User Comments - mikeinewshot

Posted on: Differing Attitudes to Medicine

Again I have asked my Chinese friend who says that it does mean take the medicine and it wont hurt not what they have translated it as.

Actually I am rather disappointed in Chinesepod not correcting this as it has confused many of use

Posted on: Differing Attitudes to Medicine

Well, well I have just asked a Chinese friend of mine, who tells me that it does indeed mean I'll keep it and take it myself. She is adamant that 自己 must refer to the subject ie I

So the translation appears to be wrong and we have been misled.

If the person were leaving it for someone else to take it would have to be 留给

Posted on: Made-to-Order Calendars

woops - in the podcast they say mo3ban3 (Greg even spells out the two tones) whereas the vocab tab has mu2ban3.

Do we take it that both are ok?

Posted on: Chinese Food at Foreign Prices

Thanks for pointing that out! Whole menu turns out to be a great example of the extraordinary 'English' one finds in China

Posted on: “单独二胎”生还是不生？

Wow thanks. So many lessons, so little time. Can't help thinking there should be a better indexing system where one can see what's available.

Posted on: “单独二胎”生还是不生？

七年之痒 - "Seven year itch" - In English we usually use this term to describe a marriage after 7 years, where one/both partners' eyes may wander, ie "a supposed tendency to infidelity after seven years of marriage."

Do we have the same in China?

Posted on: “单独二胎”生还是不生？

I hear that Jenny is having her second! 加油

Posted on: Antique Appraisal Reality TV

Where has Jenny made an official statement?

Posted on: Calling an Ambulance - Part 2

farewell John

Posted on: Calling an Ambulance - Part 1

I am pleased to say that I could follow all the chat in this lesson even though it was (nearly?) all in Mandarin.

It seemed a very short lesson.  Was it John's penultimate?