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Posted on: Around the Office
October 3, 2008 at 2:32 AM

so that's cpod's office.  It wasn't what I expected.  It was cool to see it.

 

Posted on: A Very Special Day
October 2, 2008 at 2:00 AM

BTW, it's still October 1 here in the US, so Happy National Day!

Posted on: A Very Special Day
October 2, 2008 at 1:30 AM

Congrats, CPOD! A nice sign of health. Let us all know when you reach 1000 employees.

Posted on: I'm pregnant!
September 30, 2008 at 9:48 PM

Not that pregnancy isn't a worthwhile topic, but i'd be curious to know why pregnancy is getting treatment as a series of lessons over, say, some Beijing University student about to graduate, having to look for  a job, and decide what to do with his/her life for the next couple of years.

I've seen firsthand the special fun that is pregnancy, birth and the real fun realizing you have to take the kid home without an owner's manual (that's another series candidate), but I would think that more cpod subscribers are in the university jumping-off point, rather than becoming parents.

If there was a series of lessons on impending graduations and life, then just flag it.  I searched the site and didn't see anything along those lines.

Posted on: Introducing a Friend
September 30, 2008 at 2:47 AM

bababardwan,

yeah, you're right, this is a newbie level lesson, and it's got the right amount of content.  somehow, putting in a couple of comments about the friend in a elementary or intermediate lesson could turn it into an episode of a comedy tv show (at least in the US).

And by riff, I meant in the musical sense, where a couple of bars of some melody might make a soloist further develop those couple of bars into a 2-5 minute solo or something: a riff.  At least, that's the way i've heard it in the jazz circles. I'm sure that a professional musician on the cpod site will correct me if i'm wrong. 

oh, and please don't assume that because I tried to translate the sentence into mandarin, that i did it correctly.  I'm starting to realize that in order to improve my mandarin, I need to take these opportunities to create a sentence, and then have cpod staff and others check it. I'm willing to show my ignorance more these days.

Posted on: Introducing a Friend
September 30, 2008 at 1:52 AM

anyone,

how do you say, "I hope this melonhead is better than the last one you brought home."

wo3 xi1wang1 zhe4ge4 sha3gua1 bi3 shang4ge sha4gua1 ni3 dai4 jia1 lai2 le

Posted on: Introducing a Friend
September 30, 2008 at 1:43 AM

bababardwan,

I didn't know you were a father too.  I guess cpod listeners that are fathers are really ready to riff on this lesson. But then, years ago, we were also the melonheads ready to be riffed on, or at least I was.  The cpod staff could have done way much more with this lesson, as you indicate!

Posted on: Introducing a Friend
September 30, 2008 at 1:25 AM

that was good to hear vocabulary i didn't already know.  you can never learn enough.....

Too bad the father didn't say under his breath, "I hope this melon head is better than the last one you brought home".

 

Posted on: F1 in China
September 28, 2008 at 11:53 PM

Hamilton in 3rd at Singapore.  Let's hope he's still on top by the time he gets to Shanghai, and that he's #1 at the end.

Posted on: Using 'Almost'
September 28, 2008 at 1:56 AM

saturday nite here in the US, and i'm studying Chinese.... 

I almost get this lesson.  But it's going to take another listen or two.  Maybe I should turn off the stereo blasting away so I can study.

Connie,

can you put the English in with the characters and pinyin?