User Comments - jennyzhu
jennyzhu
Posted on: Checking Baggage
September 16, 2008 at 2:47 AMChris,
You might also hear 走廊/zou3 lang2 for aisle.
Posted on: 减肥药
September 15, 2008 at 10:07 AM我常听到中国女孩儿说，外国人就算有点儿胖，脸还是瘦的，所以还是很漂亮。中国人就算身体不很胖，可是脸容易胖。所以我们有专门瘦脸的产品。
Posted on: 减肥药
September 15, 2008 at 2:40 AM药物应该都有副作用吧。健康安全的方法肯定是运动。
Posted on: 减肥药
September 15, 2008 at 2:37 AMpretzellogic and user31971,
加油! I hope hearing the sound and rhythm of the language help too!
Posted on: Trip to the Vegetable Market
September 15, 2008 at 2:18 AMHi guys,
Thank you for your informative comments. They'll certainly help us make video an even more effective learning tool.
SpanishPod's 'cooking with Tobasco' video is a very good example of using sound, sight and comprehension to facilitate cognitive learning.http://spanishpod.com/lessons/salsa-bandera/discussion
Expect things like this and much more on ChinesePod!
Posted on: Considering a Credit Card
September 12, 2008 at 7:15 AMkimiik,
Thank you for sharing those terms! Very helpful.
Posted on: Trip to the Vegetable Market
September 12, 2008 at 6:04 AMThe problem with veggie names is that there are often several names for the same vegetable. For example, tomato is both 番茄/fan1 qie2 and 西红柿/xi1 hong2 shi4; 土豆/tu3 dou4 and 马铃薯/ma3 ling2 shu3 both mean potato. And they are all quite extensively used. How we chose the words is based on collocation. For example, we chose 番茄/fan1 qie2 because it's used in ketchup 番茄酱/fan1 qie2 jiang4. But then you run into problem of fries 薯条/shu3 tiao2. Arrh, can't even relax around vegetable.
Posted on: Trip to the Vegetable Market
September 12, 2008 at 3:11 AMMaybe cucumber was yellow a long long time ago. Then, it mutated.
Posted on: Checking Baggage
September 16, 2008 at 3:52 PMjinkeli,
Yes, you can say 靠出口的座位。
bababardwan,
Yes, the word 公司/gong1 si1/ company is indeed there. 航空公司/hang2 kong1 gong1 si1 literally means 'aviation company'. As Ken likes to say 'you;ve made the connections.'
Light487,
Thank you for reminding us to cover certain pronunciation points.
Bill,
Thank you for the compliment! A total learning experience is indeed what we strive for.全方位/quan2 fang1 wei4/all encompassing.