User Comments - mikeinewshot
mikeinewshot
Posted on: 年轻人喜欢的书
May 29, 2014 at 8:07 PMOff the top of my head it's a fan (as in a football fan)
Posted on: Changing the Plate
May 27, 2014 at 6:00 AMYes, people spitting out bones at the table is part of the wonderful Chinese eating experience!
Having a plate full of debris can also happen in Western style restaurants - eating sea food for example.
Vera's explanation of the 了 was again interesting and unusual.
The closest I can think of in English for 请慢用 colloquially would be 'Take your time'
Actually some Chinese people I know do use the small plate for food
Posted on: Do You Have Swimming Cap?
May 26, 2014 at 6:28 AMI have never worn a cap in UK to go swimming. I am male with shortish hair. I have a feeling that you should wear a cap if you have long hair...
Posted on: Do You Have Swimming Cap?
May 26, 2014 at 6:26 AMI heard something new in this lesson about 了。 When asked what function it performed, Vera says 'to remind'. I have never heard this said before!
Posted on: 1949
May 25, 2014 at 6:07 PMAlmost. But actually referring to being taken back in time to the very first Upper Intermediate lesson ....
Posted on: 1949
May 25, 2014 at 5:14 AMThose were the days!
Posted on: Adjusting the Screen
May 24, 2014 at 8:08 PMPerhaps you are far more perceptive and discriminating than me, as I have not noticed that Chinesepod vowels are different to 'standard vowels'. What in particular are you referring to (apart from 后鼻音 and 前鼻音)?
Posted on: Sorting Out the Situation
May 24, 2014 at 5:40 AMVery useful lesson. This has been a nagging puzzle for me for a long time. I would have liked a few more examples of the 势 words though.
It seems that the other meaning of 形势 ie 地形 is terrain, which I dont think Tom said explicitly.
Posted on: Going to Moganshan
May 22, 2014 at 5:09 AMI have been a sometime vociferous opponent of background music. Jenny once responded and said her view was that 'it gives the show a bit of life'. However in this case on my laptop the background music is very faint and not too distracting. Perhaps different devices result in differing volumes.
Posted on: A Difference of Opinion
May 31, 2014 at 10:49 AMI don't understand what you are referring to when you say that users were complaining about the difficulty of lessons. I don't recall many such complaints.
And my bet is that they are on holiday - Dragon Boat Festival you know