User Comments - matt_c
matt_c
Posted on: Dinosaurs
August 24, 2009 at 9:24 AMNot only excellent work by David Xu, but also great acting by Shen Yajin and Sun Jiabin. We spent about an hour in the studio getting their screams and panic just right.
Posted on: Dinosaurs
August 24, 2009 at 8:39 AM@xiaophil
The PDF problem is currently being investigated, please remain patient. Tech dept is working on a lot of things, this is one of them. Thanks for your patience and understanding.
Matt.
Posted on: Grab Some Veggies From the Store
August 21, 2009 at 3:48 AM我每次买菜一定要买青辣椒，但我每次需要问卖菜的人”那个青椒到底辣不辣？我要你们最辣的，上次买的青椒太甜哦“。红辣椒我一般不买因为我自己在家里种小红辣椒。
Posted on: Pinyin Sections 11-12
August 21, 2009 at 3:42 AM@lotsofwordsandnospaces Yeah that one also took me a little while to prioritize. I recall considering it less important than other pronunciations so I never bothered, then one day I just managed to get it right without thinking.
In hindsight, all pronunciation is super important.
Posted on: Funny Business 4 -- Farewell, Xiao Zhao
August 21, 2009 at 2:33 AM@Tal
I should have got back to you sooner.
We've analyzed the hardware aspect of the audio review recording process (equipment and setup, people's recording techniques etc) and are currently checking back-end coding (audio file generation).
We need to make some adjustments ASAP in order to fix the problem.
Thanks for letting us know and we appreciate your patience.
Regards,
Matt
Posted on: Earlier and Later than Expected: 才and 就
August 19, 2009 at 4:56 AM@rjberki Woah! PDF's are coming, we are experimenting with the technology as we speak. We now have the new AMS but we still have to bug test every new product we create (QW PDF falls under that umbrella).
As people would be unhappy if we were to roll-out a bug ridden QW PDF, we are making double sure that it is bug free before we publish.
Our aim is to include PDF's starting from QW0112 - we will then proceed to create PDFs for the back log of QW's (over a period of time). Since the QW sentences are in essence expansion sentences, there are no plans to provide extra expansions.
We hope you will be happy with the upcoming PDF's.
Posted on: Excited About Traveling
August 18, 2009 at 7:47 AMI used to love the sentence 我给你打电话 wǒ gěi nǐ dǎ diànhuà because of the tone changes (tone sandi) ní géi wó dǎ diànhuà.
BTW please remember to consider our Newbies and write pinyin/English with your Chinese in New/Ele level discussions.
Posted on: What's Your Job?
August 14, 2009 at 2:59 AMGovernment Empoyee 公务员 gōngwùyuán
Cadre: 干部 gànbù
Staff: 员工 yuángōng
Posted on: Pinyin Section 10
August 13, 2009 at 8:16 AMI always found j/q initials hard to differentiate. Not anymore though. Regardless, this is a really useful lesson for Newbies. Woot!
Posted on: What Type of Man do You Like?
August 25, 2009 at 4:01 PM长 zhǎng can also mean the chief/head as in 校长 xiàozhǎng，院长 yuànzhǎng，省长 shěngzhǎng，市长 shìzhǎng，队长 duìzhǎng，班长 bānzhǎng and so on.