User Comments - jennyzhu
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Posted on: The Third Tone
February 3, 2008 at 4:13 PMChand, Tone changes mostly only apply to words and collocations. When you have independent words in a sentence that don't collocate, such as 办法 我们, tone changes don't apply.
Posted on: 东京
February 2, 2008 at 5:38 AMOpinari, “两极”说的是两个极端，“分化”是分开的意思，“两极分化”就是polarisation. 两极分化的社会肯定是挺bipolar的。
Posted on: All You Can Eat and Drink
February 2, 2008 at 5:21 AMMark, Thank you for a great lesson idea. We should definitely do one on coffee. The intellectual elites do have a great life, Sushi, Volvo and Starbucks.
Posted on: All You Can Eat and Drink
February 2, 2008 at 5:18 AMMy family is having our CNY dinner in a Japanese all you can eat & drink place. But I have to say that I am always overcome by regret after a buffet, regrettg how much I've devoured.
Posted on: 东京
February 1, 2008 at 5:28 PM我中学时期有许多日本的好朋友，而且爱看日剧，所以对日本、对东京都非常向往。后来看了美国电影"Lost in Translation'', 向往里又多了一些迷惘。大城市可能都会给人这样的复杂感觉。
Posted on: The Super Bowl
January 31, 2008 at 7:15 AMTaipan, As it was said in the advanced lesson and everywhere else, 新英格兰爱国者是“老牌劲旅”/lao3 pai2 jing4 lv3/grandpapa of them all. That's where my money is. But sports always loves an underdog.
Posted on: The DVD Ploy
January 31, 2008 at 7:03 AMI'd say 'loser' is 二百五，which mostly means dumb, stupid. But to me, it has that extra nuance as the English word. Any ideas?
Posted on: The Super Bowl
January 31, 2008 at 7:00 AMNew England Patriots 新英格兰爱国者/xin1 ying1 ge2 lan2 ai4 guo2 zhe3 New York Giants 纽约巨人/niu3 yue1 ju4 ren2 Some American diners in Shanghai are doing Superbowl special, i.e. Amercian breakfast with free flow of beer.
Posted on: The Second Tone
January 29, 2008 at 7:37 AMJohn and Ken are the kings of great mnemonic. 'Right' is so powerful and effective. Just like my struggle with English, grasping the right sound has never been easy. And we all have different personalised approach. So how do you fellow poddies learn tones? Do you memorize the tone of each individual character or do you take the 'rythmic' approach by concentrating on words?
Posted on: The Third Tone
February 4, 2008 at 5:56 AMI think my voice in slow mo sounds like a very badly altered voice of an amateur kidnapper.