Oli's Shanghai Blog

In People’s Square subway station there is a small ‘market’. The sign next to it promises a lot…
在人民广场地铁站下有一个小市场.旁边的标志上写了很多承诺…

…one of the shops sells sponge bread buns…they have a special smell and texture that makes them feel very realistic – but they are actually fake! Rubber bread buns!
其中一个商店有卖海绵小馒头面包…他们特别的味道和质地让他们看起来跟真的一样-可是他们真的是假的!橡皮小馒头面包!

“Everything you need…nothing you don’t?” I beg to differ….
‘都是你需要的…没有你不要的?’ [...]

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So I saw this sign in the local Burger King…
我在本地的汉堡王看到这个标志…

It says “Come to BK and buy a drink, and you can get a Whopper for just 1rmb (£0.10p, 0.5rm, €0.10c, $0.14c)”.
上面写着’来汉堡王买任意中饮料,加一元(£0.10p, 0.5rm, €0.10c, $0.14c)得皇堡’.
BUT THEY CAN’T FOOL ME! Check out the date:
可是他们耍不了我!看一下日期:

1st April 2009!

2009年4月1日!

April Fool’s Day! Or wait, is it April Fools’ Day? Either way…surely [...]

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One of the teachers at my school has been kidnapped! She’s gone to teach in another school for two weeks…and the impact it has had on our team morale is devastating.
我们学校的一个老师被绑架啦！ 她要在另外一个学校带两个星期。。。这给我们带来了灾难性的影响。
Most days begin and end in tears, arguments and fights. The soothing influence on the office atmosphere has been replaced with tension and anxiety.
每天都以眼泪争吵暴力开始和结束。我们的安稳日子被紧张和焦虑替代，我们被和谐了。
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But smell was too small…and I’m not sure if I could eat a vat on my own.
可是快乐包太小了…可是我不确定我能不能自己吃掉一大桶.
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I’m sorry, but I know i’m really bad at keeping in touch with my friends back in England.
很抱歉，我知道我没有很好地与我在英国的朋友们保持联系。
My leaving party (a year ago) was subtitled “Because we both know I won’t keep in touch…”, and as tongue-in-cheek as it should have been, in the year I’ve been away I’ve pretty much lived-up to the low, [...]

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