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yarajeev
Posted on: The Complexities of 'De'
September 26, 2011 at 9:58 PMThe phrase I hear most from my teacher is 把这个“的”取掉 aka "delete that 的!" (always the 白勺 kind). Here is a sentence, maybe you can comment:
这是我的，这是别人的，是小气×人的看法。
大方的人却人人都视若家人。
I feel confident about deleting the 的 in the spot marked with × , not sure about the ones following.
[如果有其它问题，欢迎您指正!]
(PS: this is inspired by Greg saying: "this is mine, this is yours", my translation from Sanskrit meaning roughly "this is mine, and that is others', is a mean-spirited person's outlook: those of a broad-minded and charitable disposition treat everyone as a family member.")
Posted on: 老人摔倒扶不扶？
September 20, 2011 at 8:08 AM谢谢您！
关于《老年人跌倒干预技术指南》，我觉得不特别实际，一会儿讲到很明显的事，比如“昏暗的灯光，湿滑、不平坦的路面，在步行途中的障碍物，不合适的家具高度和摆放位置，楼梯台阶，卫生间没有扶拦、把手等都可能增加跌倒的危险，不合适的鞋子和行走辅助工具也与跌倒有关”，一会儿讲到医务述语，一会儿讲到“5E”这类的管理述语。
共有42页，谁有时间看它？
Posted on: 老人摔倒扶不扶？
September 19, 2011 at 9:48 PM1. 迎面的另外一个用法：“慢慢的春风迎面吹”
2. 在中国有没有这些“急救”培训?
3. 你们知道怎么能在网上访问所谓“扶老人指南”吗？听到这节课我很想看搞笑一点的材料！
Posted on: How to Weigh an Elephant
September 14, 2011 at 9:14 AM"The same boat with the same weight on it would have the same floating line"
I'd argue this is intuitive (anybody observing a boat loading will notice that a heavier boat is deeper in the water, and it's not far-fetched to extrapolate that equally loaded boats sit equally deep). This can be deduced of course from Archimedes' principle, but Archimedes' principle is more general and until you do the maths, is counter-intuitive. The wikipedia page above notes that even Galileo thought that Archimedes' "golden crown scale" was remarkably accurate.
The Baidu story translates flotation line as 水面的地方.
Posted on: Addressing People Revisited
September 13, 2011 at 5:56 PMThanks, Jenny.
Posted on: Airport Check-In Problems
September 13, 2011 at 5:19 PMJenny, that would be great. I have to say that I shamelessly exploited the bug while it was there (one consequence: one of my alarm sounds is 劳动最光荣）. However, I have to say that not having the dialogue transcript and vocab on the Android app is a real downer -- I find the text commentary sometimes too small to read on my Nano. If Cpod isn't mobile then what's the fun?
Posted on: How to Weigh an Elephant
September 13, 2011 at 5:08 PMGood q, let me add to Jenny's two examples I found from 句酷, not 100% sure they are all examples of this particular complement though.
我【想不通】你为什么让那个孩子单独旅行。
我不理解这些指示――根本【讲不通】嘛。
谁也【搞不通】这样一台机器是怎么造出来的。
他们至今还不相信【买不通】去美国的路子。（？？）
跟他道理【说不通】。
说这是粗鲁的西部人的缺点是【解释不通】的。
可是他的电话当真坏了【叫不通】。
Surprisingly, given the meaning of 通 many of them seem to have "get through" type idiomatic translations in English: I just can't get it through my head why you let that child go on vacation alone; I can't get through (on the phone); reason doesn't get through to him etc.
Posted on: How to Weigh an Elephant
September 13, 2011 at 4:40 PMNot sure what the Golden Crown has to do with measuring weight -- isn't it more about density? I'd argue that what Cao Chong did is pretty unconnected with Archimedes's principle.
Posted on: 商务发言 2：图表分析潜在利润
September 13, 2011 at 3:47 PM谢谢您！
“喷鼻血”……这个嘛……都不知道该做何反应……一方面很形象，另一方面有点恶心啊！
Posted on: The Complexities of 'De'
September 27, 2011 at 9:43 PM(魯|路|录|卢|陆|渌|甪|逯|露|吕）老师，谢谢您！
“去掉”：打错了，真抱歉。
就“把”的用法而言，这个问题我觉得有点复杂，刚才翻看过语法书里关于”词序变换“的一节课，好像没有什么很明确的规律。比如说：
”开花了“和”花开了“意思差不多，但是“客人来了”和”来客人了“意思不一样。
”他一个汉字都不认识“是对的，而”【他】人人都视若家人“是不对的。
打算下个星期学习这节课，希望能掌握。