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shishiwen
Posted on: Do You Like Shanghai?
December 21, 2011 at 8:51 PMHong Kong is probably my favorite city in the world with Shanghai right behind. The advantage of Hong Kong is that you can easily escape the city for some beautiful beaches/outdoor activities.
The biggest problem? Not enough 普通话！
Posted on: Matchmaking in the Park
December 21, 2011 at 8:47 PM“如果你是 ‘commitment－phobic’ 你千万不要去相亲”
Posted on: National Stereotypes
December 13, 2011 at 1:45 AMI remember a taxi driver in Beijing who had lived in America for 3 years (but couldn't speak English) and he used 文明 several times to describe Americans. He was amazed that people would hold doors for him.
Posted on: Water
December 11, 2011 at 1:54 PMWhat is the difference between 流汗 and 出汗？
Posted on: How to Weigh an Elephant
September 13, 2011 at 4:42 AM“驳斥” 和 “反驳” 有区别吗？
I'm interested in this “不通” from “行不通”。It seems to me like it functions like “不了” here. Is that right? Can someone embellish on how its used and give a few common examples? Thanks.
Posted on: Too Young to be Dating
August 12, 2011 at 1:47 AMWhat is a more polite version of "你有什么事啊“ to use with people we're less familiar with?
Posted on: Ice Cream Run
July 7, 2011 at 2:17 PMA chinese friend told me that these really are just transliterations of "cream".
Posted on: BBQ and the Little Trumpet
July 7, 2011 at 10:16 AMI have a question about “炭” and “碳”。Here you used "碳“ in 无烟碳 to mean (smokeless) charcoal. I was surprised to see this character; I thought it should be 无烟炭
My dictionary says this 炭 means “charcoal” while this 碳 means “carbon”。 The word I had used for charcoal (definitely not smokeless) was 木炭。Is this ok? What about 煤炭 for coal？ Are these the right “tan“s？
In my (limited) experience, 碳 seems to be more limited and more scientific ie. 碳酸 － carbonic acid
Can someone help me clear up the difference between these two characters? Why is 碳 used in this lesson instead of 炭？ Thanks。
Posted on: Detective Li 3: The Broken Glass
June 23, 2011 at 1:44 PM一扇窗 - After listening to the lesson this afternoon, I ran into this new 量词 in the "real world". My students took my to a KTV, and one song had the line 开一扇窗 in it.
I have had this type experience a lot: Very soon after learning something, even if I think it's a little obscure, I often come across it in my daily life. 很幸福！ There's nothing better for reinforcing news words.
It really surprises me how often this happens; it reminds me of the baseball "guy who made a great defensive play to end the inning happens to lead off the next inning" phenomenon.
Does anyone have similar experiences?
Posted on: 林书豪是如何炼成的
March 14, 2012 at 1:48 AMThis link addresses that...
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3772