Sunday, April 26, 2009

"ever" for 曾经?

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Many Chinese say "ever" when they mean to say 曾经 (ceng2jing1). But that word can be translated as 曾经 only when it's in a quest...
Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Learn English from native speakers

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No doubt there's great benefit in learning English by talking with a native speaker. But most people don't realize that talking to n...
Saturday, February 14, 2009

"Last January" vs "January last year"

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> He arrived in New York last January.其中的last January > 书上解释为今年一月，而不是去年一月~困惑~ > 如果按这样翻译那last该怎么分辨是今年还是去年？ "Last" is...
Sunday, February 8, 2009

"no more than" vs "not more than"

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> Any difference in meaning between these two sentences? > > "His victory in the final was no more convincing than I had expec...
Tuesday, January 20, 2009

"idea" not to be pronounced like "idea-r"

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> yuzhoucn said: > > 不少中国人滥用美音的儿音，如China、India、puma、idea这 > 种字里根本就没有r，也去给它附加一个儿音，听起来就很怪。 I can't agree more on that! We sho...
Monday, December 29, 2008

"Later" and "recently" are used in past tense

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> What will I be a decade later? Normally, "later" is used in a past tense sentence. Here you can say "in a decade"...
Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Off-topic: Year end charity - Half the Sky

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Over the past few years I've been searching for the perfect charity. Except for the times when there're natural disasters in China, ...
Saturday, December 13, 2008

No concatenation of sentences with comma

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> 1. There are 50 stars on America's national flag, each ______ a state. > A. standing for > B stands for > C represented ...
Wednesday, November 19, 2008

关于背单词是背英文解释还是背中文解释？

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> 由于现在一些“适合中国人的英英词典”面世， > 我本人也使用了多年，觉得是比英汉词典查 > 得更多单词，但是在记忆词汇的释义时不知 > 道该记 中文释义还是英文释义？如果记英文 > 释义，觉得效率似乎不高，如果记中文释义 >，又怕...
Tuesday, November 18, 2008

English translation: US Financial Crisis

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Partial translation of an excellent article published on a Taiwanese forum http://yong321.freeshell.org/misc/US_financial_crisis.html