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上海 Maglev

January 13, 2008 at 02:10 AM

Did anyone there in Shanghai see the demonstration against the maglev? What was it like?  Was it reported on in the news?  Read more

Pronuciation Practice

January 12, 2008 at 10:55 PM

Pronuciation practice (try saying that ten times fast!). Through hours and hours of gruelling practice :P I have come to realize my pronuciation well, stinks. Does a... Read more

England : vomiting virus epidemic

January 12, 2008 at 05:08 PM

--> 英国三百万人感染诺罗病毒英国有三百万人感染了诺罗病毒，引发突然的呕吐和腹泻。医生们警告说，今后两个月，将有更多人生病。英国《每日电讯报》引述官方公布的数字说，现在每周有二十万人感染诺罗病毒。医院已经人满为患。学校也向学生家长们发出信函，要他们提高警惕，预防孩子感染病毒。圣诞及新年假期结束后，大部分人返回工作岗位，... Read more

France : court rejects appeal from former First Lady

January 12, 2008 at 04:28 PM

--> 法国热卖三本前第一夫人塞西莉亚传记法国一家法院周五驳回了前第一夫人塞西莉亚的紧急诉讼，塞西莉亚要求巴黎法庭阻止一本有关她的传记书籍的发行，这本书的书名是：塞西莉亚。在这本塞西莉亚要求禁止发行的书籍中，作者写道，塞西莉亚曾说她的前夫、法国总统萨科齐是个说话不算话的人，是个非常抠门的人，是个不配当法兰西共和国总统的人。但是... Read more

still fighting to write hanzi

January 12, 2008 at 04:15 PM

hello! thanks again for helping me, but I've tried several processes (Windows XP)and now I don't know how to have the button to write in chinese and how to&n... Read more

[OLYMPICS] 射击 shooting

January 12, 2008 at 10:54 AM

射击 is the general name of the olympics shooting competitions. 移动靶 is the name of the moving target competions. But I've heard that the "unofficial" chi... Read more

Sorry, you don't have permission to access CRM.

January 12, 2008 at 10:12 AM

Can anyone tell me what this message means and why it won't let me log in? Read more

Columbia : first hostages released

January 11, 2008 at 09:20 PM

--> 哥伦比亚游击队终于释放两名被劫持六年的女人质终于获得自由的克拉拉·路雅思、康素罗·冈萨雷斯以及委内瑞拉总统查韦斯(Photo : Reuters) 哥伦比亚反政府游击队周四按照原先的承诺释放了两名人质，她们分别是哥伦比亚女政治家贝当古夫人的助手克拉拉·路雅思和前国会议员康素罗·冈萨雷斯。她们在被反叛组织绑架六年之后终于... Read more

Honey? Sweetie? Lambchop? Pookie?!

January 11, 2008 at 07:21 PM

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'd love to see a Dear Amber or Qing Wen that touches on the subject of Chinese pet names. I come from a pretty affec... Read more

Translating Amber's Cpod ad.

January 11, 2008 at 11:04 AM

Just for fun, I translated Amber's Cpod ad directly into Chinese: 健身是那么二零零七的。妞喜欢会说中文的男人。做新的决议，上网去chinesepod/succeed。 I suppose I should have used 女孩 instead of&n... Read more