User Comments - michfromprovence

Posted on: The Red Spectrum of Meaning

In French we use the same colour (in the eyes) to express anger; when a person is very (and suddenly) angry we say:

Il a vu rouge! (he saw red!)

Posted on: Introduction to Pinyin

I remember that back in the seventies ( Dear! Am I that old ???!??!) it had been decided that children starting to learn English would be taught the language orally during the first term; they were supposed to get a better pronunciation ! But they were given a few written signs of international pronunciation alphabet , which later made the poor students mix the right spelling of words with their transcription in pronunciation , just like Chinese children!

Posted on: Catch the Train

mmysdf,

As anglo-saxon people would say, if you don't like it, leave it!

Bye bye!

We, non native English speaking people, love Chinesepod ,lessons AND hosts!

By the way mmysdf, what is "detatched"? Don't tell me you too make mistakes!!!?!!

Posted on: Group Photo

changye Here in France, I've heard some people say "ouistiti" (marmoset), especially when taking photos of young children.

Posted on: Too Picky

shiwuqingren Thanks for the website. It's very helpful and ......... YUMMY! Jennyzhu I had to have my car repaired last week ... and realized I could not say "there's a weird noise when I start my car" or "it wouldn't start this morning" etc. I know it wouldn't be very useful in Marseille but wouldn't it be a good idea for a lesson?

Posted on: Li Yan's Diary: More and More

Excellent lesson with lots and lots of useful words that can be used in other contexts. Thank you, my ranking is 5!....by the way , why can't we see the results any more?

Posted on: I can't write it

maxiewawa and linguistic potato you're wonderful teachers! crystalclear explanations; thank you.

Posted on: How spicy?

Thank you for your lessons and more particularly for their introductions!! So humorous !! Congratulations to whoever writes them!