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Posted on: All About Measure Words
October 15, 2007 at 5:00 AMSome measure words introduced in the lessons (disclaimer: list is not yet complete): Touring a Factory 个and 间 as measure words for 工厂 Buying a Drink 一份 as a measure word for dishes Introducing Hotels 家 as a measure word for 酒店 Chinese Identity measure word: 一片脑子 Appartment Hunting 间 as a measure word for rooms UI: Chinese Commuters 条 as a measure word for roads (later in the dialogue 条路 is contrasted with 一根车道) Chinese New Year - Family 顿 as a measure word for meals (一顿饭) UI: Movie Genres: measure word 座: here 座教堂 (banter only) UI: The Monkey King (new version!): 遍 as a measure word for boradcasts My New MP3 Player measure word: 首 for songs Seeking Comfort measure word: 面 for meetings (here: 见你一面) Requesting a Sample measure word: 把 for things with handles (here: hammers) Watching a DVD 张 as a measure word for flat and thin things - e.g. here: DVDs (张碟) The Come-on 段 as a measure word for periods of time (here: 这段时间) Olympic Medals 届 as a measure word for regular events (here: 上届奥运会) Olympic Medals 块 as a measure word for medals (here: 多少块金牌) Scheming Girls 家 as a measure word for 公司
Posted on: Recent Events
October 14, 2007 at 4:33 PMKen, get goulniky on one of the shows! If he is attacked by shyness and/or modesty use 白酒. There is a reason why "shanghai" is also a verb. :)
Posted on: Recent Events
October 14, 2007 at 3:03 PMWay too much air time for a rather regular learner among many outstanding ones. But I eventually got to meet all those people who make this marvel real - from a language, technology, and business side.
Posted on: Table Manners and Tipping
October 13, 2007 at 6:41 AMOh, and the show I understood best: Spongebob. But maybe that is because I knew the content already.
Posted on: Table Manners and Tipping
October 13, 2007 at 6:39 AMAmber, you do *not* like the fish heads? Do you know what you are missing? Granted, you have to spit a lot with that meal, but the meat it is increadible tender and delicicious.
Posted on: Fighting over the Bill
October 10, 2007 at 8:54 AMBazza, my German Visa 卡 worked fine for me (two Beijing restaurants + 1 Shanghai hotel).
Posted on: Wang Wei's Diary: Food and Girls
October 8, 2007 at 3:29 PMI would still love to see a lesson of a diary entry of Kyle's typical student: "They're too busy playing World of Warcraft and arguing with their friends about whether or not the tank in that one computer game could ACTUALLY hit that pedestrian from 300 yards away, applying recently studied laws of physics and mathematical equations to support their statements."
Posted on: Of Beauty Pageants and Plastic Surgery
October 8, 2007 at 3:18 PMAn introductory lesson to basic hospital vocab would be of value, already. Also describing and localizing symptoms / pain.
Posted on: Treating and Foreigners on TV
October 8, 2007 at 4:29 AMDavid, here is your answer: http://chinesepod.com/extra/qing-wen-beyond-or-another-use-of-%e8%bf%98%e6%98%af-haishi/discussion DA replaced the Saturday Show.
Posted on: All About Measure Words
October 15, 2007 at 5:01 AMThere are a lot clothes-related in "Trip to the Dry Cleaner".