User Comments - marcopolosrhino
marcopolosrhino
Posted on: Long Distance Relationships
March 03, 2017, 04:03 AMare there no exercises for this lesson or am I somehow missing the tab?
Posted on: Visiting a Colleague in Hospital
November 11, 2016, 06:50 AMI have same problem...
Posted on: Meditation
August 24, 2016, 01:55 AMreally tough -- i think it might have been better to split this; perhaps having one lesson talking about benefits of meditation / yoga practice, and one that follows a guided meditation.
I've been using ChinesePod for years on and off, and worked my way up from elementary to upper intermediate using virtually nothing else-- so I'm living proof that with effort, it can work. However, the new upper intermediate lessons are so much harder than the old lessons that they are really an entirely different level. For those of us who have been using Cpod for a long time, we are perhaps used to this, but for anyone new to the site its got to be confusing and somewhat demoralising to find the jump from intermediate to upper intermediate such a massive gap. After a break, I'm considering going back to the oldest Upper Intermediate lessons as finding these new ones pushing above my level -- i filled three pages of new vocabulary on this one, which is just too much in one sitting to really be useful, and I consider my Chinese semi-fluent.
I said this a long time ago, but I think the team really needs to take time to go through the lessons and rearrange them according to level. The oldest Upper Intermediate lessons are sometimes easier than the newer Intermediate lessons! Perhaps they can be arranged as 'bridge' lessons to help others who are struggling with the jump, arranged into a new class of lessons, or, at the very least, it should be made clear to newcomers that if they want some kind of progression they should start with older lessons and work their way forwards. Upper Intermediate lessons from 2016 are a whole different beast to what was considered that level in 2007...
Otherwise, love what you guys do; and the newest lessons are of an awesome standard...even if they do make me feel dumber and dumber
Posted on: Regional Variations on Helpfulness
December 23, 2013, 01:44 AMthanks bababardwan :)
Posted on: Regional Variations on Helpfulness
December 19, 2013, 11:57 PMHow do you say 'lose face', or 'to have no face', if 没面子 is used to say you aer unconcerned with saving face?
Also, one of your expansion sentences appears to be mistranslated...I think it should be more like: "If you want to do something, don't hesitate to do it. Mum and Dad will always support you."
Last up, I'm a little confused about:小心谨慎．．． ‘ｔｏ ｂｅ ｃａｒｅｆｕｌｌｙ ｃａｕｔｉｏｕｓ＇ ？
ｇｏｏｄ ｌｅｓｓｏｎ， ａｓ ａｌｗａｙｓ
Posted on: Regional Variations on Helpfulness
December 19, 2013, 11:57 PMHow do you say 'lose face', or 'to have no face', if 没面子 is used to say you aer unconcerned with saving face?
Also, one of your expansion sentences appears to be mistranslated...I think it should be more like: "If you want to do something, don't hesitate to do it. Mum and Dad will always support you."
Last up, I'm a little confused about:小心谨慎．．． ‘ｔｏ ｂｅ ｃａｒｅｆｕｌｌｙ ｃａｕｔｉｏｕｓ＇ ？
ｇｏｏｄ ｌｅｓｓｏｎ， ａｓ ａｌｗａｙｓ
Posted on: Business Trip in Kunming
July 19, 2013, 12:14 AMtake the bus from hekou up to Kunming...and you'll pass landscapes basically the same as the stone forest...for free...and without all the gimmicks and tourists. I think stone forest is about 120rmb...to look at rocks
Posted on: Life after School
July 08, 2013, 03:02 AMI think here it is more likely that the '的' has simply been omitted.
i.e.: 你的合同签了吧 - 'you've signed your contract?'
Posted on: Life after School
July 08, 2013, 03:01 AMvery true...I'm from the southeast of England...not quite London but not far.. On Chinese buses I always find myself maneuvering through the crowds to find my way to some personal space at the back - while everybody else will stand crowded together around the driver at the front of the bus, ignoring all the empty space behind them. Many of us in the West - or at least in the UK - do value our personal space pretty highly, which can make some situations in China pretty claustrophobic.
Posted on: Peer Pressure Drinking
June 26, 2017, 01:53 AMno exercises?