Wow, it’s been ten days since my last post. There’s been a lot of exciting stuff going on, so hopefully I’ll be able to share more in the next few days.
Monthly Archives: August 2005
Chinglish Police: “Welcome to take Beijing taxi!”
坐上北京的新的出租车,就会听到一个充满魅力的女声音说这么一句话:”Welcome to take Beijing taxi!” 为什么不能这么讲呢?请留言。。。
Chinglish Police: Star Wars Subtitles 星球大战字幕
学生经常问看美国原版电影的时候该不该看字母。。。我的建议是最好不看,或少看。 不过,我们还有另外一种考虑,也就是有的字幕做的极其差, 非常不可靠。 via winterson.com
51IELTS访谈
Victor (李鑫) and I spent the afternoon answering questions online at 51IELTS. We were there to promote our new book, 雅思口语真经. You can read the transcript here. (What a terrible picture!) I also just noticed that there’s a page about me on the 51IELTS site (with another terrible picture!!). If there are any questions about […]
对外汉语:”Going Global”
Here’s an article on the rising popularity of Chinese in the West.
住宿班部开班
Sunday night Harvey (刘洪波), Wang Xin (王欣) and I went out to our 西三棋 residential campus to welcome students from the IELTS and NETEM 考研 classes that just arrived. We addressed the two classes together. Harvey introduced the teachers, I spoke about the importance of planning your study time, and Wang Xin went over some […]