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Shadowdh -

Hi there all,

Mandarinstudent provided a great link with some excellent resources to learn chinese... its at
http://chinese.rutgers.edu/index.htm and is well worth looking at... there are 5 main sections and
I have finished copying and pasting the text part that goes with the sound/listening exercises.
All the mistakes are mine as they have it very well laid out and copying and pasting them as
played around with their layout a bit... I thought some others might like to have them to help
with study... cheers



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Shadowdh -

Ooops here are the last 3, I am just using number 2 at the moment so it wont upload... be a couple
of mins sorry...










Shadowdh -

Ok finally figured out that it was too big after uploading cos of the thingys added... broke
lesson two into 2 parts... 2a1 is the first and 2a is the second part...

Roddy if these infringe upon anything please let me know... cheers










adrianlondon -

That's really useful!

Thanks. I'll download them when I get home and add them to my collection of "great Mandarin study
aids that I get excited about and then never look at" stuff.

If only I weren't so lazy, I'd actually learn something. I blame the 30 degree London weather.
I'll find another excuse for next week, obviously.










Shadowdh -

It certainly is a sweltering day... I do the same thing (re aids that get ignored) but I have
started to work with them of late and its amazing the progress you make...










bayan -

多谢！










Roee -

Thanks! Fantastic link and files service Although the Mandarin presented on chinesepod is pretty
bad as far as tones and pronunciation I'd still credit them for using "modern" Mandarin. When I
studied Mandarin at Uni one of the major gripes I had was that it was quite anachronistic.
Regarding these texts, they seem a bit out of date but possibly OK. What do you guys reckon?

BTW some of the text is quite interesting and enlightening and worth reading if only for the
content.










here2learn -

I know this is an old post, but I was about to post the same thing, so I'm just bumping this and
adding a more direct link:

http://chinese.rutgers.edu/content_c.htm

It's basically a bunch of short dialogues (audio and traditional hanzi) and then some additional
info and exercises to go with them. Sort of like another kind of chinesepod but organized in the
order they're being taught at Rutgers University (NJ, USA).

I'm going to go through some, and I'll also be curious to see where I fall. I wonder what year of
typical college Chinese I'd be in. Curious.










LaoLiang -

here2learn, thanks for reposting, it is truly a superb site.












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short lessons on youtube

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Re: short lessons on youtube

yeah, tongue twister. rap has words that rhyme. but they dont usually twist your tongue. its not
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standard mandarin

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Re: standard mandarin

All my friends in Beijing, and the friends of my girlfriend, tell me that its obvious I learned my
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The mother of an old friend back home in the US is Taiwanese. Whenever I see...



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Quote:

Pimsleur took me 6 months to complete and I still cannot talk to save my life!

I don't really want to argue here, but I'meven not finish with my P. Mandarin and get by pretty
OK. I certainly get food and beer. And not only do I get food, I actually get the food that I had
in mind (well, mostly).

On a different topic. No matter what course you do, IMHO it helps a lot to have a positive
attitude to the course you do. If within a course I would find out that it not for me I would just
stop it.

I am lucky to be every week in China and can try words on new victims. For me Pimsleur gives only
a very basic structure, the rest depends on me.



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L-F-J -

i enjoyed the pimsleur method for cantonese and mandarin and wish the cantonese had more lessons.

but the one thing i didnt like about the pimsleur cantonese is that they teach you to say "nei
hou", "ni dou", "noi", "naam", etc.. while that is said to be "standard" pronunciation, you really
hear absolutely no one speaking like that. the N's are always changed to L's, as in "lei hou",
"hai li dou", "loi", "laam". there practically is no N innitial in spoken cantonese.

and whats bad is that they never tell you that, which can put you into some silly situations.










flameproof -

You are right about the "nei/lei" issue. I think the N was used decades ago, and they failed to
update their material.



Quote:

there practically is no N innitial in spoken cantonese.

南 is certainly a N-starter. I would say 我 too (you can argue and say NG is a different sound
in itself - and is often omitted completely). Same for 五 and 牛.

寧 (ning) seems also a N-starter... but right, it's not that common.










L-F-J -

actually i recently spent some weeks in my wife's hometown, foshan. (fatsaan) its near guangzhou.
its also the home to many southern styles of gongfu. such as wingchun and hungkyun. its the
birthplace of yip man (bruce lee's teacher) and the chinese folk legend wong feihung as well as
the lion dance.

i met many people who practiced those southern styles of gongfu from that city and every one of
them called the southern styles "laam kyun". 南拳 it was a complete L sound. no one pronounced
it with an N.

in fact, my wife is native cantonese/hakka (they speak both around her village). she's also fluent
in mandarin and teaches both dialects in american universities, as well as english as a foreign
language. she's quite the linguist. and when i told her about pimsleur teaching all these words
with N sounds she was surprised and said she never knew that was supposed to be "standard". she's
never said them like that and from my experience in the area, i've never heard anyone else use
such N initials.

i'm not sure how long ago the decades ago thing was though. she's 33 and has never said nei...

so, i think i'm pretty convinced so far.

and the initial in 我 and 牛 is only spelled with an N in NG. but the sound uses a whole
different tongue position. its not an N sound at all. The N sound is produced by placing the tip
of the tongue against the gums of the upper front teeth, but the NG sound is produced by placing
the back of the tongue against the soft pallate.

and 五 doesnt even use the tongue. even though its romanized as "ng", its just with the lips
together saying "mm". think in mandarin, we say "mm" 嗯 but its romanized as "en" or sometimes
even "ng". but its just an M sound.

寧 and 鸟 are examples of N initials, but they are also often changed to Ls.

but, i've yet to find an N initial in common cantonese speech that is not changed to an L. and
those main ones, in my experience are never pronounced with Ns.

pimsleur messes with you and doesnt even let you know about the L sounds. all of those words they
teach in their lessons are pronounced with Ls.










CheukMo -

May I ask which Pimsleur Cantonese program you all are referring to?










Quest -



Quote:

you really hear absolutely no one speaking like that. the N's are always changed to L's, as in
"lei hou", "hai li dou", "loi", "laam". there practically is no N innitial in spoken cantonese.

It depends on the speaker. It's not wrong to use either. Some people speak with very nasal "n"s,
and that's when it becomes annoying. I use L, my cousin uses a soft N, we never noticed we spoke
differently until we tried to enunciate a word some years ago. And I am pretty certain neither of
us knew of a supposed standard then. The difference is unnoticeable in everyday interactions.

I have a question though. Do the standards say which words should be L and which should be N?










CheukMo -

I'm considering buying Pimsleur Cantonese, so what is the concensus? Is it good, okay or bad?

唔該,

卓武










skylee -



Quote:


Originally Posted by L-F-J

but the one thing i didnt like about the pimsleur cantonese is that they teach you to say "nei
hou", "ni dou", "noi", "naam", etc.. while that is said to be "standard" pronunciation, you really
hear absolutely no one speaking like that. the N's are always changed to L's, as in "lei hou",
"hai li dou", "loi", "laam". there practically is no N innitial in spoken cantonese.

and whats bad is that they never tell you that, which can put you into some silly situations.


I agree with Quest. It depends on the speaker. I don't speak with heavy Ns, but my boss speaks
with very noticeable Ns. And definitely there are many who speak like her.










wannabeafreak -



Quote:

I'm considering buying Pimsleur Cantonese, so what is the concensus? Is it good, okay or bad?

I wrote a blog post about it last year. Its a definite "bad". Don't expect much.










CheukMo -



Quote:

wrote a blog post about it last year. Its a definite "bad". Don't expect much

It's going to be difficult to learn Cantonese then as Pimsleur is one of the most extensive
courses there is, unless there are some that I don't know about.












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Translating sentences from Pinyin to English.

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Re: Translating sentences from Pinyin to English.

Just download a Chinese input program like Google Pinyin or Sugou (hell, even use Windows's crappy
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Lu -

I understand foreigners concentrating on learning to speak and understand, and then maybe read,
and don't think it's important to learn how to write. It's true that nowadays you usually don't
need to write much by hand. You can get around in China quite well without learning. But still,
this means you basically make yourself an illiterate in a language.

Chinese people will, I think (and hope), continue to learn to write by hand. Even if many people
start forgetting characters later on because they only write by computer, you can't just make an
entire written language depend on computers.



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For everyday communication, writing is probably not that important.

If native-level communication is a goal, however, then I'd say the knowledge you gain by writing
is critical. Writing is also a huge boon for reading, when you can start to break characters down
by radicals. I usually feel like I have totally mastered a word when I can write it.

What helped me turn the corner in writing was starting to use Wenlin on a daily basis. My favorite
aspect of the program is the ability to look at all characters that have a given radical. It also
gives you a lot of incidental information about each character's history. It was so much easier to
remember characters when I had a little more context in which to place them. Instead of geometric
squiggles they became animated...uh...characters almost with personalities and little histories.

Anyway, my mantra for learning chinese in general and written chinese in specific (if you have no
chinese background) is to get as much "context" as possible. That means watch movies, read
history, current events, and definitely get wenlin. That way when you learn a new character or
word it potentially has some other piece of information to "stick" to.










atitarev -

I can say many times - writing is important and I want to be able to write by hand but it's SO
time-consuming when you work, have a family, other things and still try to fit regular Chinese
studies. My hand-written Chinese is so much behind and ad-hoc writing spates, where I copy a few
pages don't really help. I am sacrificing my writing skills for other skills I need when learning
Chinese in the hope I can catch up later










rose~ -

I am not sure I would agree about how essential Wenlin is. I think most of the features are
available more cheaply or for free elsewhere, for example the features of the text editor are all
available with Word nowadays. Handwriting recognition comes with Windows IME.

A way of looking at characters by silmilar radical can be found in :Chinese Characters: A
Genealogy and Dictionary. for 20 USD.

-Animated characters are available here:
bluetec.com
estroke costs 23 USD.

-Reading a text with pop-up hints is available for free from:
Adsotrans
Popjisyo.

-Flashcards are available from:
flashcardexchange
Yellowbridge
Chinapage.com
Adsotrans Vocab

-Reading texts are available from NewsinChinese.com (News)
Oneaday.org (成語)
http://ipl.si.umich.edu/div/subject/browse/hum60.60.60/

-English-Chinese dictionary
tigernt.com
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu...w/clookup.html

-Chinese-English dictionary
zhongwen.com
Lin Yutang's dictionary

-Character etymology
http://www.internationalscientific.org/chin_home.aspx



Quote:

That means watch movies, read history, current events, and definitely get wenlin.

Also, I myself need to work on my written Chinese and I don't think Wenlin would help beyond
helping my reading comprehension as it is computer-based.










gato -

I agree that Wenlin is not so essential today because of all free software that's available today,
which weren't available when Wenlin first came out. I would say that PlecoDict on the
Palm/PocketPC is a much more essential investment than Wenlin. Its features are not available from
anywhere else. I use it both as dictionary and as a flashcard system for learning new words and
practicing writing words I already recognize. Having something so portable and yet so powerful is
invaluable. For example, I often turn on the PlecoDict flashcards whenever I have a long cab ride.
I now use PlecoDict much more frequently than I use Wenlin.










got_no_jaffas -

i've decided to cut down on writing hanzi & concentrate on speaking which means to concentrate on
pinyin, also i use a computer to write as well so i need the pinyin. in my beginners class at blcu
there are some foriegn students who are good at writing & reading, the 2 go hand in hand, but
still can't order food in a restaurant & their spoken is so bad even the teachers have a hard time
understanding their chinese!!

i can learn to write on my own back in london, but here in china i should use the opportunity to
speak & hear as much as possible. when that is a good stage, then i think i will look into writing.

i had an argument with another foreign student about writing hanzi, his opinion was to do business
in china you need to write. my argument was, if i was doing business in china, my secretary or
personal assistant would be doing the writing! let's face it, when we foriegners write hanzi, it
is rubbish!!










Long Zhiren -

It also depends on how much business and correspondance you want/need to do.

I write letters to Hong Kong and Taiwan every now and then. I often write (er um type) in Chinese
especially if the recipient doesn't understand English well. Talking over the phone doesn't work
if it's a Cantonese speaker; we don't have a common spoken language; and the correspondance is
quite detailed. I type because it's faster and I can edit stuff easier. When I address envelopes,
it's bilingual to ensure it gets to the right place and so that the postal workers on both sides
of the ocean can figure out where it's going.










charlescpp -



Quote:

But, studies have shown that less than 40% of American college graduates aren't literate enough to
understand a newspaper editorial.

Really? What kind of newspaper 60% of them can't understand? To know the exact meaning of every
words orjust know the general idea?

I rememberd I learned many many characters in primary school but much fewer in middle school.
These characters learned in middle school and high school are not often used, even some of which I
have never seen. So, I think a chinese high school student are able to read newspaper definatly,
except some rare used characters in person's or place's names.

You may be suprise that i'm talking about characters, not words. Yes, but in chinese people's
views, whether one can understand newspaper or novells, depends on how many characters he learned.
I guess it's very different from westerns' thought.

Sorry for my bad English. I hope you can understand me.










mandarinstudent -



Quote:

But, studies have shown that less than 40% of American college graduates aren't literate enough to
understand a newspaper editorial.

Ok, I think Im going to have to call, "bullshit" on this one. I'm an American college graduate and
I have yet to meet another college graduate that couldn't read and understand a newspaper
editorial. What kind of newspaper are they using in those studies, "Quantum Physics Weekly"? I
think that pretty close to 100% of college graduates are able to understand a normal newspaper
editorial.










Josh-J -



Quote:

Ok, I think Im going to have to call, "bullshit" on this one.



Quote:

Really? What kind of newspaper 60% of them can't understand?



Quote:

But, studies have shown that less than 40% of American college graduates aren't literate enough to
understand a newspaper editorial.

Less than 40% are not literate enough... so in other words more than 60% are literate enough. More
than 60% could even be 100%. I'm not sure exactly what the point of this is, but its not saying
that only 40% can understand a newspaper article, or even that 40% can't.
(this is confusing me now...)












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horas -

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A funny site about 1000 ways opening a beer (bottle) without a 'correct' opener.

http://stuff.twoday.net/

Below I give the version using a China (soup) bowl:

http://stuff.twoday.net/stories/1778473/

It's a German site and the English translation link only uses machine translation. But the pix are
clear enough to see

Personally I've seen a friend of mine opening a beer bottle only with his teeth, knife or spoon.

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DrinkDrankDrunk -

Did you create this thread just for me? Fascinating site, thanks for sharing. I actually have a
bottle opener belt buckle. It's a great conversation piece.

Gotta love U.S. domestic beers; they're twist-offs.










Ferno -

some people can open it with their eye socket










horas -



Quote:

some people can open it with their eye socket

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Yeah, someone mentioned it too, but there is not yet pix for that method in the 'Gästebeiträge'
(suggestions from guests) there.

To open using chopsticks:

http://stuff.twoday.net/stories/337406/

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chenpv -

Interesting website. So is it true that anything hard enough with a brim can be used to open
beers? I just saw people open beers with their eye sockets in movies, could be a little dramatic
to me though......










horas -



Quote:

So is it true that anything hard enough with a brim can be used to open beers?


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They even succeeded using newspaper which was folded hard enough.

http://stuff.twoday.net/stories/105293/#877794










liuzhou -



Quote:

Gotta love U.S. domestic beers; they're twist-offs.

But undrinkable!










Lu -

Gotta love Croatian beers, they're twist-offs and they taste good!










horas -



Quote:

liuzhou

Quote DrinkDrankDrunk:
Gotta love U.S. domestic beers; they're twist-offs.

But undrinkable!


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Undrinkable? Hmmmmm, surely there are more prosaic ways of description .......

American beer is like making love in a canoe.
It's f*ckin' close to water.
- Monty Python

Why is American beer served cold? So you can tell it from urine.
- David Moulton


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Beer: Helping ugly people have sex since 1862!

Everyone needs to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer.

I swear to drunk I'm not God!

I killed a six-pack just to watch it die.

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy. -Tom Waits

If you like my Bushes, you'll love my Mountains (On the front of a T-Shirt with bush beer)

Many people die of thirst - but the Irish are born with one.

One more and I'll be under the host - Dorothy Parker

Remember I before E, except in Budweiser.

Some people have six pack abdomens. I have a keg.

The best days to drink beer are days that end in the letter "Y".

There's too much blood in my alcohol system

To be intoxicated is to feel sophisticated but not be able to say it.

When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. - Henny Youngman

You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on. - Dean Martin


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liuzhou -

哈哈

BTW, whoever said "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy" first, it
certainly wasn't Tom Waits.

He said it during an scripted interview on May 25, 1978. I first came across the expression in the
sleeve notes of "New Boots and Panties" by Ian Dury which was released the previous year.

The expression has been attributed to Dorothy Parker and W.C. Fields, among others.

"Work is the curse of the drinking classes."
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Random new word of the day

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Re: Random new word of the day

Reminds me of '城府'，a word to describe someone 'shrewd' in a negative way.



Forum: Grammar and Vocabulary 2nd October 2007, 10:05 PM

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Random new word of the day

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Re: Random new word of the day

Roller coaster 过山车

I still don't know the Chinese equivalent when it is used as a verb. 跌宕起伏？



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Which reminds me of '剖腹产'，Cesarean birth. 哗啦哗啦（any ers are omitted for good.:-）



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Ian_Lee -

If you want to start a lively debate among the students, you shouldn't take a stand first but just
be the faciliator.

Moreover, the stand that you take is even more deviated from what US government stands for --
technically Taiwan is a part of China.

Third, the stand that you take is even deviated from what Taiwan stands -- which now is embroiled
in the controversy on the "One China Principle" between the adminstrative and the legislative
branches.

So what the students perceive from you is that on this issue, you are an "extremist".

And a teacher shouldn't be an extremist.



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adrianlondon -

a teacher shouldn't be an extremist

But pupils shouldn't start to cry when they hear a predictable viewpoint.

Most people I spoke with in Beijing know the true status of Taiwan (it comes up in conversation as
that's where my partner is from) and just give a wry smile when they see stuff like "Taiwan
province" in the newspapers. The Chinese government controls and applies censorship just for the
sake of it; it should realise that its population is more indifferent than they think

Even my Taiwanese partner doesn't really care.










geraldc -



Quote:

Even my Taiwanese partner doesn't really care.

But that's the thing, Taiwan has an independence movement, there's no corresponding movement in
China to give Taiwan independence.

Westerners like to think that anti Japanese feelings, and the Taiwan issue are just fuelled by
Communist propaganda, but people really do feel that strongly. There are overseas Chinese who feel
just as strongly about those issues, and they haven't been exposed to the government line.










Ian_Lee -

Pupils cry on various reasons. And I guess they are most likely Middle or High School kids who are
very emotional. They may cry after watching soap opera.

IMO teachers should not talk politics (not history) with Middle or High School students. Because
most likely the teachers have already taken a stand on the issue and the information (also likely
biased) that he acquires is more than what those pupils have got.

If anyone wants to talk politics, he should discuss with a college student or an adult.










ask_weasal -

Listen....
This is an oral English language class. Our goal is to teach them how to speak but most of the
time if you are to assist in the English language you have to give them some kind of motivation.
My school gives me a 200 page small black and white oral English book that seems like its about 20
years old with that ol' A and B dialougue.....The students despise this and there was many a times
where I have tried to teach them out of this book with no avail. If I want to get any copies of
something I have to pay for it out of my own pocket. What devices are we left with?
A board..
An Eraser..
And intellectual stimuli..
I've always noticed that foriegners learn curse, words of feeling and argument words very quickly.
I've always thought that when you learn how to argue in a language it is the quickest way to learn
the language.
In this class on Taiwan I didn't take sides. I don't care that Taiwan should be independent and I
also don't care that Taiwan should be apart of China and that's how most Americans feel. My point
was that this is not a problem that ordinary people should toil over or catch feelings over
because nothing will be gained in the long run. Of course the problem with Japan is a People and
Gorvernment problem.

In the opinon of the students, the students believe that Americans like myself agree that Taiwan
should be independant when most don't care. I said what i said because I was playing devil's
advocate and it back-fired. I am supposed to be a cultural expert and in my culture thats how we
learn sometimes by arguing constructively. I do agree that perhaps I was wrong in this approach. I
never considered my self a professional teacher this is simply trial and error over here in China.
I refuse to call myself a teacher....on the certificate we are called Foriegn Experts(which I am
not either). Those of us who think we are foriegn teachers lets not fool ourselves because we will
be quickly reminded that we are not when we head back to or respective countries. Now if you want
to say Randall...you should be teaching them how to speak....most of them will fall asleep.....you
know what most students want to hear and talk about....girlfriends/handsome people/jokes/and how
great China is. I mean thats basically the limitations of our topics. Movies...ha my school
doesn't even have these type of facilities....History...History is politics so history is bad. So
i guess I'll stick to Tom Cruise for now on. I am absolutely going nuts because I am unable to
speak a smigit of something intellectual because it always floats into that topic of politics.
Well i had fun with it that day and I learned a lot.

Randall










ask_weasal -

THEY ARE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. Do you think I am that stupid to discuss it with a middle school
student? Come on man!!!










Ian_Lee -

Ask_weasal:

I apologize because I was misled by adrianlondon when she mentioned that the pupils were crying.

Of course, I have no objection against you discussing politics with college students (but I also
agree with another poster that classroom is not the proper arena).

I guess that some students cried because most likely they could not express their ideas thoroughly
in the debate owing to their limited English proficiency. Maybe you should try talking with them
in Mandarin on this subject.










roddy -

Playing devil's advocate about Taiwan in a college class is only marginally less daft than doing
so in a middle school class. There are any number of topics actually relevant to student's lives
(one child policy, the job market, rules on dating / relationships for college students,
responsibilities towards elderly parents) where you can set up debates which will work as well as
can be expected in the kind of class you describe. Jumping in on Taiwan, even in desperation, is
not likely to succeed.

But frankly, teaching oral English to that kind of class is thankless at best. Do as much as you
can and enjoy the rest of your time here. That's about as much as you can do.










atitarev -

I had bad experiences talking with Chinese about Taiwan, they are too sensitive about. I prefer
not to talk about it any more. I think they too (Taiwanese, in their majority) also want to rejoin
China but on their terms or (probably) want to see China changed first.










wushijiao -

In my first job, I was thrown into 9 classrooms of 63 students. The Dean of the English Dept. only
gave me this useful piece of advice, "The students are shy. Get them to open their mouths." The
students weren’t sorted by ability, so some were close to fluent, while others had no
communicative skills whatsoever. We had no access to a copier. No DVD’s. We had to buy our own
stereos and tapes. We used the provocatively titled book Oral Workshop: Reproduction, which
prepares the kids to speak fluent 1940’s American slang. Classes were once a week, two hours
long. Hehe.

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Guò in the song "Kanguolai"

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Re: Guò in the song "Kanguolai"

I think that when guòlái is used after a verb it denotes a successful completion of that verb.
So, kànguòlái means that I saw (her), I managed to see her, I got a look.

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Study Chinese - Eva Longoria and Tony Parker leading 7/7/7 wedding march

ENTERTAINMENT / Gossip






Eva Longoria and Tony Parker leading 7/7/7 wedding march

(AFP)
Updated: 2007-07-05 19:07



PARIS - "Desperate Housewives" diva Eva Longoria marries NBA superstar
Tony Parker in Paris on Saturday in the celebrity wedding of the year,
leading the worldwide rush to catch the mystique of the 7/7/7 date.

Longoria, 32, and Parker, 25, will be married at a Paris church before
the stretch limos and helicopters take the couple and their Hollywood
friends to the Vaux-le-Vicomte, a 17th-century chateau just outside the
French capital.

Longoria and Parker have kept their guest list secret but according to
the entertainment media, actors Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones,
Jamie Foxx, singer Lionel Richie and Longoria's "Desperate Housewives"
co-stars will be there.

The San Antonio Spurs guard, who was most valuable player in this year's
NBA finals, is not even saying who his best man will be though he is not
denying reports that it will be fellow French NBA star Boris Diaw of the
Phoenix Suns.

The marriage will be held at the Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois church in
central Paris.

More attention is likely to be focused on the party at Vaux-le-Vicomte,
the lavish estate that inspired King Louis XIV's chateau at Versailles
and hosted some of finest "fetes" of the 17th century. Though a must stop
for many tourists, the chateau will be off limits to the public for two
days before the wedding.

Reports have also said Parker, who made a rap album this year, could
perform at the party.

According to the rumour mill, Beverly Hills wedding planner to the stars
Mindy Weiss spotted Vaux-le-Vicomte after Longoria said she wanted a
"fancy wedding" and loved the romance of France.

In Paris last week, Parker was nonchalant about the arrangements.

"Personally I don't care. I've been talking about it every day for the
last seven months. It's a girl's day," he told reporters.

Rights to wedding photographs have been negotiated by OK! magazine for a
reported fee of two million dollars.

Longoria and Parker have been in the posh French Riviera resort of St.
Tropez in the runup to their wedding but they have not said where the
honeymoon will be and the entertainment media has said Longoria has to
begin filming again next week.

Born in Belgium to an African-American basketball professional and a
Dutch model, Parker was brought up in Rouen, west of Paris, and started
his sporting career in the United States in 2001. He is the first
European to be named Most Valuable Player in the NBA finals.

Longoria, a Texan, has long been a Spurs fan, and is a regular at his
matches. They got engaged last November.

Set amid sumptuous gardens designed by the legendary landscape architect
Le Notre some 50 kilometres (30 miles) southwest of Paris,
Vaux-le-Vicomte has been used as a set for dozens of films, from the
Roger Moore Bond hit "Moonraker" to Sofia Coppola's "Marie Antoinette".

In 2004 it staged India's society wedding of the year, when 1,000 guests
were flown in for the marriage of Vanisha Mittal -- daughter of steel
tycoon Lakshmi Mittal -- and investment banker Amit Bhatia.

The last time it was closed to the public for more than a few hours was
during the filming of "The Man in the Iron Mask", starring Leonardo
DiCaprio, nearly a decade ago.

"We organise a wedding like this once every 10 years," said Jean-Charles
de Vogue, whose family has owned the chateau since 1875.

The price for renting the chateau has not been disclosed, but access to
just the ground floor for five hours usually carries the price-tag of
35,500 euros (48,500 dollars), before tax.

Time magazine has branded 777 "the most popular wedding date ever" with
couples drawn by the auspicious power of the number seven.

For Las Vegas gamblers, the triple seven is a lucky number on casino slot
machines and the blackjack table.

For the religious, God needed seven days to create the World, the Jewish
bride circles her groom seven times, and Muslim pilgrims go seven times
around the sacred black Kabaa in Mecca.

Hindus recognise the seven chakras (spinning wheel sources of energy) of
the body, while the Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Wonders of the World are
a source of fascination across any religious divide.
















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Chinese language - Dude, where's my phone? Oh not again

ENTERTAINMENT / Hot Pot Column






Dude, where's my phone? Oh not again

By Erik Nilsson (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-07-04 15:46



The Guangzhou businessman was to the point. "I'm not stealing your
phone," he assured me. "I'm just not giving it back." Ah, behold the
power of semantics. But still, his politician-esque assurances had a very
hollow ring.

My girlfriend had discovered something was amiss when she called me
earlier that day. After a few redials, she came to realize that either
I'd mastered perfect Putonghua overnight, or somebody had nabbed my
phone. When she told me about it and found my Chinese was as atrocious as
ever, we realized what had happened.

Upon calling the phone's surrogate owner, we learned that he had
retrieved my mobile from the backseat of the cab on which we'd ridden the
night before.

My 300-yuan ($40) blower was the cheapest available, but its phonebook
contained an invaluable list of contacts whom I had no other means of
reaching. We all know the hassle of finding and punching in all those
numbers again.

So, I offered this Guangzhou businessman relatively big bucks to return
my forlorn phone. No dice.

What could I do? With nine-tenths of the law on his side, the guy with my
mobile was definitely calling the shots - and anybody he liked with my
phone. This episode wasn't the last bit of phone-related funny business
I've encountered in China.

A few weeks later, I became something of a TV celebrity and poster child
for what not to do when somebody begs to borrow your blower.

En route to picking up visiting friends from the airport, my girlfriend
and I were accosted by a man who said he needed to make an emergency
call. I lent him my new mobile, and all was fine until the guy got
fidgety feet and began pacing away down the street.

I started pacing alongside him, ready to holler for help if he bolted. He
wrapped up his call and asked me if I had been worried. Kind of, "but it
was cheap."

A few weeks later, a slew of texts and calls came my way revealing that
my mug and mobile were plastered all over CCTV. Apparently, I had been
caught on candid camera! I'd been punked! My hotfooted friend was making
candid movies to educate the public about how to lend assistance to
emergency callers while protecting your phone.

Last week, I lost my third mobile in a taxi and the crooked cabbie
rendered me a loser and a weeper once more.

Since most of my Chinese friends have fantastically flash phones, I've
come to understand the virtues of a sleek mobile and why these pals of
mine prefer to dial with style. So, I bought a futuristic phone - cell
phone No 4 - that would make Captain Picard jealous.

But the cacophony of bells and whistles that riddle this high-tech
contraption confound me to the point of feeling more Amish than I ever
have - something this Michigander never expected of his life in Beijing.

Captain's log: Star date July 4, 2007. "As I continue to boldly go where
few Michiganders have gone before, I have learned the value of giving my
pocket the 'Have-I-got-my-mobile-phone slap test' upon disembarking hired
shuttles."


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Forum: Reading and Writing 10th December 2003, 07:46 PM

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Most complicated chinese character seen?

Views: 5,870

Posted By skylee


Just checked my dictionary. The radical with the...

Just checked my dictionary. The radical with the most strokes is not 龍 (dragon, 16 strokes) or
龜 (turtle, 16 strokes), but 龠 (a musical instrument, 17 strokes).

HA!!



Forum: Reading and Writing 29th November 2003, 06:51 AM

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Yeah, it could be "沓" not "杳"...

Yeah, it could be "沓" not "杳" (they do look similar, don't they?).



Forum: Reading and Writing 28th November 2003, 06:41 AM

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Most complicated chinese character seen?

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Posted By skylee


I borrowed a 康熙字典 from a friend yesterday (it...

I borrowed a 康熙字典 from a friend yesterday (it is/used to be THE family dictionary, I
remember there was one at my folks when I was little) but strangely could not find the 4-dragon
character. It has...



Forum: Reading and Writing 26th November 2003, 11:29 PM

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Views: 5,870

Posted By skylee


That probably is an archaic character. You may...

That probably is an archaic character. You may be able to find it in 康熙字典 (try the
library, or a bookshop).



Forum: Reading and Writing 26th November 2003, 11:09 PM

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You can find that four-dragon character here...

You can find that four-dragon character here (http://www.omniglot.com/writing/chinese.htm).



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I though there was one with four dragons (64...

I though there was one with four dragons (64 strokes). Thought I read it somewhere.



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Total Number of Chinese characters

Views: 7,315

Posted By smalldog


Ok Roddy, I've started a new thread here...

Ok Roddy, I've started a new thread here (http://www. /showthread.php?t=4715) in
the computing forum. I want to make some improvements and check my model before 'releasing'...



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Wow, didn't expect so much interest in this...

Wow, didn't expect so much interest in this program. :D

The function is a logistic function. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logistic_function . I'm just
using it because it looks like what I...



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The complicated answer is... it assumes that the...

The complicated answer is... it assumes that the probability of you knowing a character is 1/(1 +
exp(A*(x-W)), where x is the position of the character in a list of all Chinese characters ordered
by...



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I've finally written a rough bit of code to test...

I've finally written a rough bit of code to test how many characters I know, after getting fed up
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Free Chinese Lesson - Little Fatty likely to appear in Hollywood film

ENTERTAINMENT / Movies






Little Fatty likely to appear in Hollywood film

(CRIENGLISH.com)
Updated: 2007-07-03 11:02



Shanghai teenager Qian Zhijun who was catapulted to celebrity status with
a photo of
his chubby face, is now likely to land a leading role in a Hollywood
thriller.


Photoshop enthusiasts have used the face of Qian Zhijun, or Little Fatty,
to replace the visage of the Mona Lisa. Qian zhijun has been invited to
star in a Hollywood thriller film. [xiaopang.cn]

The Chongqing Evening News says New Line Cinema, a major Hollywood film
studio, is inviting Qian Zhijun, commonly known as Xiao Pang or Little
Fatty, to star in a film adaptation of "Ghost Blows Out the Light," a
popular Chinese online novel about a group of tomb raiders and their
mysterious adventures in ancient tombs.

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Chinese Online Class - Looking after your skin naturally

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Looking after your skin naturally

(sg.com.cn)
Updated: 2007-07-02 09:12


Nowadays, it seems a lot of things are labeled "organic", which means
people are taking an interest in a high-quality lifestyle. Even skincare
has put more emphasis on natural ingredients. Nearly 20 percent of the
cosmetic market is made up of organic skincare products. So if you are
fashionable person who wants to have a healthy life, you should learn
more about organic skincare.

What is organic skincare?

Generally speaking, organic skincare has the philosophy of being natural,
simple and healthy. So the products are all made from organic ingredients
without any preservatives, sterilizers, chemical cleansers, fragrances,
mineral oil, or chemical elements. Besides, the whole producing process
should be free from pollution and animal testing.

Organic skincare emphasizes on natural ways to refresh your skin. It
helps to strengthen the skin's natural protection system, stimulate its
anti-oxidant defense ability and kick start its self-restoration
functions.

What constitute organic skincare?

Organic Plants:

Verbena: Known as "the magic plant", it has a kind of fragrance similar
to oranges, which can help to release tension.

Helichrysum: Boasting nutritious elements, it is an anti-aging ingredient.

Shea Butter: Named as the "Female gold" in Africa, it is very effective
in nourishing, soothing and moisturizing your skin.

Marigold: It helps prevent sensitivity caused by changes in the seasons.

Tea: An excellent anti-oxidant, it can mildly cleanse and purify your
skin.

Rose: It moisturizes your skin with a lifting effect.

Eucalyptus: This ingredient can diminish inflammation and pain on your
skin.

Lemon: This yellow citrus fruit can effectively whiten and lift your skin
.
Chamomile: It's a common element in many skincare products for sensitive
skin because it can instantly soothe the skin.

Olive: Containing anti-oxidants, olives can balance the moisture in your
skin.

Jasmine: This flower is used to moisturize and nourish the skin.

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Re: 請勿使用在他站相同的帳號和密碼

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@chenpv- thanks so much! :mrgreen:
@muyongshi- that's okay, pal!



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I read this sentence while trying to make an account on a website:


I think the gist of this means: Please do not use the same account ID and password as
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Chinese Online Class - Airbus inks Tianjin plant deal

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Airbus inks Tianjin plant deal
By Lu Haoting
Updated: 2007-06-29 07:51




Airbus plans to assemble about 300 A320 aircraft in Tianjin by the
beginning of 2016, a senior company official said yesterday.

If the Tianjin factory can meet that target, Airbus will consider further
cooperation in the northern port city, Marc Bertiaux, Airbus
vice-president for cooperation and partnership with China, told China
Daily in an exclusive interview.

Airbus and a Chinese consortium that includes China's two leading
aviation manufacturers yesterday signed a joint venture contract to
operate the Tianjin factory, which will start assembling the A320 family
jet next summer.



Laurence Barron, Airbus China president, shakes hands with Feng Zhijiang
(right), president of Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone and Tianjin Airport
Industrial Park Administrative Committee. Airbus and a Chinese consortium
yesterday signed a joint venture contract to operate the A320 aircraft
final assembly line in Tianjin. Zhang Ke


The joint venture is 51 percent controlled by Airbus. The remaining
shares are split between Tianjin Free Trade Zone Investment, representing
the Tianjin government, which holds a 60 percent stake, and China
Aviation Industry Corp I (AVIC I) and China Aviation Industry Corp II
(AVIC II), each of which holds 20 percent.

Neither side of the joint venture released the investment volume.

Bertiaux said both sides have achieved "a good result of optimizing the
costs." Profit will be shared according to the respective shareholdings,
he said.

The Tianjin plant is expected to deliver the first A320 in the first half
of 2009 and be able to assemble four jets per month by 2011.

The factory will likely be used to fill Airbus' two major Chinese orders
it clinched over the past two years, said Li Lei, an aviation analyst
with CITIC China Securities.

Airbus signed two orders with China in December 2005 and October 2006 for
a total of 300 A320s.

Analysts said the Tianjin assembly line will not be initially profitable
due to the relatively high costs and low profit margins of aircraft
assembly.

Bertiaux said the costs to assemble aircraft in Tianjin would be
"slightly higher than that in Europe".

"The local labor costs will be lower, but other costs are much higher,"
he said.

High cost factors include transporting the aircraft sections from Europe,
hiring expatriate experts and the "learning curve" that the Chinese
workers and engineers will face.

Li said China is not looking for profits from the venture, but to improve
its aircraft manufacturing capabilities.

The joint venture's general manager will come from Airbus France and the
Chinese consortium will nominate a deputy general manager, Bertiaux said.

"The operation and quality management of the factory, which requires our
know-how, will be in hands of Airbus. Anything related to human
resources, support and services will be arranged by our Chinese
partners," Bertiaux said.

AVIC I and AVIC II will deploy up to 80 people to serve the joint venture
for five years.

"They have promised that they will not send people we can easily find in
Tianjin," said Bertiaux, adding that the factory will hire about 500
employees.

China has expressed a strong ambition to establish its own commercial
aircraft industry, and AVIC I and AVIC II have been the two pillars of
the Chinese aviation manufacturing industry.


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Chinese Speaking - Ringing in your ears

CITYLIFE / Hip & New






Ringing in your ears

(beijing weekend)
Updated: 2007-06-27 10:01



Young Chinese salesman Xiao Li has developed a fear of his mobile phone.
Because of the nature of his work, he always keeps his mobile phone
on-hand so he can immediately answer calls from clients and his company.

"Often, I think I hear my mobile phone ringing, but when I look, there
never was any call or message," he said.

He even thinks he hears it faintly ringing when the power's off.

Xiao's doctor has diagnosed him with acousma - an auditory hallucination
that causes people to imagine they hear a particular sound.

Acousma also plagues some young Chinese who use QQ, a popular online
messenger service, which beeps when users receive an incoming message.

Doctors believe that it is a psychological problem caused by strong
dependence on mobile phones or QQ. Upon hearing the sound of his mobile
ringing, Li must whip himself into "work mode". He has been on standby
for so long now that it is beginning to affect his psyche.

Researchers believe that people with certain professions in which mobile
phones are used frequently, such as sales, consulting and media, are at
greater risk for acousma.

About 50 percent of the population suffers from some form of mental
illness, such as anxiety and depression.

And anyone could experience short-term hallucinations and delusions. So,
doctors are inclined to believe that because most people with acousma
only have the condition temporarily, it doesn't affect the normalcy of
their lives and isn't a mental illness.

Only when the hallucination becomes longstanding and convincingly real
does acousma become a mental illness. Serious audio hallucinations are a
symptom of schizophrenia. So, in that case, people with acousma should
seek help from a psychiatrist.

"Find a suitable day to turn off your mobile phone and completely relax,"
Li's doctor told him.

The doctor also suggested occasionally changing his mobile ring tone and
using slower, more relaxing music.

It is believed that acousma is caused by work pressure. It is suggested
that people who hear imaginary mobile rings should weigh the intensity of
the pressure they face and consider whether it negatively influences
their lives. It is advised that people adjust their work schedule and
lifestyle to alleviate stress or even consider changing their lines of
work.

Five typical symptoms of mobile acousma:

*You worry your mobile will ring and check it every half hour;

*There is no incoming call, but you can "hear" your phone ring;

*Wherever your mobile is, you think it is ringing or vibrating;

*You become so nervous when there is a call that your heartbeat quickens;

*You get a new mobile phone but still hear the ring tone of your old
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Chinese Character - Hidden gems

CITYLIFE / Weekend & Holiday






Hidden gems

(That's beijing)
Updated: 2007-06-25 10:25



Guangji Si, the "Temple of Great Charity," is the headquarters of the
Chinese Buddhism Association and is one of the few functioning Buddhist
temples in the city today. Originally built in the Jin dynasty (280-316
AD), it was almost completely burned to the ground on several occasions
during both the Jin and Yuan dynasties. During the reign of Qing dynasty
Emperor Shunzhi, the complex was expanded and new Buddhist schools were
established within the temple grounds, which by then housed over a
hundred disciples. In 1934, a fire consumed countless scrolls of
priceless calligraphy and paintings, as well as valuable jade and
porcelain pieces. After being rebuilt again (including some major
renovations in the 1970s), Guangji Si now covers an area of almost six
acres, and includes a main gate, the Heavenly King Hall, Mahavira Hall,
Yuantong Hall (or Bodhisattva Hall) and the Sutra Hall.

The monks normally do not allow visitors to their quarters in the back of
the compound, but it is possible to explore the entire temple grounds
during the first or 15th day of the lunar calendar during Spring
Festival. The main halls in the front are open to the public, and a
collection of religious artifacts, including priceless statues of
Buddhist deities and Ming dynasty religious relics, is housed within.
There is also a collection of 170,000 volumes of Buddhist scriptures,
including a few written in blood, from the Song and Ming dynasties,
penned in 23 different languages; most of them are housed in the
two-storied Sutra Hall to the rear of the complex.

The Mahavira Hall features exquisite statues of Buddha and 18 arhats
(Buddhist practitioners said to have special powers), as well as a unique
5x10m religious painting that was done entirely by the artist's fingers.
At the northwestern end of the temple is a terrace for lectures -that,
and the hall beside it, are the two oldest remaining structures (built in
the Qing dynasty) still standing in the temple.

Also in the area

From Guangji Si, walk towards the Fuchengmen subway station and you will
see a strikingly white pagoda on the right. From here, you can walk
through Bai Ta Si Dong Jia Dao (an avenue just east of Bai Ta Si) to the
next point of interest on this walk: The White Pagoda Temple. Built over
700 years ago in the Yuan dynasty, this landmark was originally known as
Miaoyin Si and was designed and built by a Nepalese architect in 1279
under the orders of Kublai Khan, an early convert to Tibetan Buddhism.

During his 34-year reign (from his rise in power in 1260 to his death in
1294), Tibetan Buddhism (Huang Jiao) was given great prominence in China
and Bai Ta Si was specifically erected by the Great Khan to symbolize his
theocratic rule. Since then the temple has undergone several
reconstructions due to fires. Be sure to check out Dajue Dian (The Hall
of the Great Enlightened Ones), with its striking myriad of Buddha
figures set in glass cases.

Getting there

To reach Guangji Si, take exit B from the Fuchengmen subway stop on Line
2, turn left and go east along Fuchengmennei Dajie and then cross the
street to catch bus no. 13, 101, 102, 105, 823, 812, or 814, all of which
stop at Xisi.

Guangji Si
Entrance free. 7am-4.30pm. 25 Fuchengmennei Dajie, Xicheng District (6616
0907)

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RMB 60. 9am-4.30pm. 171 Fuchengmennei Dajie, Xicheng District (6651 2625)










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