User Comments - catherinem
catherinem
Posted on: Leaky Pipes and Faucets
February 9, 2010 at 8:18 AM@mankos This lesson features our coworkers Gucheng and Wulin. The female actress could usually be found behind the scenes editing audio on most days :) She is from Shandong Province.
Posted on: No Spring, No Wedding?
February 4, 2010 at 9:56 AMI bet you could get a nice deal on wedding venues in China this April! Reminds me of the people who buy the cheap SIM cards with all the "4's"!
Posted on: Getting a Phone Number
February 4, 2010 at 1:57 AM@blartyfast
I've just checked the link to "Cell Phones," lesson no. 0884, from both the full lesson list and the "newbie" channel list. Can you tell more about the link that you found that doesn't work. Was it in your personal feed? On a lesson page? Thanks!
Posted on: Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
January 29, 2010 at 1:44 AMGlad you guys caught the reference :) Apparently John's not a big fan, but I had to seize the opportunity to pay homage to Bowie.
Posted on: Can't Get to Sleep
January 20, 2010 at 7:00 AMMisterjess - thanks for catching that. The mistake has been corrected!
Posted on: Fire in the Hallway!
January 13, 2010 at 3:13 AMAll fixed now! Sorry for the inconvenience!
Posted on: Time Period Patterns with 末, 底, 初
December 22, 2009 at 4:08 AM@matthewg
Thank you for your comment regarding audio quality. I have the studio team looking into this.
Posted on: Love Tangle 1: A Suspicious Text Message
December 16, 2009 at 2:00 AM@simonpettersson
Thanks for pointing this out to us. The annotations (the pinyin popups) have now been fixed!
Posted on: 次，遍，趟: Measuring Times
December 7, 2009 at 2:35 AMAs CPod's product manager I'd like to add my two cents:
We're not making a concerted effort to offend anyone or to, as John put it, "turn yellow." As a company teaching everyday, conversational language (as many of you have noted above) we try to teach things that people talk about and that students might not easily encounter in standard textbooks.
Will this sometimes walk the line between what makes some people comfortable and what makes some people uncomfortable? Probably. We won't be covering any language or situations that you couldn't easily see on your average American prime time TV show.
I'd also like to add that the main purpose of these comment sections is to practice the language you've learned and to ask questions about the lesson/or show that you've just listened to. Of course you can give us your feedback, but if you have serious concerns about content production I'd encourage you to contact the team directly. Otherwise you risk drawing attention away from the educational content of this site - which is why people come here in the first place!
Thanks, guys (and gals)!
Posted on: Leaky Pipes and Faucets
February 10, 2010 at 3:45 AMIn English we normally say "to blow a fuse," which we could also say as 保险丝烧断了bao3xian3si1 shao1duan4le in Chinese. This is a super important one for me. I live in an old building and if I use two major appliances (like 2 air conditioners) at the same time, then turn on the microwave,the power goes out and I have to run out into the stairwell to check the fuse box. Such a pain!