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Posted on: Hanging Up the Phone
January 22, 2009 at 2:54 AMHi bababardwan
Actually, your second theory is correct-- you are not supposed to hear the rest of the conversation.
You will definitely hear this situation a lot in China. It always reminds me of the nobles in the old days bowing and backing out of the throne room after an audience with the Emperor.
Posted on: Farewell, Son 游子吟
January 22, 2009 at 2:12 AMHi amesburygeorge
I'm very glad to hear that you enjoyed the show.
Hi user23060
Thanks for the feedback. Jiaojie read the poem very well, but for the sake of exposing our audience to a variety of deliveries and accents, future shows will feature a variety of speakers.
Posted on: 北京人上海人眼中的中国地图
January 22, 2009 at 1:32 AMHi all
Racism and prejudice are the best way for the ones on top to play the little guys against each other.
To take an example from American history, why on earth would dirt-poor Southern farmers (only a tiny percentage of whom actually had slaves) fight a civil war to preserve slavery on the huge plantations? Rationally, poor farmers would benefit from a free labor market where they didn't have to compete against slave labor. But as long as there were slaves, there would be someone even lower on the totem pole.
People love to have someone to kick around. Our masters know this, and love to give us targets. It takes the heat off them.
Posted on: Farewell, Son 游子吟
January 22, 2009 at 1:19 AMHi anna_korovina, user5624, tommaz, bill and yarmoski
Thank you all for your kind replies. I am so thrilled that you enjoyed the show.
Hi rjberki
Getting the audience involved with follow-up questions is a very interesting idea. I think we should look into that for future lessons.
Posted on: Farewell, Son 游子吟
January 21, 2009 at 7:17 AMHi Steve
Good question. In the future, we will be sure to make sure that new programs are automatically put into the feed. If you don't like them, you can easily unsubscribe.
Posted on: Plants Need Watering
January 21, 2009 at 6:05 AMHi bammargera
You asked ‘不用’ 跟 ‘不用了’有什么不一样的意思。什么时候一定要加一个‘了’在后面。
这边的“了”表示情况改变的意思，以前需要浇水，现在不用了 （因为花死了）。
watering can 和烧水用的那种 kettle 都叫“水壶”
Posted on: Farewell, Son 游子吟
January 21, 2009 at 5:57 AMHi urbandweller
Good suggestions for future poems. I will definitely take your ideas and those of the other poddies into consideration.
I am also happy to make future classes longer. How many poddies think this was long enough already? Does anyone agree with Oscar Wilde, the so-so poet and brilliant wit who said:
A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want?
Posted on: Overseas Chinese
January 21, 2009 at 5:52 AMHi jennyw10
这两种说法不太好听，不能随便讲，但是说起来还是有一定的教育意义。
“香蕉” 指的是很受西方文化影响的一个亚洲人， 尤其是中国人。皮肤是黄色的，心里是白色的。
“鸡蛋” 说的是那种很受中国文化影响的外国人。皮肤是白色的，心里是黄色的。有人这么骂过我，我觉得一点也不好听。我是“文明主义者，” 什么地方的文化值得我学习，我就会学。
Posted on: 北京人上海人眼中的中国地图
January 21, 2009 at 5:43 AMHi connie
太好玩儿了。很多人也说东北人酒量很大，因为冬天没事干就会躲在家里喝酒 呵呵。
Posted on: Farewell, Son 游子吟
January 22, 2009 at 3:28 AMHi chinkerfly
Thannyuverrymuch!