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bababardwan
Posted on: Dare to Use 敢
October 10, 2009 at 9:28 AM我不敢说中文。
我不敢写中文。
为什么？因为我太害羞。
我不敢写“敢”，因为我害怕的“敢”。
爸爸，你干嘛？你一说你”不敢写“敢” ”就写“敢”，而且，现在你谈跟自己。十三点。
其实，我不敢吃药
Posted on: To Tip or Not to Tip
October 8, 2009 at 5:14 AMbtw I've had that experience of being chased down the street to give me money back.Nice intentions,but the battle of wills that ensues can become quite embarrassing.Haha,what a game life is.What did Shakespeare say about it?...all the world's a stage and all that.
Posted on: To Tip or Not to Tip
October 8, 2009 at 4:36 AMIs that right Matt.Well you've anticipated half my question,so thanks for that comment.I was wondering exactly that...how all this translates to overseas Chinese...how the cultures meld.Same with the calling out fuwuyuan.It definitely feels rude here in Oz.I'm wondering about the point where overseas Chinese start to see such things as the locals do [eg 2nd generation Chinese immigrants working in restaurants].Anyone with any experience of this.I'm also wondering about the effect in China of increasing exposure to westerners and whether there will be an influence there.It sounds like it has in big fancy restaurants in the major cities.
Posted on: National Day
October 6, 2009 at 11:51 PMtal,
hehe,
"I asked for a Peking Duck wrap to go and they seemed quite unwilling to give me satisfaction. What is the world coming to?"
...yeah,I thought that was KFC's signature dish...Kaoya From Capital.Talk about false advertising.
Posted on: Farewell, Sweet Pete
October 6, 2009 at 11:04 PMamber,
haojiubujian ! What a nice surprise.You just never know who's still out there.Ni zenme yang?
Posted on: Where is the Supermarket?
October 6, 2009 at 12:03 PMmudphud,
I really like your mountain mnemonic for the tones.Continuing with the journey,once you reach the summit of this volcanic like mountain and pass along the right rim of the crater,behind hòu is down,inside lǐ,left zuǒ,right yòu.Oh well,works for me anyway.Thanks mate. :)
Posted on: Where is the Supermarket?
October 6, 2009 at 5:58 AMKen,
Does anyone think this lesson is too challenging for a complete Newbie?
..nope.I think it's about spot on.There's only about 10 words in this dialogue.I think if you make it much less than you run the risk of the complete newbie not thinking they're getting much out of the lesson.In fact in that way it may actually suggest to them that progress in Chinese is going to be painfully slow[and we as your teachers advise against biting off more than you can chew from our experience] by it's very nature and it may be offputting,whereas with a lesson like this I think it is digestible [the dialogue is repeated 3 times to boot at the beginning and end and there's always the option to listen again] and a complete newbie could see that in 15 minutes they have learnt something that could be part of a useful real life exchange.I think at the end a small sense of achievement is reached.It is lack of experience in the language not lack of intelligence that makes one a newbie and showing some faith in that can be very encouraging.Just my 2 fen.
Posted on: National Day
October 4, 2009 at 2:05 AMcarlos_in_irvine,
thanks heaps mate for those links.I've gone on the first one which is loading beautifully,but I'm not sure my data limits will go too well with 2.5 hours of it [how many Mb is that likely to be?].Does anyone have a link to a good summary...say 10 or 15 minutes with clips from all sections of the ceremony?
Posted on: Dare to Use 敢
October 10, 2009 at 11:38 AMChristine,
“十三点"吗 (or 嘛?) !... I think shi san dian is only used by/for girls”
。。。糟糕。我忘了，哈哈。你说的对了。你可以叫我神经病，但是你不敢叫我小姐。我是男人Betty.