This man is walking across the United States in order to lose weight. Take a look at the sight. Rather than a site devoted to making fun of people for being obese, it tells the story of a man who has decided to take control of his life.
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在新浪解析雅思评分标准和备考
It’s taken me a while to take note of this, but Harvey (刘洪波), Larry(张皓), Victor (李鑫) and I went to Sina.com last week to answer questions about the newly released detailed band descriptors for the IELTS. You can read the transcript here. My favorite part was when I was talking about the importance of paraphrase […]
Ten Days
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.
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 […]
Harry Potter
Harry Potter just stole two days of my life. Of course, I didn’t put up much of a fight.
ZGC Book Building Lecture
I had a lecture at the 中关村图书大厦 this afternoon. I enjoyed talking with some folks afterwards about Innovations and my Culture Class, as well as about how they could help their children learn English. I recommended cartoons. There were also some loyal English Evening listeners, and I had fun talking with them. One girl, Esther, […]