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Posted on: A Visit to the In-laws
December 27, 2010 at 2:47 PM太好了，祝贺你们！希望宝宝能快参观加拿大，第二的故乡。
Posted on: Dad behind the Video Camera
December 26, 2010 at 4:21 PM我今年去了中国旅行以前，想买了一个新的相机。在几个相机店，我对比了一下相机的特点和摄像机的。我决定了不要买摄像机， 因为摄像机又大又重，不会在裤子口袋里拿着的。现在新式的相机能拍很清楚的视频，可以调整的，放大和缩小，很方便用的。
我用了新相机把这个乐队拍了他们演奏的音乐。
我拍了朋友们在新加坡Skypark pool游泳。
Posted on: A Rarely Washed Car
December 17, 2010 at 6:29 AM哦，很有意思，汉语是那么圆通，多谢！
Posted on: A Rarely Washed Car
December 17, 2010 at 5:42 AM我觉得不可以这样说因为气车不是一个人，它没有人生。下班后，累死了，去酒吧花光了，看过太脏的车，我就说，“哇，车那么脏，我郁闷死了！”
Posted on: The Rising Cost of Food
December 16, 2010 at 2:30 PM谢谢您的鼓励！
Posted on: The Rising Cost of Food
December 15, 2010 at 4:12 AMoh no!
Posted on: The Rising Cost of Food
December 15, 2010 at 4:11 AM对啊，食品在中国是不再便宜的！当我和老婆旅游北京的时候，我们去了看看一个超市的食品。我太太发现了广大食物跟加拿大的价格差不多一样，而且超市卖了很多从西方来的食品。我们看过一个柚子水果在美国种植的为130元卖了。我觉得那很奇怪，因为在加拿大我们通常地只是买了中国的柚子差不多三块钱而已。 而且，我觉得加拿大的华人杂货店比北京的杂货店更多卖中国制造的食物，比方说，冷冻虾。看起来，越来越中国人民是富有的，当然他们喜欢买多多东西，所以东西和食品价格快上涨了。再这样下去，叫老百姓肯定不会存钱，每个月都月光，就逼他们当月光族啊！
Posted on: How to Protect the Environment
December 13, 2010 at 4:23 AM几次小便就抽水马桶!
Posted on: The 着 (zhe) Chronicles: Actions in Progress
December 12, 2010 at 5:22 PMHi Zhen,
汤热着呢 sentence is from the grammar book. 烫 is 'very hot' i.e. scalding, so definitely hotter than 热 . However, I do see that 热 is more commonly related to weather （天气很热)，health (吃药就退热）personality (他很热诚）so I would tend to agree that a more appropriate adjective for 'hot' soup is 烫 rather 热. However, whether the adjective 烫 or 热 is used for the sentence, the structure is the same for using 着 following an adjective rather than a verb.
Structure: noun (or noun phrase) + adjective (or adjectival phrase)+ 着呢
"别碰这个(东西)！(东西)+贵+着呢！"
(她的脸)+红+着呢
汤+热+着呢, or
汤+烫+着呢
{珠穆朗玛峰)+高+着呢
(西湖的景致)+(好看)+着呢
I think adjectival verb simply means an adjective which is functioning in place of a verb. 着呢 is usually attached to a verb to convey the "ing" duration meaning. However, it can also be a suffix to an adjective to also convey 'duration' e.g. (西湖的景致)+(好看)+着呢 Westlake's scenary is beautiful (and continues to be so).
That's my understanding anyway. We may be jumping the gun, however it's been interesting for me. If there are corrections, I'm sure we'll hear from the teachers.
Cheers!
Posted on: Actually
January 1, 2011 at 4:20 PM昨天晚上在聚会庆祝过新年以后，我们都醉的，坐了出租车回家，我听过朋友简小姐叫喊了"系好安全套，系好安全套"!
我太太小声跟我说，"其实她想说 '安全带' ".
我自己觉得，"可能对，或者她想提醒她的男朋友当在家里要做什么"。
大家新年快乐！