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henning
Posted on: Of Beauty Pageants and Plastic Surgery
October 2, 2007 at 2:03 AMI don't get the "double / inner / triple eyelid" thing at all. Can anybody enlighten me what this is all about? What is a "double eyelid" and why would one want to get rid of it?
Posted on: Getting Reimbursed
October 1, 2007 at 12:49 PMnicolas, first: Please accept my apologies for the typo. As you might have guessed it was meant to be "burning". I will refrain from providing you with some conclusions from the debate here, because I am not worthy drawing those anyway. I sincerely wish you all the best on your fast lane to success. Seriously: Avoid our detours and mistakes. Listen to accomplished masters and clear rules. By all means do not follow us into that jungle out there. Simply ignore our comments. One final tip: Absolutely avoid talking to natives. Because that is when confustion kicks in. All the best! Henning
Posted on: Getting Reimbursed
October 1, 2007 at 2:19 AMnicolas, exactly. Perfect example. I love it. Together closing in on the wonders of the language with all it's ambiguity that often goes beyond simple grammar rules. Building up knowledge together - burining it into the brain. Truely: The beauty of group learning. I agree.
Posted on: Missing Persons in Jizhou
September 30, 2007 at 8:42 AMTo really appreciate this story you need some background information on this place. I found an obsure website recently about the 空落族 and their dark cults that revolve around gruesome beasts which are supposedly living in the unexplored, intricate cave system of 寂州, sometimes coming out at night, craving for prey, scratching at the well-locked doors of the 空落族, snarling, whining... According to some conspiricy theories the government sent several expeditions to the cave system, but none ever returned. The (naturally) high radiation levels at the areas provide a fertile ground for some really bizzare theories, which I as a sceptic of course do not at all believe. Unfortunatelly the website is either blocked now or gone out of service, as if it never existed... I wonder why the CPod team hasn't provided us with all that information. Maybe they are part of the conspiracy?
Posted on: Li Yan's Diary: Love and Italian Food
September 30, 2007 at 6:31 AMnicolas, "Is an intermediate learner qualified to teach?" He certainly is. Often even newbie students make good teachers. The beauty of group learning. Let's explore this language together. 三人行必有师
Posted on: 红楼梦的吸引力
September 30, 2007 at 6:21 AM肖霞， 朱琦， 谢谢你们！ 我以后肯丁忘不了这两词。 肖霞多特别谢谢你的精彩的解释。 我同意该帖子。 我也喜欢这样关于中国经典文化的题目。
Posted on: 红楼梦的吸引力
September 29, 2007 at 9:12 AM肖霞把"情结"定义为 "心里对某种事物或者某个人就是一种特殊感情" 在"Vocabulary"签页和在"The Fix"里居然把"情结"翻译为"plot". 难道"情结"和"情节"是一个意思吗?
Posted on: Accents and Subway Survival
September 28, 2007 at 6:01 AMAnother relevant lesson on the topic of 插队: http://chinesepod.com/learnchinese/standing-in-line/discussion
Posted on: Getting Reimbursed
September 28, 2007 at 5:42 AMTo avoid confusion: the 让-version would be: 钱让我看看
Posted on: How Long in China
October 2, 2007 at 3:30 AMalexco, I would just say: 你回美国多久了？