User Comments - RJ
RJ
Posted on: Fun at the Beach
June 23, 2010 at 10:17 AMhehe, ok, lets leave it there. To be fair, Im not much of a sports fan period so its not a surprise that I find "football" less than exhilarating. I havent enjoyed American football since Joe Namath retired. Well maybe super bowl XX when Chicago won. They were fun to watch for some reason.
Posted on: World Cup Talk
June 23, 2010 at 10:05 AMyea, its just another athletic cup. More or less.
Posted on: Fun at the Beach
June 23, 2010 at 9:58 AMHi Jason,
Must be a Michigan thing :-) To forget is a mental activity not a physical act. It happens in your head, not at the hotel. To forget something at the hotel would mean that while you were sitting at the hotel this thing slipped your mind. It just doesn't sound right to me. Perhaps there is a grammatical explanation re the resultant of this kind of verb or something but I don't have time to look it up right now. Maybe John can help us out here, he's the linguist. It just sets off my bad English detector. I have to agree with GM, it sounds like the person is young, uneducated, (or from Michigan?) Ok, I apologize, since we are not football fans we don't need to play these games. Although after trying to watch the world cup, I have a renewed respect for American football. Soccer is just so ....... I cant say it here. I will be misunderstood.
Posted on: Football Mania
June 21, 2010 at 3:03 PMyou're welcome.
Posted on: Changing a Plane Ticket
June 21, 2010 at 11:12 AMin China there is often more than one right answer. Its called being right with Chinese characteristics. :-)
Posted on: Football Mania
June 20, 2010 at 10:45 PMworld cup countires 2010:
south africa 南非
uruguay 乌拉圭
argentina 阿根廷
republic of korea 大韩民国
greece 希腊
nigeria 尼日利亚
france 法国
mexico 墨西哥
germany 德国
serbia 塞尔维亚
slovenia 斯洛文尼亚
united states 美国
england 英国
algeria 阿尔及利亚
japan 日本
netherlands 荷兰
ghana 加纳
cameroon 喀麦隆
denmark 丹麦
australia 澳洲
slovakia 斯洛伐克
paraguay 巴拉圭
new zealand 新西兰
italy 意大利
brazil 巴西
portugal 葡萄牙
switzerland 瑞士
chile 智利
spain 西班牙
honduras 洪都拉斯
cote d lvoire 科特迪瓦共和国
korea dpr 北朝鲜
or
south africa NánFēi
uruguay Wūlāguī
argentina A1gēntíng
republic of korea DàhánMínguó
greece Xīlà
nigeria Nírìlìyà
france Fǎguó
mexico Mòxīgē
germany Déguó
serbia Sāiěrwéiyà
slovenia Sīluòwénníyà
united states Měiguó
england Yīngguó
algeria A1ěrjílìyà
japan Rìběn
netherlands Hélán
ghana Jiānà
cameroon Kāmàilóng
denmark Dānmài
australia Aòzhōu
slovakia Sīluòfákè
paraguay Bālāguī
new zealand Xīnxīlán
italy Yìdàlì
brazil Bāxī
portugal Pútáoyá
switzerland Ruìshì
chile Zhìlì
spain Xībānyá
honduras Hóngdūlāsī
cote d lvoire Kētèdíwǎgònghéguó
korea dpr Běicháoxiǎn
Posted on: Football Mania
June 20, 2010 at 9:30 PMof course. Same words, new context = language learning. Add a few new words to be repeated next week and you have something like immersion. Natural learning. If you want to only see each word once, you would have to memorize from the dictionary. The great thing about cpod is, if you dont like this weeks lesson, theres another one next week. Go zine.
Posted on: Fun at the Beach
June 20, 2010 at 11:12 AMAs an American I would not say" I forgot X at Y' either. I might say "I forgot my sunglasses" but never "I forgot my sunglasses at home". I would say "I left my sunglasses at home". So no, I dont think its an American thing. More of a Chinglish thing.
Posted on: Describing a Girlfriend
June 18, 2010 at 3:44 PM"high maintenance"
Posted on: Fun at the Beach
June 23, 2010 at 10:29 AMyes, and thats a sport I do enjoy.