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tucsonmichael
Posted on: Forget It
November 15, 2007 at 5:11 PMexcuter, 下雪 xia4xue3 snowing 雾 wu4 - fog 多雾 duo1wu4 - foggy 晴天 qing2tian1 fine, sunny day I learned 远足 yuan3zu2 for hiking and 爬山 pa2shan1 for mountain climbing, but it seems they are synonyms when hiking or walking in mountain or hilly areas...is this correct?
Posted on: Romance in the Beauty Pageant
November 13, 2007 at 4:01 AMAmber, thanks so much for the response. I would like to send Chinesepod a Christmas card, so please provide your address in both English (for USA postal service) and 汉字。。。 跟postal code....感谢。。。by the way, it is tuc son, not tus con...pinyin might be tuc1 sun1...although i know 汉字是图森。。。明年见
Posted on: Romance in the Beauty Pageant
November 12, 2007 at 3:30 PM你们又来一门有意思的课。我最喜欢expansion练习。 Minor comment, in expansion section...following example needs second phrase 汉字 to match both the audio, and the written english。。 而不。。。 “ 父母应该经常鼓励孩子。 (Parents should constantly encourage their children, rather than scold them.)“ 对了。。我就买好了到上海的机票。。我在上海会过春季..到达二月一日然后在中国待两个星期....你们二月五日上班的话,我就要去你那儿聊天..
Posted on: Athlete Injuries
November 8, 2007 at 4:31 PMhenning, goulniky, 感谢。。 so "people" has 个， 口 and 名 as measure words...so would 名 also be the measure word for 演员？ almost as though 名 is the MW for celebreties?
Posted on: Athlete Injuries
November 8, 2007 at 2:28 PMThe following expression is interesting. 天好像要下雨了。 (It seems like it's going to rain.) Does this imply that in Chinese people express that the "sky" is going to rain, where this connection is just assumed in English? What is the purpose of 名 in the following sentence? 听说他是一名运动员。 I initially thought it was shortened version of 名字 for "famous" or "professional" (as opposed to us weekend athletes), and it doesn't seem to be a measure word? In exercises 1/3, the second question, both sentences seem correct, but have different meanings. 他可能不来了. (probably cannot / won't come) 他不可能来了. (cannot / not possible (to) come )
Posted on: Athlete Injuries
November 8, 2007 at 1:54 PMAny guidance on when to use 好像 versus 看起来 versus 看上去？ Also, the expansion has a sentence something like "I hope he is better soon“, using 早点好。。 I know that getting better from an illness is 病号, so is healing from an injury 受伤好。。 or 愈合 or something else. Thanks for the useful dialogue and even better expansion section! 祝你们有愉快的一天。。
Posted on: Internet Slang
November 7, 2007 at 6:11 AMGoulniky, your reference website ( 网站 ) is way too complicated for me right now, but thanks for the thought.... 祝你愉快的一天。。。。
Posted on: Internet Slang
November 7, 2007 at 5:03 AMI heard 521 meant.....我爱你。。 wǒ èr yi ( sounds close ), like 88 means... 拜拜。。 bye bye or baba (bye).....but if "hip", likely subject to frequent changes...... ^_^
Posted on: Internet Slang
November 7, 2007 at 4:25 AM在 图森。。。arizona, 520...一定是 电话 area code...你的计算机很有意思。。是李燕的呢？
Posted on: Hard of Hearing
November 17, 2007 at 4:27 PMshanyisheng, i learned that 听力 is listening comprehension, so it describes your ability to understand what you have heard (or not understand), not your actual hearing ability or inability. 我的中文听力还不好。。