User Comments - bababardwan

Posted on: 武松打虎

上星期二我陪了一个小虎【九个月岁】。我们走了百米差不多。我徐徐拍小虎。我肯定不打小虎。

Posted on: Hate is a Very Strong Word

The last line of the dialogue in the Zhang Liang and Lili love story series here has a good example of the context and tone[of voice] 讨厌 is used in.

Posted on: Hate is a Very Strong Word

Downunder we call cilantro "coriander".Perakun has 香菜 as parsley instead of cilantro[though mdbg has 香菜 for cilantro and  洋香菜 ..foreign coriander..for parsley..which makes more sense as coriander is native to Asia..whereas parsley is native to the mediterranean I think].Obviously they are both fragrant.I would have thought they'd then use a word for herb instead of vegetable.Seems there are many words for herb including..野菜。。wild vegetable.What is the most common word for herb? 我不讨厌香菜还是洋香菜。

Posted on: Son or Daughter?

Little emperors:

Another here:

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Posted on: Are You Free?

I had exactly the same thought as sydcarten.You'd think he'd have got the hint after she said she had to read a book.But I admire his spirit.Jiayou,hehe.

Posted on: Summer at ChinesePod

paulinurus,

Yeah,so I've heard.Boy I wish it was that way in my day.I suppose I was referring to the traditional model which I [obviously mistakenly ] thought your comments were kinda referring to.I also thought there may still be some differences,but I'm probably outa touch on this one,so I'm sure you're right.No argument from me though on it being a reasonable request,and as I've said I'd be quite happy for you guys to get it.I completely agree with your comments about attending to a lesson when it comes out and discussing it while it's fresh.Poddies tend to lose interest and move on to the next fresh topic after a while.Cheers and good luck. :)

Posted on: Love Tangle 1: A Suspicious Text Message

...oh,just as well I didn't put my money where my mouth is...could have sworn it was a Fine Young Cannibals fan,hehe.

Posted on: Love Tangle 1: A Suspicious Text Message

I'll give y'all one guess who wrote the lesson introduction.At least I'd put money on it. :)

Posted on: Summer at ChinesePod

paulinurus,

Just for the fun of a debate,your argument:

"let's say Cpod is a learning institution (like a college) conducting five distinct lessons a week, wouldn't it be reasonable for students to expect a schedule for the lessons? I haven't come across any learning institution without a class schedule i.e. any one lesson can come up any day in a week."

...for me argues in favour of keeping it random.One of the great appeals is that CPod is not a college and thus offers us a different approach to our learning.It allows us a much more free from routine [which can become stale and tedious to some]/commitment approach to our learning.We have the ability to learn from the lessons any time of day or night,and on the move.It keeps it more fun and alive and now in my book.If I had a whole semester planned out like a course,it would have more potential to become hohum perhaps.

However while I do have a leaning towards random ,it is not so strong that I would mind if it we were on a schedule,and think it's important that those for whom a schedule is particularly important be taken into account.Perhaps a thought for the survey Matt.Instead of making it a yes/no type question,perhaps it could include a rating out of 10 to factor in strength of feeling about this issue.

e.g. 0 could be strongly desiring to keep it random,5 could be couldn't care less either way,and 10 could be strongly desiring a schedule.I'd probably vote 4 [a slight leaning towards keeping it random].You might find there are plenty of 4's and 10's and that taking this into account that a schedule would amount to the most significant level of Poddie satisfaction.Just a thought.

Posted on: Summer at ChinesePod

xuchen,

hehe,but are you up for any role? 大熊 ？，老王？，一个女人？ 。。。