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Posted on: Addressing People
August 6, 2008 at 4:17 AM

bento,

Oh, that voice... Yeah, I remember it. I always thought of it as more of a "used car salesman voice." Or something. Not sure what!

Posted on: Sales Call
August 5, 2008 at 4:44 AM

xiaohu,

We'll have to do some research before answering all those questions, but I think telemarketing could definitely be a good topic for Intermediate or Upper Intermediate lesson...

Posted on: Tool Delivery
August 5, 2008 at 2:37 AM

chris1,

Thanks! I don't think I've ever been called "a scream" before, but I guess I have mostly the dialogue content and my co-hostess to thank for that... :)

Posted on: Getting a Phone Number
August 5, 2008 at 2:35 AM

Joachim,

Oh no, we have to do imaginary numbers now??  That's a little scary...

But just to show my good will, I'll tell you this: in Chinese they're 虚数 (xūshù).

Yikes, I thought this was a Newbie lesson...

Posted on: Addressing People
August 5, 2008 at 2:17 AM

bento,

John, don't feel left out, I would like to hear your high testosterone voice with JP's pedant's voice, it would be a fun dialogue.

"High testosterone voice"?  Ha ha, I've never heard that one before...

Posted on: Getting Internet at your Apartment
August 5, 2008 at 2:03 AM

pcmi4,

If a website is blocked, you can say:

被封了 (bèi fēng le)

被封杀了 (bèi fēngshā le)

Posted on: Getting Internet at your Apartment
August 5, 2008 at 2:00 AM

ilovechina777,

Chinese people typically just say "YouTube."

Posted on: Sales Call
August 5, 2008 at 1:57 AM

I've used a similar strategy before... If someone has your number but doesn't even know you're name, there's no reason to talk to them, no matter what they say.

(Of course, just because they know your name, doesn't mean they're worth talking to either...)

Posted on: Getting Internet at your Apartment
August 4, 2008 at 5:59 AM

henning,

No, it should be the same. Consider it a little technical slip-up on the part of your host... :(

Posted on: Getting Internet at your Apartment
August 4, 2008 at 4:09 AM

obitoddkenobi,

太好了！你有宽带吗？是怎么装的呢？