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pretzellogic
Posted on: Funerals and Consolation
January 19, 2011 at 2:32 AMInteresting. But for the content about asking for time off from work (very helpful), the lessons are really similar.
Posted on: Where's the soap?
January 18, 2011 at 3:19 AMActually, I wouldn't mind having an answer to Veronique's question as well: Why is it wrong to use both 把 and 得 in this sentence?:
把手洗得干净 bǎ shǒu xǐdegānjìng wash hands clean.
Posted on: Movie Genres
January 17, 2011 at 10:47 AMNice and thorough lesson.
Posted on: Chinatown Diary
January 15, 2011 at 10:44 AMconversations when the article came out;
http://chinesepod.com/community/conversations/post/5990
Posted on: So (adjective) that...
January 15, 2011 at 3:34 AMThis is excellent! Now we can say stuff like, "Your mama is so old she has a picture of Moses in her yearbook".
Posted on: Piano Class
January 15, 2011 at 1:58 AMUnfortunately, youtube isn't available in China. You're right, there's plenty of free music content on youtube that's outstanding. Youku doesn't really do any of that.
Posted on: Flu Vaccination
January 14, 2011 at 12:13 PMThanks. I knew they were broadly similar; what I was curious about is whether a country, say China, requires its babies to get smallpox vaccines at 3 months, rubella at 6 months, and if that is similar to what the US or the UK.
Posted on: Computer Problems and Tech Support
January 14, 2011 at 6:43 AMhuh. I didn't realize Windows 7 still lets you get into the registry editor.
Posted on: Computer Problems and Tech Support
January 14, 2011 at 6:41 AMI didn't know anyone cleaned viruses using the registry editor. Maybe all those "DANGER: HIGH VOLTAGE" signs Microsoft puts around the editor.
Posted on: International vs. Local Schools
January 20, 2011 at 2:31 AMIn Beijing, i've heard plenty of these discussions. One teacher at at international middle/high school told us something interesting. Basically, it's easier to have your kid go from local school to international school, than go from international school to local school. If you send your kid to a good local school, then the kid gets used to doing a ton of homework. The kid can then take the homework discipline learned at the local school to the international school and hopefully do well. She implied it doesn't really seem to work well the other way, where the international school kid has an easy time at the local school if they start at the international school first.