Chinesepod lesson search is not working well!

wei1xiao4

April 24, 2009 at 12:49 PM posted in General Discussion

Today I needed to refresh my memory about suntan lotion. I know there is a lesson on that because I know the word "fang2 shai4 shuang1". However, when I put suntan lotion, sun, beach, protect, or even fang shai shuang in the "search lessons" or "search glossary" it comes up empty. Come on guys. This search engine has got to be better than this. What am I doing wrong?

calkins

April 24, 2009 at 01:08 PM

Hi weixiao, in addition to henning's suggestion, I've found another good way is to search the Glossary instead of Lessons (in the pull-down box).

I entered 晒 into the search box, selected Glossary and came up with the following example sentences. You can then click on the green arrow and it will take you to that sentence's lesson. I've had much better results searching the Glossary instead of the Lessons...and if you're just looking for example sentences, it's perfect.

Sample Sentences

那里有防晒霜。
(Sunscreen is there.)

这里有防晒霜吗？
(Do you have sunscreen here?)

这里没有最好的防晒霜。
(We don’t have the best sunscreen here.)

哪里有最好的防晒霜？
(Where has the best sunscreen?)

我要最好的防晒霜。
(I want the best sunscreen.)

他不要这种防晒霜。
(He doesn’t want this kind of sunscreen.)

你要这样的防晒霜吗？
(Do you want this kind of sunscreen?)

这种防晒霜最贵。
(This kind of sunscreen is the most expensive.)

你有什么样的防晒霜？
(What kind of sunscreen do you have?)

那种防晒霜很差。
(That kind of sunscreen is very bad.)

我要的不是这种防晒霜。
(This is not the kind of sunscreen I want.)

你要哪种防晒霜？
(What kind of sunscreen do you want?)

对，要多喝水，防晒。
(Yes. Drink lots of water and protect yourself from the sun.)

夏天要做好防晒。
(In the summer you need to use sun protection.)

去海滩要做好防晒。
(When you go to the beach you need to put on sun protection.)

冬天也要防晒吗？
(Do you have to use sun protection in the winter as well?)

我把衣服拿到阳台上晒一晒。
(I'll take the clothes out on the balcony to dry in the sun.)

那是最不贵的一种防晒霜。
(That is the least expensive kind of sunscreen.)

最好的防晒霜是什么样的？
(What kind of sunscreen is the best?)

我不知道什么样的防晒霜最好。
(I don’t know what kind of sunscreen is the best.)

Well, for some reason the green arrows (links to the lessons) don't
show up here, but they do in the glossary.

henning

April 24, 2009 at 12:59 PM

Hi weixiao,
好久不见 :)

After you do your search, you need to choose "expand search" and check everything (vocab, dialogue, ...). "Everything" is exactly what you would expect and what you usually need.

With the described method I found this lesson.