User Comments - pretzellogic

Posted on: F1 in China

Hamilton 1st at Shanghai......

Posted on: Google vs. Baidu

wish I understood the argument in mandarin.  Nice pace to the dialogue though.  The pdf shows a pretty thought-out argument. Somehow, I was hoping to get into a discussion of enterprise value or financial aspects of the companies, even if there wouldn't be a comparison of Chinese vs. American GAAP. 

Posted on: No Walking on the Grass

Came close to understanding this lesson on the first few passes through, but still not quite there......

Posted on: Military Training

Good video.  Native speaker speaking at natural speed and discussing a topic we don't really hear much about at the lower levels. What little i understood sounded like:

" I want to tell you -------.  when i was a university student, .... i was in the army.  I learned goose-step walk (marching), shooting.... my classmate next to me....  target......."

I would agree a transcript would be nice for those of us that didn't understand the story.  Or maybe cpod should be clear that this is really an advanced video, and no transcript is forthcoming in the near term.

Posted on: Party Time at ChinesePod

Hi John,

Kate the intern says she's working on a project to improve the site.  I think if there was anything that cpod could do to get the dozens of suggestions that we users have made, then publicizing Kate's work in the next news and features podcast, and asking that we make our suggestions there as well as on these boards might be a good start in giving us cpod subscribers the transparency we seek in lesson suggestion and incorporation. Thanks.

http://chinesepod.com/community/groups/view/99

Posted on: The Boy That Cried Wolf

John, Jenny, Amber,

not that this topic has anything to do with the lesson, but i've become aware that cpod has an intern asking for suggestions/comments.  I've noticed that dozens of people have posted suggestions/comments here on lesson bulletin boards, and yet it seems that cpod doesn't really do anything with these suggestions (notwithstanding John's statements above, but video is far from the only topic that cpod subscribers have made suggestions about, as cpod should be aware). Kate the intern's efforts are needed, but if cpod is serious about supporting her work, John and Jenny should probably promote what she's doing on news and features, and also start doing things like getting us users in the habit of making suggestions at the forum that Kate created. Or get Kate the intern to go through all the lesson bulletin boards and pull our suggestions from them.  Thanks.

http://chinesepod.com/community/conversations/post/3449#comment-97413

Posted on: Good Night

Jenny, Amber,

not that this topic has anything to do with the lesson, but i've become aware that cpod has an intern asking for suggestions/comments.  I've noticed that dozens of people have posted suggestions/comments here on lesson bulletin boards, and yet it seems that cpod doesn't really do anything with these suggestions.  Kate the intern's efforts are needed, but if cpod is serious about supporting her work, you should probably promote what she's doing on news and features, and also start doing things like getting us users in the habit of making suggestions at the forum that Kate created.  Thanks.

http://chinesepod.com/community/conversations/post/3449#comment-97413

Posted on: Good Night

I'm starting to notice that there are a couple of words in a few of these newbie lessons that I haven't picked up yet.  Interesting.

Posted on: A Very Special Day

mattwhyndham, HannahIm,

just when I started wondering if anyone was making the transition from newbie to advanced or upper-inter, and how long it took, and you guys weighed in. That's really cool to know.

Posted on: Getting a Driver's License

that was cool to hear.  I can definitely say that I understood some of the words. But back down to elementary I go.