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rsmith91
Posted on: MSN and QQ
March 18, 2008 at 5:48 PMIt's not malware really. Apparently some security software classifies QQ as malware because it contains so much advertising.
Posted on: American Breakfast
March 17, 2008 at 6:26 PMThanks Amber - that's a good example of how beautifully logical Chinese can be. :-)
Posted on: Relativity
March 17, 2008 at 6:24 PM@Jenny: "I wrote down 'soft long ruler'." You're just so cute sometimes Jenny. :)
Posted on: American Breakfast
March 16, 2008 at 8:38 PMIn this lesson breakfast is zǎocān. So does that mean an evening meal is wǎncān? And what about lunch?
Posted on: Relativity
March 16, 2008 at 8:35 PMHi again acorrigan, Well said! One of the best things about ChinesePod is the way you can pick lessons that you're interested in, rather than having to follow a set pattern of lessons. @Bazza: Cool picture.
Posted on: Relativity
March 16, 2008 at 7:25 PM@acorrigan: I appreciate that as a scientist you may find this lesson a bit stupid. But come on, how many people in the general public want to hear about 11-dimensional space, multiple branes, and the quantum uncertainty principle? CPod have to make a compromise between scientific jargon and the things most people will be interested in - it's impossible to please everyone. I congratulate CPod for even daring to come near a subject that's usually confined to super-clever scientists. That's my opinion, anyway. :-)
Posted on: Getting Nationalities Straight
March 16, 2008 at 2:30 PMTrinidad and Tobago is 特立尼达和多巴哥 [ tèlìnídáhéduōbāgē ] So to say a Trinidad and Tobago person, just add 'rén' to the end of that. Here's a link with some more Trinidad and Tobago-related words: http://www.nciku.com/search/all/trinidad%20and%20tobago
Posted on: Relativity
March 16, 2008 at 2:27 PMIt's great to see ChinesePod doing some more science-related topics, following on from the stargazing lesson. Keep it up!
Posted on: Getting Nationalities Straight
March 15, 2008 at 10:37 PMPhew, so I don't live on the vomit continent after all. @nevermind: An impresive selection of charaters there. I can see that 'beautiful country' sounds rather better than 'enzyme country'. :-) I'd be really interested to know where the origins of country names come from. If anyone knows a website about it, please post it!
Posted on: Late Getting Back
March 29, 2008 at 6:01 PMI'm a bit confused about 'dǎ' in this lesson. Here's the sentence: Nǐ kuài gěi tā dǎ ge diànhuà ba. dǎ means 'dial' acording to the CPod dictionary, but why does it need ge as a measure word? And why do you gěi tā (give him) a dial? I'm confused! Please help me somebody.