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auntie68
Posted on: 好莱坞大片
January 28, 2008 at 9:16 AM[blush] Oh.... [/blush] Thanks, xiaohu. I misled myself (!) by thinking "diamonds" after I looked up 金刚. Time to get a bigger dictionary... And I've also realized that 伯恩 was a proper noun... duh! Again, thanks! Cheers, Auntie
Posted on: Don't Litter
January 27, 2008 at 3:06 PMHello All. Today, 27 January, is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. I suspect that quite a few CPOD members are, like me, also marking this day. Peace be with you. Shanghai has a special place in the hearts of many Jews because of the staggering numbers of Jewish refugees who were sheltered by this city during WWII. There are two Chinese "Schindlers" who are honoured as "Righteous Amongst the Nations" by Yad Vashem. Many Jews who were saved by the Japanese Schindler, Chiune Sugihara, ended up in Shanghai, and their descendants today number in the 100,000s. I hope that CPOD will be able to do a lesson on Shanghai's historic Jewish community in time for April 30, 2008, which is Yom HaShoah. Shalom!
Posted on: 橄榄球在中国
January 26, 2008 at 11:51 AMBtw, I'm really looking forward to a CPOD lesson sometime soon on rugby! Meaning, the Rugby Union-rules game which is not a domestic USA sport, but rather, the international sport that is avidly followed by millions of fans worldwide. Unlike NFL, "rugby" has a World Cup which is something of a holy grail for countries as culturally diverse as: NZ, Australia, South Africa, France, England -- and more recently -- Argentina. Rugby is not as universal as soccer, but it comes pretty close if you consider that most of the recent World Cups have been won by "southern hemisphere" countries. My two-year-old nephew already knows how to imitate the "Haka", and he has just entered a school system where boys' schools slug it out each year for national rugby union honours. Go CPOD!
Posted on: 橄榄球在中国
January 26, 2008 at 11:37 AMOops, I forgot to say, "But I really do love, and depend on, CPOD, thanks so much Connie, Jenny, John et al!" for the (basically) brilliant lessons!
Posted on: 橄榄球在中国
January 26, 2008 at 11:36 AMOkay, this is the third "Advanced" lesson in a row that I've not been able to understand, I think I need to take my own advice (!) and spend a bit more time in the lower levels! For what it's worth, the language which I am not able to "get" in these recent "Advanced" seems to be current expressions which I can't find in my dictionary. Guess I just have to trade my dictionary in for a more current edition. But I can't help wishing that CPOD would spend a bit more time catering to people who are not lazy -- who can be bothered to look up their dictionary for less slang-ey Chinese words, and who can be bothered to listen to Connie and Jenny's lines to try and understand something which isn't explained anywhere in the pdf -- but who may not have access to up-to-the-minute Chinese vocabulary in their everyday language environment. Some of us depend on CPOD for this kind of language, which we might not find in our dictionaries even if we updated them every two or three years...
Posted on: 大智若愚
January 26, 2008 at 3:49 AMOh dear, CPOD, I'm beginning to have serious doubts now that I have any right to be lurking in "Advanced" any more. I was only able to get any sort of handle on this lesson because I have no problems understanding French, and John Pasden's youtube clue cracked it for me. But I still no idea whatsoever what show you are talking about? Will you please consider giving your users some help with proper nouns? Unlike grammar and vocab points, proper nouns are almost impossible (for me, that is) to infer. Thanks!
Posted on: 好莱坞大片
January 26, 2008 at 3:31 AMOh oh oh oh! I think I just cracked 变形金刚, thanks to xiaohu's post above. Does the English title begin with the letters "Tra-"? But I'm not 100% sure, because my scruffy old 十分老气的 dictionary gives the meaning of "diamond" to "金刚石". ???
Posted on: 好莱坞大片
January 26, 2008 at 3:19 AMHello. Will somebody please help this Mandarinistically-challenged Auntie? I've figured out (barely) all the titles/vocab in this lesson, except for "变形金刚" and "伯恩". Now I have to admit that I'm hopelessly stuck. If you are too noble a person to post the solutions here on this BB, please PM me with the answer! Your help is much appreciated! And thanks, CPOD, for this challenging lesson!
Posted on: How was Your Date?
January 23, 2008 at 3:32 AMHello CPOD, I can't seem to download this MP3 either... (echoing three previous posters before me). Thanks for sorting this out!
Posted on: 好莱坞大片
January 28, 2008 at 9:16 AMHmm... we are CPOD金刚!!! I like that!