User Comments - mikeinewshot
mikeinewshot
Posted on: 中国第一夫人
April 22, 2013 at 10:05 AMDid I come at this lesson at a bad time?
The only tab that works is the discussion tab. All the rest (dialogue, vocabulary, expansion, exercises ....) all produce errors.
From url:/lessons/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%80%E5%A4%AB%E4%BA%BA//exercises Invalid controller specified (%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%80%E5%A4%AB%E4%BA%BA) #0 /var/www/chinesepod.com/current/chinesepod_store/library/Zend/Controller/Front.php(929): - See more at: http://chinesepod.com/lessons/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%80%E5%A4%AB%E4%BA%BA/#vocabulary-tab
etc....
Posted on: The Legend of the White Snake (Part 2)
April 18, 2013 at 8:37 AMI have recently started going through the expansion sentences as a way of testing my listening ability. I first play the recording and try to understand without looking at the text.
I sometimes find however that however hard I listen I just can't pick up the words. For example, in this week's lesson, the sentence:
顺着这条线索追查下去，肯定能抓到真凶。
is spoken so quickly that even when I look at the characters, I find it impossible to hear the 追查 as zhuicha.
I remember in other lessons, I still hear 含有 as 还有 ...
I find understanding some of them, as effectively they have no background context, a real trial.
Frankly, I am not sure what reaction I expect from this posting, but I just wanted to record my observations.
顺着这条线索追查下去，肯定能抓到真凶。
Posted on: The Legend of the White Snake (Part 2)
April 17, 2013 at 6:19 AMWhen I click on your link I get this: "This video contains content from EMI, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds."
Posted on: 入伍当兵
September 8, 2012 at 5:50 PMI think Alexyzye means that the translation in the PDF is wrong.
Posted on: Manly Beards or Pretty Boys?
August 27, 2012 at 3:52 PMChinese love to point out the error of your ways, and give you the benefit of their superior civilisation viewpoint!
I have found, for example, they are also experts on drinking wine (or not) although they have little if any cultural history or experience.
- Well, there's a national stereotype generalisation for you!
Posted on: Hello and Goodbye
August 27, 2012 at 3:48 PMActually, I have heard Chinese people use it. I have a feeling it is used in Taiwan for example.
Posted on: Romantic Movies and Real Life
August 21, 2012 at 4:35 PMThe poor guy even has to ask her permission to play a computer game - and she says no! What a life! Beware getting involved with this type of woman.
Posted on: Lesson Brainstorming
August 16, 2012 at 10:30 AM2000 lessons! Well done and thank you for such dedication ....
Posted on: Addressing Women
July 14, 2012 at 6:51 AMIndeed the lesson did not deal with women over 30. This seems to reflect the age of the Chinese pod team but not of it's users :-)
Posted on: 中国第一夫人
April 22, 2013 at 4:15 PMHi
I have just tried again, and all is ok now!
It must be one of those annoying intermittent web features that we have to live with.