User Comments - mattinchongqing

Posted on: One-on-One Basketball

Responding to Jenny above, I really agree.  Maybe this is too crass or not in line with proper teaching protocol, but I think teaching mild foul language is important.  Here in Chongqing I hear curses all the time, not to mention the mild language (。。个屁，很牛！，我妈！等等）.  Now this is probably a factor of being in Chongqing, but still, this language is common.  I've noticed that recently the dialogues have been, how to say, more real, more authentic.  Less 最近怎么样? (the most useless phrase textbooks teach) and more 什么风把你给吹来啦.  This is real Chinese like I hear everyday.  You guys are doing great work.

Posted on: SBTG: Confucius

I suppose it's also worth mentioning, even though not used in this lesson, that the original phrase "Confucius says" is not 孔子说 as many learners might originally think.  孔子说 is too "rough" for classical Chinese.  "Confucius says" in the original classical Chinese is 子曰 zi3 yue1 with the 子 representing Confucius and 曰 meaning "to speak" or "to say."

Love the SBTG series!

Posted on: Saved by the Gong: Geology

Having the digital version of the 石油词典 on my 步步高 learning pda is not the most useful thing in the world. Unless I try to answer mark's questions that is: Sedimentary Rocks: 沉积岩 sandstone: 砂岩 shale: 页岩 limestone: 石灰岩 Igneous Rocks: 火成岩 granite: 花岗岩 basalt：玄武岩，柱石岩 obsidian：黑曜岩 pumice：浮石 Metamorphic rocks: 变质岩 quartzite: 石英岩 schist: 片岩 slate: 板岩 And after the fact, I found this: http://www.zftrans.com/bbs/simple/index.php?t11739.html You'll probably find that useful only if you REALLY love rocks. By the way, Geology Rocks! get it?...