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Posted on: Farewells and iPhones
September 21, 2012 at 12:44 PM

Greg,

Good night, and good luck.

Posted on: Homeschooling
September 7, 2012 at 3:31 AM

哈哈，其实 我没有 对丑闻 特别多的兴趣。 不过，我觉得你的问题非常有意思。 也许美国人会说是因为西班牙的影响。 也许中国人会说是因为美国的影响。 我在香港去弥撒 感觉的菲律宾人都是唱歌的非常好听。去了马尼拉参加弥撒， 有一点失望。 也许菲律宾穷的原因是因为才能的菲律宾人在海外。 呵呵。

Posted on: A Detained Package
September 7, 2012 at 12:22 AM

"to boldly go where no . . " oh wait, that's a split infinitive. "To go boldly . . " Oh, never mind. Here's the QW on 受 / 收

http://chinesepod.com/lessons/keeping-%E6%94%B6-and-%E5%8F%97-straight

Posted on: Homeschooling
September 7, 2012 at 12:14 AM

我离开了弗罗里达 已经好几十年， 也没有关心奥兰多的信息， 所以我不太明白。 反正，相信你的原因是诚实的。 我以前在那边从天主教高中毕业了，然后在大学我的专业是幼儿教育。

Posted on: Homeschooling
September 6, 2012 at 12:06 AM

well advised， though I always appreciate your sincere and frank posts. 遗憾的是有不认识你的人发表 雄的建议。 我以前是教小孩的。 我的儿子跟你的女儿也有一点像的经验。 我支持你的决定。

Posted on: What stop is this?
September 5, 2012 at 4:02 AM

下次 means "next time". I know “下一站” sounds weird ( "next stop" ), but I've ridden the subway enough times to know that it's what the recording says. No idea why " 一“ is in there.

Posted on: Beyond Or: Another Use of 还是 (háishi)
September 5, 2012 at 3:58 AM

I'm not sure how that sounds. Maybe it's like in English when you say "how about we take the subway?" which is not really a question but rather a suggestion. I didn't mean to imply that your proposed alternative is wrong.

Posted on: Chinese Dialects (Part 1)
September 5, 2012 at 3:47 AM

"I'm fluent in Javascript as well as Klingon" (Weird Al, White and Nerdy).

I'll read the article later, but I don't want the facts to interfere with my opinion. To equate 24 supposed dialects of American English with the linguistic situation in China is rubbish. There are no "English" language groupings in the US that are so distinct as to be completely mutually unintelligible unlike the situation in China.

Posted on: Beyond Or: Another Use of 还是 (háishi)
September 5, 2012 at 3:29 AM

I hesitate to explain the "mode of thinking in Chinese" , as I am not Chinese and not fluent, but I think thing the “ 还是 pattern" to which you refer has 还是 meaning "or" and the second option which follow is described as preferable by appending " 好".

I think you can think of it as "if we were instead to take the subway, that would be better.“ 我们还是坐地铁好。

If the 好 is bothering you and you want to omit it, you could say 我们还不如坐地铁。 "We would do better to take the subway. "

Posted on: Dreaming of You
September 3, 2012 at 11:47 PM

In this context I believe 中 means to "hit the mark." So probably the speaker has wagered on some outcome or bought a lottery ticket. Maybe its an abbreviation for 中奖。 See the lesson on "Dropping Marriage Hints" for an ironic use of 中奖 . (Don't want to be spoiler, since its in the last sentence of that dialog.)