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Question of the Day - April 6th, 2012 - FOR 50 BUCKS!!!
Started this discussion. Last reply by Visen Ao Apr 9. 4 Replies 0 Likes
FOR 50 BUCKS!!!What do you think is the most important Chinese book that foreigners should read to understand China better? You can choose a book in any genre: fiction, history, poetry, philosophy,…Continue
Questions of the Day - April 5th, 2012
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For 10 JH$ each:1. What colour is a greenhouse?2. What is a footprint?3. What is a carbon footprint?4. What is the greenhouse effect?5. What does it mean if someone has a green thumb?Continue
Question of the Day - April 3rd, 2012
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Today's questions are on language and geography. For 10 JH$ each:1. Name 3 African countries where Arabic is spoken.2. Name 4 countries where Portugese is an official language.3. What are the 4…Continue
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Visen Ao replied to Patrick Borden's discussion Question of the Day - April 6th, 2012 - FOR 50 BUCKS!!!"上下五千年 means there are more than 3000years BC and there are more than 2000years AD, total more than 5000years. so actually, there is no exactly meaning of the 上下. "
"I recommend My Country And My People (1936),by Yutang Lin.
The book was originally written in English for the Western audience and was later translated into Chinese.From this book you will learn the contradictions about the Chinese…"
Patrick Borden replied to Patrick Borden's discussion Questions of the Day - April 5th, 2012"Okay, that's ten more JH$."
Patrick Borden replied to Patrick Borden's discussion Question of the Day - April 6th, 2012 - FOR 50 BUCKS!!!"Thanks, Visen. What does the "上下" in 上下五千年 mean?
Anyone else have a good book suggestion?"
Visen Ao replied to Patrick Borden's discussion Questions of the Day - April 5th, 2012"It means that the person is good at gardening and his/her yard is full with beautiful flowers and plants."
Visen Ao replied to Patrick Borden's discussion Question of the Day - April 6th, 2012 - FOR 50 BUCKS!!!"I suppose Five Thousand Years of Chinese Nation is the most important Chinese book that foreigners should read to understand China better. The author is Handa Lin, 林汉达 in Chinese, the title of the book is Five Thousand Years of Chinese Nation…"
Patrick Borden replied to Patrick Borden's discussion Questions of the Day - April 5th, 2012"40 JH$ for Visen. #5 is not quite right."
Visen Ao replied to Patrick Borden's discussion Questions of the Day - April 5th, 2012"1. A greenhouse should be colorless.2. A footprint is a mark or image left after people's walking.3. A carbon footprint is the total volume of greenhouse gas emission caused by an organization. 4. Atmosphere can make sun…"
Patrick Borden replied to Patrick Borden's discussion Question of the Day - April 3rd, 2012"2. Correct! 10 JH$
4. Correct! 10 JH$ But "Sawcuengh" is only correct if you speak Sawcuengh -- Zhuang is standard in English and Chinese.
5. Correct 10 JH$. Chinese has the most native speakers but very few…"
Visen Ao replied to Patrick Borden's discussion Question of the Day - April 3rd, 2012"2. Portugal,Angola, Brazil, East Timor's official language are Portugese.4. Chinese, Mongolian ,Tibetan , Sawcuengh, Arabic are written on a Chinese band note. 5. English is spoken by the most people around the world. but Chinese is…"
Patrick Borden replied to Patrick Borden's discussion Question of the Day - April 3rd, 2012"1. Correct! 10 JH$
2. Correct, but that's only three. I need one more.
3. Correct! 10 JH$
4. Chinese, Mongolian, Tibetan, and Zhuang are all correct. But there is one more.
5. Chinese is spoken by the most native speakers. But…"
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- Relationship Status:
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- Teacher
- Country of Origin:
- Canada
- Hometown:
- Vancouver / Montreal
- Department @ Jiahua:
- English
- Course Level (English Department):
- Communication Control V
- Your Hobbies / Interests:
- Travel, language learning, alternative history and science, art, and learning about China.
- A Short Introduction of Me:
- I've taught English for over 10 years now and I think I'm finally getting good at it. And there's a lot of bad teaching in the world: bad teachers, bad books, bad schools. Which is why I'm happy to work at Jiahua, a school where everyone does their best to make learning happen and students make authentic progress. Often very rapid progress.
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Want to learn more vocabulary?
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 11:13am 1 Comment 4 Likes
Dictionary.com is one of the web sites I use most often. Now they have a great new study aid, complete with games, puzzles and flashcards -- newly launched in its beta version -- dynamo.dictionary.com
Check it out! And don't be afraid to start at elementary school level... remember the levels are for native speakers.
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- At 11:32pm on January 22, 2012,
Steven jiang said… I like your profile as well as your courses very much, especially for the pronunciation.
Very well!
Happy new year !
Thank you very much!
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