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aimeeb
Posted on: The Wives of Gay Men
January 21, 2013 at 11:08 PMWhen my teacher and I discussed this lesson today, she mentioned the first public gay wedding in China, a few months ago in Fujian:
Posted on: Annual Meeting Raffle
January 21, 2013 at 5:51 AMI'm not a native Chinese speaker so this comment may seem less "legitimate"... but to me, your accent sounded quite good! It sounds like you are paying lots of attention to your accent and pronunciation, instead of sacrificing these elements for speed (which seems to be an easy trap to fall into at intermediate level). Nice work!
Posted on: The Wives of Gay Men
January 21, 2013 at 5:39 AMI have to agree - earlier today, when I hadn't examined the lesson too thoroughly, I exclaimed to my boyfriend that Chinese people also use the term "beard" to mean a fake/stand-in partner. On closer examination, this isn't at all the case.
But overall, great lesson! Very interesting.
Posted on: The Wives of Gay Men
January 21, 2013 at 5:33 AMVery helpful, thanks for posting guolan!
Posted on: A Visit From Superman
January 20, 2013 at 6:16 PMGreat interview, Baba (and daughter)! Very interesting, glad this was recorded and posted. I'm in awe that Baba managed to maintain his motivation to study Chinese for four years without having visited China (or at least, mainland China). Baba, where else had you visited - Taiwan?
Posted on: No Tip?
January 9, 2013 at 1:16 AMzhong_bide, where are you from?
Posted on: No Tip?
January 4, 2013 at 3:55 AMI review expense reimbursements for some higher-ups at my company, and they are always the stingiest tippers. I once saw a $5 tip on a bill that was close to $200. No joke. Note that this is the company's money, not even their own.
The most generous tippers tend to be those who have been servers in the past (including me, I was a server in high school), or who know someone who works in the restaurant industry.
Posted on: Legalize It?
December 19, 2012 at 8:32 PMI noticed that, too, while I was listening to the audio review today. And I used vocabulary from this lesson to write practice sentences about gun control and such, related to the shooting last week.
I will say that these current-event-type lessons are really helpful in terms of vocabulary. Being able to discuss a current event in Chinese makes me feel like I'm becoming a more advanced student.
Posted on: A Present from Santa Claus
December 17, 2012 at 6:58 PMNot to be a scrooge, seriously... but the picture that shows up for the "Christmas" course (not this particular lesson, but the course overall) seems a little, um, suggestive...
(to view this, go to the Library section of the site and filter by course)
Am I the only one who thinks this? Why is the girl about to eat an ornament...
Posted on: The Life of a Programmer 1: Staying Up Late?
March 4, 2013 at 6:50 PMThis vocab was really helpful - recently, I've met a couple of folks who work for companies in the U.S. that do software engineering outsourcing to China. This vocab seems very relevant and topical!
Also, I liked the brief audio vocab review of key words/phrases that was done at the end of the podcast. I often use the separate vocab review podcast as well, but it's nice to get a little bit of key review in after I've just heard the dialogue. Thanks for adding that!