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bababardwan
Posted on: What Would You Say You Do Here?
July 27, 2009 at 1:50 AMcassielin,
zheng4zhi4gu4wen4..?political advisor...spin dr
mei2ti3gu4wen4...?media advisor...spin dr
I have no doubt both political advisors and media advisors have great talent at being spin dr's,but do those terms really specifically mean spin dr? Calls to mind the "yes minister" series,hehe. :)
Posted on: How Many Zeroes?
July 26, 2009 at 2:04 PMjojoandfreedom,
Here is EnglishPod.com:
http://englishpod.com/
Posted on: 无性婚姻
July 26, 2009 at 11:53 AM
哈哈，妙的文字游戏.经常是“机不可失，时不再来”
在英文有一个词语“lucky in love".在中文可以说？： 性幸，或者。。幸性，或者。。。。幸在性？
爱情有幸
爱情有幸,性无幸
Posted on: A Texan Visitor
July 25, 2009 at 11:41 PM哈哈大笑【laughing]..I've had a listen to girly talk now and it is very funny.Extra funny too 'cos it was John doing the girly talk.Great put down in the end.hehe.Thanks for a great recommendation guys. :)
Posted on: A Texan Visitor
July 25, 2009 at 10:32 PMHey Lee,cool to hear another Poddie interview.Jiayou mate.I'll have to check out the girly talk lesson,'cos I think I've heard it recommended before as well.Yangzhou,just north east of Nanjing sounds worth a visit.I mean a place famous for its masseurs must be pretty cool.
I'm particularly interested in the upcoming Media lesson.If only I could follow such an interesting topic.Will someone like Zhenlijiang be brave and kind enough to rise to the occasion and transcribe it?
Posted on: What Would You Say You Do Here?
July 25, 2009 at 10:09 PMmickeytoon,
How about using 摆？。。to swing
摆医生。。??..spin dr
或者。。or
摆龙门阵..spin a yarn
摆龙门阵医生...??spin dr
...hmm,probably not.There's probably a completely different expression that means the same but doesn't contain spin or dr.
Posted on: What Would You Say You Do Here?
July 25, 2009 at 3:50 AMhehe,yeah.Another example:
我是质检官，你跟我来。
I'm a quarantine officer,come with me.
或者，我是性疾病医务室者，我有新闻为你。
【or,I'm an std clinic worker,I have some news for you].
Posted on: Measure Word Fundamentals: 个，只，条，张
July 25, 2009 at 12:25 AMok,I'll try and finish off now.
张[flat,thin,broad objects]
纸..paper
一张纸..a piece of paper
一张报纸..a newspaper
一张照片...a photo
一张床..a bed
furniture
一张桌子..a table
一张沙发...a sofa
一张信用卡..a credit card
一张票..a ticket
一张一百块钱..a 100RMB bill
一张钞票。。paper money
一张嘴巴..lips [or ?mouth]
我们家有四张嘴..there are 4 mouths in our house
我们家有四口人。。we have 4 mouths of people in our house
我们家有四张嘴吃饭...4 mouths in our house are eating food
那有几张嘴赚钱...[???..so have how many mouths making money?]
那现在我们就闭嘴吧。。now we shut up.. [三张嘴...3 mouths]
Posted on: A Lot of Sisters
July 27, 2009 at 3:54 AMWhy would John be worried about a day of girly talk? I hear he's pretty good at it,hehe ;)
So,just to clarify how the 大姐 [dàjiě] in this dialogue would address her sisters:
Does:
二姐 in this dialogue equate to 三妹【sānmèi]...3rd youngest sister?
三姐 equate to 二妹[èrmèi]...2nd youngest sister
B equate to 小妹【xiǎomèi] ..youngest sister? or do you use 妹妹【mèimèi]...for youngest sister?
..or is the counting the other way around?
talking about universal whoa's,wa's,wow's [I agree...perhaps it has something to do with the expression on the face when one is surprised],I've noticed the same with words for mum,dad,and baby to some extent.