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Posted on: International vs. Local Schools

We wuz robbed! Yeah, they took advantage of you because they could. If it is any consolation to you, it is the growing pains of a poor and envious people. When China was uniformly poor, people behaved much better. Now I always joke, when Deng said, "往前走" what the people heard was "往钱走"

As an ethnic Chinese who speaks well enough not to be recognized as a foreigner, it p'sses me off when mainland Chinese treat me more rudely than if I were to speak English and identify myself as an American. People in Taiwan used to behave this way, but if that is any guide to the future, behavior should improve with people's confidence and living standards - I hope.

Posted on: 色彩与性格

用给华人设计的测试在美国人身上说不定会有出乎以外的结论！幸亏你们两没有遇到不良新的发现!

Posted on: 色彩与性格

Lydia,

The problem is this is not even a 中国文化的 issue, Take a look here:

http://www.personality-and-aptitude-career-tests.com/color-personality-tests.html

Red color excites…The color personality tests associate it with enthusiasm, strength and competitiveness . . . etc. (How these people repackage Western detritus for Chinese consumption is BRILLIANT.)

I recognize this might be a kind of madness sweeping the nation, but anyone familiar with Briggs-Myers MBTI, categorization knows this is akin to astrology. I agree there are teachable vocabulary here, but seriously, do we need to listen to an infomercial as part of our educational process?

Posted on: 色彩与性格

DavidXuZhou said, "顺便说一下，现在中国国内一些企业在招聘的时候会有心理测试这个阶段，还有将星座血型等方面的解释作为录取的依据，挺有趣也挺滑稽的。不过有时候想想，或许还是有那么一点道理的。"

This is very interesting also. QQ asks users what is their blood type. Apposed to Westerners who have significant Rh differences, Rh gene sequences of Chinese Han nationality are different from those of Caucasian and more Kell (one of the other 25+ nonABO blood group) differences. What is even more bizarre (considering the outdated antiJapanese sentiment) is the origin of this unscientific belief: In 1927, Takeji Furukawa's paper "The Study of Temperament Through Blood Type" caused the Japanese to embrace the theory of matching personality traits with one's blood type.

Posted on: 色彩与性格

我也觉得这媒体课并不这么好。背景(杂)音乐不但吵，话题也缺乏科学根据。说实话，节目上的讲师到底在说什么？-胡说八道! 请Cpod以后选上的媒体节目跟有条理性。 至少把背景杂音去掉。谢谢。

Posted on: Cooking

gEE, i HAVE KNOW IDEAR WHY YOU CAN ONLY TYPE IN CAPITAL LETTERS. mUST HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE "INSERT" BUTTON!!

Posted on: 不能说的事儿

I think the intonation on 色相 is 4th, not 1st.[sèxiàng]

and 猥琐 [wéisuǒ] might need the same correction too.  

In my experience, 猥琐 is very similar in meaning and usage with 下流 . . . . Question:  The word "wretched" is listed as the definition.   In English, wretched has a very stylistic and literary usage.  Is the Chinese usage similar, or can you elaborate?

Posted on: Considering LASIK Eye Surgery

While I agree with posters saying her Mandarin is standard, there is a whining quality (which is testimony to voice acting) which is a little grinding. (My wife winced in pain when hearing her tone.) If you haven't noticed, the male voice also has a quality which is far from Northern.

Posted on: 职场性别歧视

Down the elevator to the parking lot is a river front. How about ask some working people in the floors below CP? To the left and right are some little shops, especially down the street to the right. There is even an interesting private eye hospital not too far away. How about it CP?

Posted on: Hospital Visits and Prescription Medication

That ranking should not be taken at face value. There are many variables which the well-off are not inconvenience by - by that I mean if you are reading this forum, it probably doesn't apply to you.

I encourage you to think it about it this way. Presume you have some serious undiagnosed symptoms and you have the means to travel anywhere in the world and see any set of specialists. Where would you go? Me? Mass General, Johns Hopkins, Mayo.