User Comments - lostinasia
lostinasia
Posted on: Shut up!
April 21, 2007 at 6:24 AMI can't get the HTML link on the PDF to work either: this is using Safari browser on a Mac in Taiwan. I get this, which means nothing to me but might be useful for others: NoSuchKeyThe specified key does not exist.0492/pdf/chinesepod_B0492.html
Posted on: The Clogged Toilet
April 16, 2007 at 3:58 PMOh dear Ken... "Jenny, contain yourself"? "We have to go"? Of course you'll deny that those were intentional puns... at one point during the explanation, you were using 堵車 as an example, and talking about "full of cars", and I was thinking OH NO, they're not going to clarify that 堵住 does NOT mean full of whatever toilets get full of... but the opportunity was thankfully missed. Until now. In Taiwan nice shiny porcelain squat toilets are quite common in public areas, although I've never seen one in a private home. Many people sensibly feel that squat toilets are cleaner. No wonder my students have trouble with vocabulary. There's such beauty in a language that calls a plunger a "toilet pull up". Which makes the word "plunger" seem absolutely ridiculous, when you think about it. "Yes, students, this comes from a word that means...uh... dive right in." Yeah, that makes sense.
Posted on: 武林外传
April 13, 2007 at 11:43 AMFor the Advanced lessons, how about giving us a lesson introduction in English? My level isn't advanced yet, but every so often I'll go through one of these. (Hopefully this'll be easier now that the site is--or soon will be--more friendly to traditional characters.) By all means keep the lesson Chinese-only, but give us an intro/ teaser in English to provide that extra motivation. It may help a lot of us overcome the fear of approaching a Chinese-only lesson. Just a suggestion--it's something that I think would give me, at least, that little extra push.
Posted on: Shut up!
April 21, 2007 at 6:27 AMOops. That sure looks ugly. Apologies for messing with everyone's broswer! Next time I'll try to remember to add in a couple of spaces. What seems to be cut off above (or is for me): I'm using Safari on a Mac in Taiwan.