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Posted on: 中国八大菜系
December 9, 2007 at 1:37 PMfeilipu, Chengyus are "ordinary vocabulary" and exactly used that way - both in spoken and written language. Knowing them is absolutely crucial and the weight on them in the Advanced lessons is just right. In what regard do you thing Intermediate and Upper Intermediate lessons do not reflect "odinary Chinese conversations"?
Posted on: Hold the MSG
December 9, 2007 at 11:32 AMMSG carries one of the 5 basic flavours that can be distinguished by the human tongue: Umami (next to sweet, sour, bitter, salty). Mandarin: 鲜味 (xiān wèi)
Posted on: Hold the MSG
December 9, 2007 at 11:27 AMAccording to my wife *good* Chinese cooks and restaurants do not use MSG, because in China its use is supposedly regarded as a sign that the cook does not meet the desired taste... Cornelia, Glutamat=MSG is actually pretty popular in our mothercountry in its incarnation "Maggi" (Maggi Würze). ;)
Posted on: Turbulence
December 8, 2007 at 9:06 AMIn the last exercise 颠簸 is missing and replaced by a duplicate 失事 Maximum score --> 5(6)
Posted on: Feng Shui and Surgical Masks
December 8, 2007 at 6:39 AMInteresting. My online dictionary tells me that "toque" (also "tuque") denotess a special kind of woman's hat or - in Canadian English - a hat in general. http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType=relaxed§Hdr=on&spellToler=on&search=toque+&relink=on Marriam Webster is more specific: "a warm knitted usually pointed stocking cap" http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=tuque Also listen to the pronounciation here as it is tricky. More in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuque Dict.cn translates "toque" into Chinese as 无边女帽 or 头巾猴 http://dict.cn/search/?q=toque
Posted on: Feng Shui and Surgical Masks
December 7, 2007 at 2:29 PMHi Amber, the new picture is from our visit, isn't it? :)
Posted on: 中国八大菜系
December 7, 2007 at 7:07 AMconnie, 我承认: 没有。 我们第四去的家是川菜的， 那有的饭那么精彩， 我们之后每天只到哪去了， 决心都没了并放弃了我的计划。 ;)
Posted on: 中国八大菜系
December 7, 2007 at 6:42 AM耶！ 老八大彩课程回来了， 新版有劲儿多了。 我还记得去年在北京拉直我的妻子从一家饭店到另一家饭店， 十分决心把所有CPod介绍的八大彩都尝到了。
Posted on: 中国八大菜系
December 7, 2007 at 6:20 AMchangye, 在我的家里的情况非常不同。 我的妻子看这种节目的时候,一直抱怨 "他们做得错"， "这样不太好吃"等等 。 然后起来表演怎么做，证明她做的饭是独一无二的那么好。 因此我越来越胖。 :)
Posted on: A Jizhou Identity Revealed
December 9, 2007 at 1:46 PMxiaohu, I am *not* with you and your idea. For me the Fix and the lesson are disjoint entities that I store on different MP3-players, that I enjoy in different environments, in a different order, and in a different frequency. The only time I listen to them together is when I first work through the podcast (non-mobile). After that ways part. Different learners, different learning styles, obviously. And yes, I am a paying subscriber.