User Comments - steve555

Posted on: 理想女人

I agree with Mike on the music. I really like Chinesepod lessons, but when did we decide we needed Kenny G playing sax in the background of everyone one?

I am really not sure that the sound of Kenny and slurping of tea really adds alot to the lesson in terms of atmosphere, especially if it is going to be there very frequently. It quickly gets really irritating for people who listen to the classes over and over again, like me. This is a shame, because that is how I have learned so much from Cpod, by replaying the lessons over and over again. 

(Apart from anything else, there may already be well too much Kenny G in the world without making us repeat it a million times in Chinesepod lessons.)

Would we consider going back to lessons with music only at the beginning and end, and not in the background? Or if need be, Chinese music, rather than the elevator variety?

Steve

Posted on: 成长的烦恼

What does Jenny say near the beginning when she is saying that the parents are very representative (daibiaoxingde)..: ~hen duo Zhongguo de baba mama dou hui "guyu bao" ziji de haizi.~ What is the part I have put quotes? thanks...

Posted on: Sydney, Australia

Yes, I know what you mean danjo about life in China seeming more simple than life in Oz. I live in Melbourne, but when I lived in China my life was so much less hectic than it is here. Perhaps it is something about being a foreigner?

Posted on: Motivational Speaker

what is the chinese term given for 'motivational speaker' in the podcast? and what are the two terms these characters are drawn from?

Posted on: Bargaining

Thanks Amber!

Posted on: Bargaining

Can someone help me with a couple of the words Jenny uses when she is explaining the difference between shizai and chengshi? I get "renge" and "chubie shi hen xiwei de", but I can't make out two other bits that sound like "kan de jiemo" and "pingzhi". any ideas? thanks, steve