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Posted on: For the Love of Pale Skin

Personally, I don't have a preference on skin shades on myself (or others for that matter). I use the sunblock as a protective measure because I really hate sunburns.

Posted on: You talking about me?

My experience is that, in the US, if I can get the owners of a Chinese restuarant aside, and talk to them for a bit, I can usually convince them to prepare the authentic stuff. Many of them have the ability to cook authentic food, but realize that many people want to eat the things they are used to finding at these types of restaurants.

Posted on: For the Love of Pale Skin

In China, it is sometimes hard to find good sunblock. When I visit the United States, I buy some good stuff. It is much cheaper than what I find in China.

I am pretty much like some of the other people in this duscussion, I try to prevent skin damage that can result from too much exposure from the sun.

Posted on: Where's My Takeout?

In my 小区 The water delivery guy is either within 10 minutes, or he doesn't come at all. It depends widely, but I don't think it is laziness. One time, the delivery guy came at 9pm to deliver the water... Kind of sucks for them because I live on the 6th floor and I don't have an elevator.

Posted on: For the Love of Pale Skin

Hey guys, can you help me (I havent had a chance to listen to the lesson, and I know that maybe my answer is in the show, but I simply don't have the means to listen to the lesson right now)....

In the supplemental vocab, what is a dust devil? At first, I was thinking of the vacuum, but the words are not capitalized... Perhaps it is some type of animal? I don't know, but I added these words to my vocab list before listening to the lesson.

Thank you all most kindly,

George

Posted on: Fast Cars and Shallow Women

Im curious... What error message did you receive?

Posted on: Mainland & Taiwan Lingo: Electronics

Not sure how applicable these are in my situation, but I did thoroughly enjoy listening to them (this and #26).

Posted on: What does 厉害 (lìhai) mean, anyway?

I was thinking about the English word 'intense', used in a similar way (although not exactly the same). Let me give some examples;

1. His wife is very intense, when they get into an argument, she will insist on arguing her point to the very end, even if she knows she is wrong.

2. Her daily life is intense, she works 120 hours per week serving the homeless.

3. He is very intense, he has studied Arabic for 40 years every day for 10 hours per day.

4. He is under intense pressure, his boss expects him to make $300,000 worth of sales per week.

5. He is under intense pressure, he is swimming along the ocean floor, and he feels like he is being crushed.

6. The political climate is intense, the governer has accused the challanger of libel in his most recent political ad.

No, as I said above, they are not exactly the same, but I think they are similar as such that their meaning can be clearly understood only after hearing the cntext.

Posted on: Most Frequently Asked Question in China

Hey everyone;

Two things:

1. In this dialogue, they were discussing which countries border Xinjiang, and so I figured I would list them..

Russia

Mongolia

Kazakhstan

Kurgyzstan

Tajikistan

Afghanistan

Pakistan

India

2. In addition to what was described in the lesson, I have also heard variations, and I want to list a couple of the more common ones..

- Ni3shi4na3li3len2 <When I was in places such as southern Zhejiang, and Jiangxi province, I heard this all the time. The ren2 to me sounds almost like they were pronouncing it as an 'l' instead of an 'r'. Threw me off the first time I heard it.

- 你是哪儿的 I hear this in the north, pretty much everywhere.

Hope this helps,

Sincerely,

George

Posted on: What's That in Chinese?

I agree. Theses phrases are super-handy. Using these phrases are quite useful in learning nouns... (or in my case learning and relearning).