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zhenlijiang
Posted on: Introducing Kids to Each Other
June 2, 2011 at 10:27 AMI had to go look up "snarky"! How about this?
这我知道。
http://chinesepod.com/lessons/wang-tries-to-excel-at-the-office/dialogue
Posted on: Shopping in China
May 31, 2011 at 1:10 PMI want to be like about 23% of everyone else (women in Japan in my age group).
Posted on: Shopping in China
May 30, 2011 at 3:03 AMThose of us who weren't in China in the 80s can take a look at these photos svik has shared, and those of you who do have memories of it can slip back in time. We can see the "grey, blue and white" David described in them, and see the "armyish greenish clothes" Jenny mentioned too. 真棒！
Personally I think "having a choice" now most of us still go around trying, without really being aware of it, to dress and look like everyone else. That's why someone like Lady Gaga gets so much attention.
Posted on: Switching Seats on a Plane
May 30, 2011 at 1:05 AMOr (like in this case) asking if they could, are able to, accommodate us. Again, that's different from permission.
Posted on: Switching Seats on a Plane
May 30, 2011 at 12:21 AMHi, regarding 可以 for talking about permission, we would use it to ask for instance "May I smoke in this restaurant?" "Is photography allowed here?" and such--when the person you're talking to can let you know that something is or isn't OK.
When asking someone if they would be kind enough to do something for us, that's different. That's not permission.
Posted on: Shopping in China
May 29, 2011 at 11:58 PMHi Baba, not that you asked, but I don't like it when a guy is obssessed with fashion trends and preening. I do find it pleasing when a man dresses nicely seemingly without special effort, can appreciate nice shirts, sweaters and trousers (Jean-Louis Trintignant in A Man and a Woman--no trends there, only timeless niceness). The urban dictionary definition you picked up actually diverges a bit from the point but it's funny as a dig at American maleness. The Jean-Louis Trintignant character test-drives race cars for a living, loves his red Mustang, dresses nicely and discusses cinema (though in a superficial way) with his girlfriend. A city dweller leading what many would consider a glamorous lifestyle. And yes European through and through. NOT a metrosexual.
Of course that was the 60s and there was no such thing as metrosexuality in those days anywhere in the world. When I first heard this term maybe 7-8 years ago it was being explained in an American magazine and one of the examples they gave was David Beckham--actually, I think he was named as one of those who defined metrosexuality. That was very easy to understand.
Jenny's comment was funny because of the juxtaposition of "John" with a “metrosexual” identity, wasn't it. Like two extremes (?). We the public haven't spent years being coworkers and friends with John of course, but I think we're meant to know enough about him to find the thought ridiculous in a good way. About David, I don't think we know enough!
Posted on: 康熙来了
May 29, 2011 at 7:29 AMHi Joyce 老师，此视频只限于中国内地地区内播放~ ╮(╯▽╰)╭
Posted on: Food Poisoning
May 28, 2011 at 7:30 AMHi Chris, besides literally "on" the road, 路上 can mean "on the way".
Posted on: Introducing Kids to Each Other
June 2, 2011 at 1:38 PMExactly! That line and the way he said it so stuck in my mind, I didn't have to search for it.