User Comments - ouyangjun116

Posted on: Getting to the Bottom of 到底

malilaoshi - I may have misunderstood what you were looking for... did you want it to have English subtitles? If so I don't now if you will find 你是我兄弟 in English subtitles. The DVD's I'm watching have no English subtitles (bought in Shanghai).

Posted on: Getting to the Bottom of 到底

malilaoshi: I'm currently watching "你是我兄弟" (You are My Brother). It is a mainland China series, for sure no Taiwanese accent here.

Posted on: Food Poisoning

我住在上海两年，至道现在两次我肯定有了食物中毒。另外次不是食物中毒就是喝了太多酒 :)

Posted on: Flu Vaccination

感到头晕 - to feel dizzy

Posted on: Playing Ice Hockey

brendaninaus, Yes, you're right. Sometime in the 70's Taiwan did not compete in the Olympic games because the other countries decided to only recognize one China and Taiwan refused to compete under a new name given to them that recognized them as a part of China. Shortly after that boycott they gave in and have ever since (*i think) participated in the Olympics being officially recognized as a part of China.

Also around that timeframe I believe that Taiwan officially lost it's seat as being recognized by the United Nations as the United Nations began to only recognize the mainland's governmet.

In Peter Hessler's book "Oracle Bones" he talks some about the history of this world shift to China instead of Taiwan and mentions that his opinion is that the Taiwan government was the one government in history who got screwed over more than anyone for not doing anything wrong. I'm not a history buff, so I don't have much of an opionion on this, just recalling a Peter Hessler book.

Posted on: Playing Ice Hockey

I just asked my girlfriend (who is mainland Chinese) what she thinks of Taiwan. Like all Chinese people I've ever met, she is insistent that Taiwan is absolutely a part of China. She said that from the time Chinese children were very young, in school they are taught this.

When I asked her about the two different political systems, she said it's like having a child. That child's mother is of catholic religous belief and the father buddhist. And the child ended up moving away with the father and studied buddhism with him. When the child comes back home, the child is not Catholic, but it is still the mothers child. She said that Taiwan is the same as in the child of China.

She also went on to say that due to America supporting Tawian; this is the only reason Taiwan ever wants to say they want to be alone and not a part of China. If not for the American's supporting them, then Taiwan would want to come back under a communist regime and would not talk about separation... PS - I'm American, but this does not stop her (or many other Chinese people I've met) to voice the "bad" things they believe America does to upset China. :)

Posted on: Here she comes

Now that idea I like!

Posted on: 学历造假

Just out of curiosity, which Chinese Pod Cast will you be switching to? I honestly have not found one as good as Chinese Pod.

I guess everyone has their own learning methods, but I place more emphasis on the content rather than the speaker... when I started my new round of Chinese lessons I was rotating teachers on a weekly basis to have mix of "pronunciation", but I soon content trumped any pronunciation card... I also realize my situation may be different as I live in China and daily hear different pronunciation, if living abroad, I definitely think it is more important to have a mix of teachers..... C-Pod hopefully understands their customer base to give their most $$$ grossing customers what they want.... if that majority are over-sea's they should adhere. :)

Posted on: Language Power Struggle

第一： 看中文电视剧，这样子学习法可以帮你的听力。

第二： 最好你找中国人不会说英文跟他们聊聊天。例如：你的小区的保安，出租车的司机，等等。

第三： 你可以骗人，告诉他们，“我是什么什么人，我不会说英文”， 然后他们需要说中文。

Posted on: World Cup and Diamonds

我就知道足球很无聊，但是世界杯的时候不错因为很多酒吧有快乐小时!