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lol。。。对不起这帖把你弄得那么冒犯，但是我在原帖里面没有一次说过Kanye和JayZ象的人代表全西方的文化。我认出西方有很多不同的部分 （想几乎所有事物）；实际上，我本来是想写一段讲西方音乐的保守的主题，但是那时候已经快三点了，脑子里唯一的念头是睡觉。反应别太过火好吧哈哈；如果我加这本来删掉的一段，会绥靖你妈？
Lol easy on the reaction level there; I made no claim that Kanye and Jay-Z represent the entire West. I do recognize that Western culture has multiple segments to it like everything else, and I was indeed planning on originally including a section on how Western pop has conservative themes in it too. Unfortunately, it was 3am at that point, and I just wanted to sleep, but I'm sorry you took such strong offense to the post.
0 votedJanuary 19, 20131- Chinese pop Recently, I've been listening to a lot of chinese music. Not sure whether they should be classified as "c-pop", but the beats are catchy regardless. Maybe you can help identify which genre they fall under? 最近我在听很多中文歌。不太清楚是否他们应该属于"cpop"，但是无论如何我对不对，我觉得他们的节奏很难忘的。也许你们能帮我识别这几首歌的流派？ Titles are：/ 歌名是： 我的歌声里 最炫民族风 伤不起 I also listened to some 老婆最大, and thought it was pretty funny. At first, I thought the song's popularity demonstrated a big cultural difference between the West and East. Lyrics like "come and meet me in the bathroom stall and show me why you deserve to have it all" ("Niggas in Paris" - Kanye and Jay-Z) ostensibly show Western disregard for monogamy and faithfulness. I thought the fact that 老婆最大 was so popular was clear indication of a more faithful Chinese culture. 我也听了“老婆最大”几次，觉得很有意思的。开始时，我把这首歌的普及理解为东西方文化区别。歌子象 "come and meet me in the bathroom stall and show me why you deserve to have it all" ("Niggas in Paris" - Kanye and Jay-Z) 表面上表明西方文化不理关系忠诚。与这样的歌子来相比，老婆最大的"老婆最大/老公第二”仿佛表明东方重视关系忠诚。 However, upon further reflection, I realized that I was making the mistake of confirmation bias. The theme of loose love is definitely present in Chinese music too: "你对我说伤不起/害怕我把你抛弃" (伤不起 - 王麟) is paralleled by "'I know what I did wasn't clever/but me and you were meant to be together" (Watcha Say - Jason DeRulo). 但是，后来想了下，发现我的想法错了。我犯了确认偏向错误 - 我只是找对我论点有帮助的歌，把其他歌不理了。放荡关系的主题在中文音乐文化也很明显："你对我说伤不起/害怕我把你抛弃" (伤不起 - 王麟) 类似于 "'I know what I did wasn't clever/but me and you were meant to be together" (Watcha Say - Jason DeRulo). I'm no expert on Chinese or Western music though, so feel free to correct me haha. 但是总的来说，我对东方和西方音乐也不算专家。因此，请随点纠正我的了解哈哈。January 19, 2013226
Finally finished reading an English novel.
I finished reading an English novel yesterday called Dear John. I started the reading 3 months ago, hahha... finally finished! I know I wrote a notebook entry 2 months ago saying that I cannot concentrate on reading books, and that I can fall asleep very easily while reading, haha... so please don't be surprised, that's just my bad habit, haha...
The story is about John and Savannah, who loves each other very much. But since John's leave is over and need tomust go back to the army which is stationed in Germany now that his leave is over, and Savannah needs tomust continue her study in university studies, so they just write to each other to share their love and lives instead. But one day, Savannah writes a letter to John, to tell him she is in love with another man, that which means she wants to break up with John. After the separation, John prolongs his service, and Savannah marries her best friend Tim, but there's another twist - Tim is critically ill. All of them As a result, Savannah and Tim live a tough life, but luckily John wants to help them. John sells his father's coin collection in a lower price than its true value, and gives an anonymous donation to Tim and Savannah......
I watched the movie with the same name before, and love it so so much! So I bought the novel to see what the original is about. I found the two ends are totally different, but both are reflect true love. The end of the movie says after receiving the donation, Tim has an operation and lives one more month, but still dies in the end. Afterwards, John and Savannah finally get back together. However, in the novel version, Tim recovers after the treatment so he and Savannah live happily ever after. John is left alone, still loving Savannah, as a result.
Both the ends are sad but happy, and reflect true love! I missed some important plot points<em>, I cannot retell all of them to you,</em> but I just want you to know both the movie and the novel are so touching! They are both worthy to be watching and reading :)
Cheer for true love! :)
I really don't know what tense to use when retelling a song or a book. O_O;;;
Somebody please help! Thanks a lot! Have a nice day! :)平常，past 或 present tense 都可以，但是就要主意你只用一种时态 (make sure you only use one tense). 比如，如果你开始用过去时(past tense)描述电影，就必须继续用过去时；不能换成present tense了。
0 votedJanuary 19, 20131看了一下Kalyan的修改，觉得他的翻译不是完全正确。。。以下是我的试图:
First notebook entry: Introducing myself
Hey, I'm max and I'm living in Beijing now.
Btw, I'm a Chinese learning English very hard, really want a partner for my oral English.
I'm a native Chinese with a strong desire to improve my English. I'm looking for a partner to practice my oral/spoken （随便，oral和spoken在这个上下文可交换的）English.Guys speaking English, I need you!!
最好只用一个感叹号；超过一个感叹号会让很多读者觉的你不太文化或什么。
0 votedJanuary 19, 20130Hello~ I come back
Hello~ I'm back!
Hello everyone ~ I come back.It`s long time to be here(italki).
Hey everyone~, I have come back. It's been a long time since I last visited.
I have got my Driving license recently and it make me so happy.It means I needn`t to take a long time to pracktic driving any more.I'm really happy that I got my driver's license recently, because it means I do not need to practice driving anymore.
I will take more time in library in the following days because I have to facetake the Security test in 10 days and the level 6 College English Test in three weeks.
Wish me luck!0 votedJanuary 19, 20130Happy New Years my friends
喜纳春夏秋冬福，门迎东西南北客!
This sentence is one of thea Chinese couplet.
MoralTranslation: seasons four seasons things together, blessing all over the world people are healthy and happy. Blessings of four seasons' come together; people are healthy and happy all over the world. <我对这个对局不太熟悉，可能我把它翻错了》
And this painting is cut out with scissors.Chinese paper - cut painting.
My English is not good, if you do not understand can be translated using Google. please use Google translate.
Happy New Years my friends. =祝大家新年快乐！
I hope the next oneyear brings you only the best.在新的一年平安幸福！
福( fu )=Happiness!0 votedJanuary 19, 20131
