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Posted on: Washing Dishes
August 12, 2009 at 4:34 PMThis topic brings back a lot of memories from my travels in rural China and visits to road construction camps. Hygiene was not always the most important part of a meal, although much of the dish washing occurred at the dinner table where all of my companions used the tea that was so ubiquitous at all Chinese meals to rinse their bowls and utensils.
Posted on: Ticket Scalper
July 15, 2008 at 4:26 PMActually the American Indians learned the practice of scalping an enemy from the English and other white settlers
Posted on: Ticket Scalper
July 14, 2008 at 10:43 PM这个黄牛真会吹牛.
Posted on: 对症下药
June 20, 2008 at 4:44 AMOK, I would really suggest that a native English speaker check the definitions in the pop up windows. No one except a distionary and a medical doctor would define liu2bi2ti4 as rhinorrhea.
Posted on: 旧金山
June 19, 2008 at 9:11 PMI should also point out that Silicon Valley is not a city or a formal place name. It is a nickname given to parts of SF and the two counties to the South, but I'm sure that many of the other counties surrounding SF Bay would also claim to be part of Silicon Valley.
Posted on: 旧金山
June 19, 2008 at 9:05 PMThe definitions in pop up boxes for the dialog seem to be a little off in this lesson. I live near SF and often go into the City to visit my sons. There certainly are places where Cantonese is spoken almost exclusively, but there are large areas of the City where Mandarin is spoken. In Silicon Valley there are cities that have large Mandarin speaking populations, especially Cupertino, Milpitas and San Jose where there are whole shopping districts devoted to Asian foods and goods.
Posted on: Chinese Universities
May 16, 2008 at 2:32 PMIn this lesson and others the word "feng1" , meaning wind, is pronounced with a short "e" vowel sound, but I have heard many Mandarin speakers pronounce the word with a long "o" vowel sound. What is the standard pronunciation?
Posted on: Attitudes toward Religion
May 15, 2008 at 10:03 PMHaving lived and traveled in the Xin Jiang and Qing Hai areas of China it becomes very obvious that religion is very much a part of the lives of these people. Everywhere you look you see evidences of the practice of Islamic and Buddhist religions. These people daily practice their religions and are very observant this is a whole different world than big city Han culture.
Posted on: Beauty Pageant: It's a Mess
May 14, 2008 at 4:58 AMI think to be fair that there should be a series on male body building and weight lifing. Just a thought.
Posted on: A Phone Call to the Moving Company
November 16, 2009 at 3:27 AMI recall seeing people moving sofas and refrigerators on the back of their bicycles.