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Posted on: Voucher Promotion at the Mall
June 19, 2010 at 3:09 AMIt seems I never posted the link to my lesson transcript on this page.
Podcast Transcript - Voucher Promotion at the Mall
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Posted on: Sina's Microblogs
June 19, 2010 at 2:46 AMHere is my Transcript of this lesson:
Thanks to Tal for his help in transcribing, and to zhenlijiang for her input as well.
Posted on: Love Tangle 4: Baby Plans
June 16, 2010 at 12:26 PMCPod,
In the 3rd last line of the dialog, the mouseover Pinyin shows xiàngfūjiaòzǐ. Shouldn't it be xiāngfūjiaòzǐ?
Posted on: World Cup and Diamonds
June 13, 2010 at 12:35 AMThe Collins dictionary says 'barrack' comes from Northern Irish.
Apparently in England it only carries a negative connotation, something like 'heckle'. It seems only us Aussies use it to mean 'to shout support', as in 'I barrack for the Socceroos', or 'Which team do you barrack for?'.
It does seem strange to say 'The whole of Australia is rooting for the Socceroos'. Sounds like everyone would be too occupied to actually watch the game.
Is Tiger Woods rooting for the USA?
Posted on: Doing the math with 算 (suàn)
June 12, 2010 at 11:16 PMActuary, 'actuary' is Japanese word for 'actuary'.
Do you actuary believe me?
Posted on: Doing the math with 算 (suàn)
June 12, 2010 at 7:39 AMBet you've had that one stored up for a while RJ!
Anyway, I looked up the two words, and the -s at the end of each word has a different etymology.
The -ics in gymnastics was commonly added to words to mean 'matters relevant to'. It consists of -ic + -s. The -s originally meant 'plural' in Latin, but this meaning was not intended when it was added to the English word gymnastic, only the meaning stated above.
The 's at the end of mathematics was added to the previous word 'mathematic' to make it a direct translation of the Latin 'mathematica', which is a plural. This was designed to indicate that there is more than one mathematic - arithmetic and geometry for starters.
The only problem with the correct word is that some people believe I am a Mass teacher.
Posted on: Doing the math with 算 (suàn)
June 12, 2010 at 2:45 AMActually the title says this is about math. I teach maths.
Posted on: Buying a House
June 12, 2010 at 12:27 AMCPod,
Your Vocabulary List (simplified) for this lesson shows the traditional character 貪 instead of the simplified one 贪.
Posted on: Funny Business 5
June 9, 2010 at 11:08 AMCPod,
There is no vocabulary in the Text Version of the PDF.
Posted on: Western Zodiac
June 19, 2010 at 3:16 AMIt seems I never posted the link to my lesson transcript on this page.
Podcast Transcript - Western Zodiac
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Word Version
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