Archive | August, 2009

14 August 2009 ~ 6 Comments

Cool t-shirt YO! (酷体恤!)

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When my sister and I used to go on holiday in France, we’d sometimes pass the time by finding funny ‘Frenglish’ t-shirts. They’re the ones which, although they might make some sort of grammatical sense, they just sound weird or funny. Our everlasting favourite was: 以前我跟我姐姐一起去法国度假的时候,我们有时会靠找有趣的‘法式英语体恤’来消磨时光。他们就是会有一定的语法的意义,可是就是听起来很滑稽好玩。我们曾经百笑不厌的最喜欢的一个是: “If it breaks, I will ride it” ‘如有破浪,我即乘风而去。’ I [...]

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11 August 2009 ~ 19 Comments

Bear on a chain in a zoo in China! (中国动物园里戴着锁链的熊!)

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I went to Shanghai Wild Animal safari park a while ago, and I can’t believe I forgot to post this…it’s a bear on a chain! 我前阵子去了上海野生动物园,竟然忘记贴上来了…那是一只戴着锁链的熊! “Attention!” 立正 Follow me… 跟我来… I got the magic stick! 我有一根魔棒! Mum #1: COME ON BOY, SMILE FOR WINNE! 妈妈 #1: 嘿,像维尼一样笑一个! Son #2: I feel a little uncomfortable [...]

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06 August 2009 ~ 14 Comments

Calligraphy in Shanghai (书法在上海)

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While waiting for a pair of VERY SLOW friends to get ready for a badminton game, I found myself in the ‘reception area’ of a block of flats near Wujiaochang. Every block of flats in Shanghai seems to have at least one (but up two three) people who hang around near the door almost 24/7, [...]

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04 August 2009 ~ 3 Comments

Why the Chinese are so good at maths (为什么中国人的数学那么好)

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Even the police give daily reminders about vocabulary… 就连警察也每日给你提醒词汇…. It is this highly developed sense of mathematics and engineering that allows them to build structures which we in the West may think are impossible: 只有有高度的数学和工程发展意识才能做到这样的结构,这是我们在西方的人认为不可能的: …but how do you get out of the lift if it stops between floors?! …可是电梯停在2个楼层中间的时候要怎么出去啊?!

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