Sunday, October 19, 2008

牛津双解还是朗曼双解？

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I used Longman a long time ago. The example sentences are the best among all dictionaries I've used. Longman also has a rule that the ex...
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Friday, October 17, 2008

Off-topic: More freedom after Olympics

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Blogspot.com and wikipedia.com used to be blocked in mainland China, until some time before the Beijing Olympics. I was not sure whether the...
Monday, September 22, 2008

Singular or plural: "bird's nest" and "apple tree"

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> 为啥鸟巢用 bird's nest 而苹果树没有's呢？ > 还有为啥是bird's nest 而不是birds' nest呢？？ > 为啥是apple tree 而不是apples tree呢？ I'm not su...
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

How to read keyboard symbols

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~ tilde (sounds like til-da); be prepared to explain to non-technical people saying "you know, the wave-shaped thingy" ! exclama...
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Monday, August 25, 2008

Difference in pronunciation between "fond" and "found"

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It's better to listen to a good speaker. I think most Chinese have problems with "ou" in "found" or "ow" i...
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"up to now" and "up till now"

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> up till now一般是和现在完成时搭配的，表示个时间一直持续到现在。 > Until now, doctors have/had been able to do very little to treat > this disease. Ge...
Monday, August 18, 2008

Translation of "班长"

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[quote]原帖由 lavender0914 于 2008-8-19 09:22 发表 I hope our monitor is all right now. 我希望班长已经一切正常。 [/quote] I vaguely remember the translation...
Sunday, August 17, 2008

Off-topic: Post a message and sign with real name

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>> ... >> Yong Huang > 楼上每次发帖子都要署名累不累？ It's actually a well established etiquette on the Internet, or Netiquette as some...

"Comp time"

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----- BEGIN QUOTE ----- If you need to work six hours on a Saturday to deploy a software update to avoid downtime during business hours, you...

与老外交流最不该说的八句话 (Taboos when talking to non-Chinese)

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----- BEGIN QUOTE ----- 一戒：不问年龄。西方人的年龄是保密的。特别是24岁以后绝不会谈论自己的年龄。 　　二戒：不问财物。一个人的收入和随身所戴的财物都与个人的能力、地位、脸面等有 关。 　　三戒：不问婚姻。这属于个人隐私。让一位老大不小的外宾交待自己尚未...
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