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bababardwan
Posted on: How Long Has This Been Going On?
June 29, 2009 at 4:13 AMshenyajin,
"And if they are senior people, or middle aged, it's better to show some respect like "您多大年纪了？” nín duōdà niánjì le?"
...a simple but important point I've somehow missed.多谢。
Posted on: Job Interview
June 29, 2009 at 2:48 AMA few cultural questions.
In the west ,there are now many interview questions that are considered off limits [e.g questions relating to marital status,plans for pregnancy,etc].What's the situation in China in that regard?
There has also been a trend in the west to get people assessed by psychologists to determine suitability for a job.Does this happen in China and if so to what extent?
In the public sector there has also been several processes in place to guard against discrimination,including having a panel of interviewers.Does anything like this happen?
人脉。。In the west there is the concept of not mixing business with pleasure.I get the impression this would be a totally foreign concept in China.In fact that the opposite occurs.对不对？
Finally,how common would it be that the salary of the position being applied for would not be known/advertised?
Posted on: Job Interview
June 29, 2009 at 1:50 AM我想雇佣他。How do you say?:
I would employ him.
Personally though,I prefer Steven Wright's approach to an interview:
"I was in a job interview and I opened a book and started reading. Then I said to the guy, "Let me ask you a question. If you are in a spaceship that is traveling at the speed of light, and you turn on the headlights, does anything happen?" He said, "I don't know." I said, "I don't want your job." "
Posted on: Summer at ChinesePod
June 29, 2009 at 12:51 AMtvan,
I'm also one who doesn't really care about lesson timing but can see where others would find it beneficial to plan.I do like the surprise element of the random,but I'm probably showing I'm just a big kid [I like the surprise of not knowing which city we're going to in the city series for example.It's a bit like rocking up to the airport and catching the next plane to anywhere..or doing a pin the tail on the donkey on the world map and heading off to whatever country you pin sans reading up on it...huge fan of The Amazing Race here,hehe] .One other consideration.There may be some out there who can only study on a certain day of the week and only interested in a certain level.In a fixed shedule arrangement,they may find they are never in a position to study it fresh on the day of release,whereas in a random one they may get this opportunity once in a while.Maybe it boils down to whether one is doing this for fun,or for serious academic planned study...like there's an exam in a couple of weeks.
Posted on: Dubai
June 29, 2009 at 12:42 AMRaygo,
再千谢你的笔记.
Just so you know we are hanging off every word in your transcript,I thought I'd double check the word at the end of the line shortly after 06.28 :
"对当你有好几个形容词在一起的时候，你不用在每一个后面都说‘了’，只最后说一下就可以啦。"
...should that final 啦 actually be “了” ? You're probably right,but I just thought I'd verify.
Posted on: Delivery Problems
June 28, 2009 at 11:33 PM喂Raygo,
我终于学习这个课和用你的非常好的笔记。马后炮谢谢您。Sterling job mate.
Posted on: Baby Photos
June 28, 2009 at 12:56 PMGong Li?
Posted on: Summer at ChinesePod
June 28, 2009 at 10:26 AMI agree with Henning.I really enjoy News and Features.I don't particularly need to know the lessons coming up as,like paulinurus,I'm going to check them out anyway,but on the other hand I think it works on me a treat like advertising/previews should in that it does get me excited.There is usually at least a couple that particularly pique my interest.This previewing is usually half or less of the podcast,and the other news has always been great to hear.Gives it that personal touch hearing our laoshi's [teachers] voices.Always great to hear interviews too.Maybe I'm wrong,but I couldn't imagine that a standard N&F podcast would take as much planning or time as a lesson podcast.I suppose the ones with interviews would take a bit more [is there a sound equivalent of a Doris Day lens for those of us who need it?...Lina Lamont speaking a little Chinese would need some support..not sport,hehe]
Posted on: Baby Photos
June 28, 2009 at 10:02 AMOk,it was Xu Zheng and Tao Hong's new baby.Sorry if they're obscure.It was hard trying to find baby photos of the really famous Chinese.
Raygo,
Any hints? I'm resisting resorting to Changye's method at this stage and teh twin/gogill/sogill writing is coming up with zilch.
Posted on: Job Interview
June 29, 2009 at 6:08 AMshenyajin,
hehe,In the west such questions would make one wonder whether the interviewer was ridgy-didge [youtube link from 2mins 30secs ..hope you can use proxy for a laugh].I hope Praxis didn't hit you with anything like that.
As for your next point,rest assured mums the word. ;)
Thanks for addressing all my questions.Cheers :)