User Comments - si1teng2
si1teng2
Posted on: 中国人在国外买房子
February 29, 2012 at 7:38 PM你的pretzel逻辑不像我们的地球逻辑。
Your pretzel logic does not resemble our earth logic. :)
Posted on: 孔子拜访老子 3：无为而治
February 16, 2012 at 11:55 PM不仅是美国，全世界应该这样做， 然后也许可以保持自然环境。可是这种朴素的生活容易讨论， 而不容易实行。你觉得是真的吗？ 人类真的那么贪心吗？消费主义真的那么厉害吗？
Posted on: 海归女对掐主持人
February 12, 2012 at 5:21 PM你们看，主持人对这种女士求职者有比较宽厚和温和的态度。可是，这位女士不是一样夸大而卖弄自己的...天才吗？
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV2px_M7g5w&feature=related
Posted on: Reading Fortunes
February 4, 2012 at 1:21 PMdrbilllong， 根据古代中国宇宙观，天是圆形的，地是方形的。所以说“天圆地方”。可是这个对话不是关于宇宙观，而是描写面容的完美。所以说“天方地园”。
Posted on: Finding the Office Building
January 30, 2012 at 2:01 PMIt's not just Hong Kong, or China. In fact, it's not uncommon to find elevators designated for specific floors in any big hotel in any big city. It's more a 'big building' thing (to alleviate crowding problems).
Posted on: An Interview with Zhang Ayi
January 16, 2012 at 2:41 PMBut why only the 18th level of Hell? What about the 17th, and the 16th, and the 15th.... They can't be much fun, either.
Posted on: 孔子拜访老子 2：小国寡民
January 12, 2012 at 3:01 PM非常重要的系列！了解中國應該學習中國歷史文化和思想；了解中國文化和思想必定要學習中國古代哲學。老子和莊子的哲學觀念特別難懂，可是很有意思，而且對現代社會和環境問題很有關係。這個系列儘管可能是不流行，還是重要.
Posted on: Focus and Specialization
December 28, 2011 at 11:53 PMJust checked out clspod. That is precisely the kind of stilted, artificial language teaching that was getting me nowhere: unnaturally slow speech, standardized pronunciations, no spontaneity. The reason why there are transcripts is because the teachers simply read out their entirely scripted 'discussions' in perfectly enunciated robotic voices. Please Cpod don't go there, or I will abandon you!
Posted on: Focus and Specialization
December 28, 2011 at 11:06 PMIt strikes me that what some people are complaining about here is precisely the advantage of ChinesePod: the pedagogy is based on real-world language learning and real-world language usage, which are holistic and interpretive. As in real life, you jump in at any point, absorb what you understand, and progress at your own pace. ChinesePod mimics real life second language learning in this way, and so speeds up the whole process for learners who do not have access to language immersion.
Transcripts tell you what was said after the event (and so you know what was said), but they don't give you a real *understanding* of the language in use. Genuine understanding in a second language (in real life) is always partial and requires successful guesswork, which in turn requires practice, and trust of your intuitions. Dependence on transcripts is like trying to swim while keeping your feet touching the ground: you can feel the ground and you can move, but you're not swimming. To swim you have to let go. This is not a fault; it is what ChinesePod is all about.
Posted on: Playing Mahjong
March 6, 2012 at 11:50 PMYes! The video lessons at higher levels are extremely helpful for those of us who don't live in China or who can't get there often. Watching the events, and even seeing your facial expressions in front of the mikes, provides a living context to give the words meaning. I'm sure it's labour intensive, but it is very much appreciated. 辛苦了！
Also, I agree with frenchcp that the English subtitles should be left out, and provided only in the pdfs.