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kaixin_in_tampa
Posted on: Have you bought your Shanghai Expo ticket?
March 24, 2010 at 9:25 PM2010上海世博会的主题：城市，让生活更美好。
2010 Shànghǎi shìbóhuì zhǔtí: chéngshì, ràng shēnghuó, gèng měihǎo.
2010 Shanghai Expo theme: Better City, Better Life.
The expression in Chinese sounds odd, does it come from a Chinese proverb? If I had had to translate Better City, Better Life, I would have said it differently.
Posted on: Have you bought your Shanghai Expo ticket?
March 24, 2010 at 8:23 PMI am very happy that the shorter 世博会 has been adopted because I can never remember 世界博览会, which is the way I learned it orginally, even though if broken down the longer term makes sense.
世界博览会 - shìjiè bólǎnhuì - World Fair
Posted on: Have you bought your Shanghai Expo ticket?
March 24, 2010 at 8:14 PMHey John and Jenny, great job! Nice 关系 John! :)
其实，世博会是六月久，从五月一号到十月三十一号。
qíshí, shìbóhuì shì liù yuè jiǔ, cóng wǔ yuè yī hào dào shí yuè sān shí yī hào.
Actually, the World Expo lasts 6 months, from May 1st until October 31st.
Posted on: Passive Verbs and 被
March 20, 2010 at 12:16 PM小偷被警察带走了 - The thief was taken away by the police.
Posted on: The Yellow and Green Spectrum of Meaning
March 13, 2010 at 10:56 PM很黄很暴力
Posted on: The Yellow and Green Spectrum of Meaning
March 13, 2010 at 8:58 PM我们西人羡慕的时候变成绿色的。:)
Posted on: Asking for a Raise
March 13, 2010 at 8:19 PMChinese Pod 的课程很有意思，还有很创意！Very enjoyable!
另外还有一门关狗的课程是："怕狗" (Afraid of Dogs), 也很好笑。
Posted on: Waiting for Food
March 4, 2010 at 12:39 AMI like 死了 too, it's an amusing expression. Other examples
http://chinesepod.com/tools/glossary/entry/死了
http://chinesepod.com/tools/glossary/entry/死我了
I know we can say:
累死了 - lèi sǐ le (exhausted or dead-tired).
辣死了 - là sǐ le （"spicy to death")
Posted on: Have you bought your Shanghai Expo ticket?
March 24, 2010 at 9:31 PMAn insight (in Chinese) into obtaining free tickets if you are a Shanghai resident:
http://shanghaiist.com/2010/01/25/shanghaiers_get_free_expo_tickets.php