 31, 2012 at 9:19 PMI just want to address the Red Sox as the best baseball team in America (yeah, I realize it's the real estate agent's spiel.)
World Series Wins:
Red Sox: 7
New York Yankees: 27
'nuff said.
Fenway Park is an amazing ballpark though. One of my favorites.
And with the classical music in the background, don't forget Boston is home to The New England Conservatory of Music and Berklee College. Plus the home of the Boston Symphony, Symphony Hall, some consider it to have the best acoustics in the US.
Posted on: Salaries and Income
February 25, 2012 at 6:11 PMIn the US. your typical big corporation package has:
Health insurance: select physicians from plan or choose any but pay fixed percentage
401K - maybe some form of match - say up to 5K (really adds up)
Life Insurance
Childcare benefits/Msternity/Paternity leave
Tuition benefits
Discount on gym/health club membership
Flexible spending accounts - eyeglasses/contacts
There's like a 10-25 webpage form to fill out every year.
When you are self-employed, freelance, incorporated, LLC, you get the s*&t taxed out of you in many states.
Google and the like have odd benefits like free cafeteria, bring your dog to work, free transportation, free laundry, basically things to keep you at work.
One company I worked for lets you take a 6 month paid sabbatical if you've worked there for a certain number of years.