This piece looked easy for her, she didn't quite get 堪 and 哀.
某人很喜欢唱歌，但唱的不堪入耳，人们一听到他唱歌，就远远的躲开了他。此人很苦恼。一天，他拿着一把刀拦住一个行人，并对他说：“你必须听我唱歌，否则我就杀了你。” 说完，他就唱了起来。他还没唱完，那行人就哀求他说：“你快杀了我吧！”
Da Man really liked to sing, but anyone who listened to his singing went deaf, so whenever they heard him sing, they would hitch a taxi and drive down to the south pole to escape. Da Man was very glum. One day, he stopped a passerby with a knife, and told him, "You have to listen to my singing, or else I'll kill you!" having said that, Da Man launched into a passionate, ear-splitting song. He wasn't even finished when the passerby pleaded, "Just hurry up and kill me!"
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Saturday, September 29, 2007
Monday, September 24, 2007
What is 中日韩?
Here's a joke (from other site)
中日韩三国足球队主教练一起来到天堂，询问上帝各自的足球队什么时候才能得世界杯冠军，上帝说：韩国需要50年。韩国教练大哭起来：我是见不到了。上帝又说：日本需要100年。日本教练大哭起来：我是见不到了。中国教练连忙问：我们呢？上帝大哭起来：我是见不到了。
On her first try, she didn't quite understand 中日韩. She translated it as "In the middle of the day, 3 ...". After I explained that they are shorthands for China, Japan and Korea, she translated the joke as follows. In her Chinese recording, she did a great job to deliver the joke.
One day three head soccer coaches from China, Japan, and Korea went to the heaven altar place together. They wanted to ask God when their soccer teams would win the world cup. God said, "Korea will take fifty years." The Korean coach started to cry waterfalls, "I'm never gonna make it!!! "Japan will take 100 years." God continued. The Japanese coach started to cry as well, "I'm never gonna make it!!!!!" The Chinese coach quickly asked, "How about us?" "I'm never going to see it!!!" God burst out, crying uncontrollably.
ps.
I found many jokes from http://www.haha365.com/ are good material for learning Chinese.
中日韩三国足球队主教练一起来到天堂，询问上帝各自的足球队什么时候才能得世界杯冠军，上帝说：韩国需要50年。韩国教练大哭起来：我是见不到了。上帝又说：日本需要100年。日本教练大哭起来：我是见不到了。中国教练连忙问：我们呢？上帝大哭起来：我是见不到了。
On her first try, she didn't quite understand 中日韩. She translated it as "In the middle of the day, 3 ...". After I explained that they are shorthands for China, Japan and Korea, she translated the joke as follows. In her Chinese recording, she did a great job to deliver the joke.
One day three head soccer coaches from China, Japan, and Korea went to the heaven altar place together. They wanted to ask God when their soccer teams would win the world cup. God said, "Korea will take fifty years." The Korean coach started to cry waterfalls, "I'm never gonna make it!!! "Japan will take 100 years." God continued. The Japanese coach started to cry as well, "I'm never gonna make it!!!!!" The Chinese coach quickly asked, "How about us?" "I'm never going to see it!!!" God burst out, crying uncontrollably.
ps.
I found many jokes from http://www.haha365.com/ are good material for learning Chinese.
The Pact
My daughter and I negotiated a pact. It stipulates my responsibilities and her responsibilities. My responsibilities are
- Find interesting Chinese jokes or other material for her to study
- Go over her work together
- Put the files on the internet for others to share
Her responsibilities are
- Listen to one joke every weekday
- Translate the joke into English
- Record the joke in Chinese
We got off a great start. She has produced over a dozen PCE files. If you own Penpower Chinese Expert, you are welcome to download them at http://pce.penpowerchinese.com/indigo
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