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A language lover and former English major at university, I come from Beijing. I wish to better my languages (English & French), while having fun here! / Bonjour! Je viens de Pékin. Je me suis spécialisé en langue anglaise à l'unversité et suis actuellement dans la vie active. Je souhaiterais améliorer mes deux langues étrangères et m'amuser ici! -- RÉMY BEIJING
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    prefer doing to doing VS prefer to do rather than do

    I was wondering if the following sentences mean exactly the same?

     

    1) I prefer watching DVDs at home to going to the the cinema.

    2) I pefer to watch DVD's at home rather go to the cinema.

     

    I've heard that 2) may suggest a plan or an intention, while 1) states a mere fact.

     

    Is that so?

    July 16, 2015
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    Please help me correct this text

    我的中文名字是玛莉,可是我更喜欢你叫我璐西亚。我是一半巴拿马人一半墨西哥人。我出生在巴拿马可是我的爸爸是墨西哥人。 我长大在巴拿马, 高学毕业了以后我搬家来美国。

    >>> this is the english way of saying places. it'd be better if you put it this way: 我在巴拿马长大.


    在美国我住在佛罗里达里州的迈阿密。 我在大学,学了四年的。 心理学。 还有学了a little bit of中文.
    Actually, 我的中不好。 我的听力不好。我觉得我的发音好, 我的汉字ok我可以看汉字a little bit, 可以打字,可是我中文说的还好。

    >>> nice paragraph! it would be better if you say: 我在大学学了四年心理学。还学了一点中文。事实上,我的中文还不是很好,因为我的听力不好。但我觉得我的发音不错。我的汉字也还可以,我也能看懂一些汉字,还能用中文打字。但我的汉语讲得还不是特别好。


    我很喜欢中文。 我希望学了普通话再学习广东话。
    我最大的问题是我很害羞。我觉得这就是the reason我还不会说中文。
    我有很多在线中国朋友都帮我学习中文。我也是帮他们学英语或者西班牙语。

    >>> good! “我觉得这就是the reason我还不会说中文” would be  我觉得也许因为这个原因,我现在中文还讲不太好。

     

    我学中文的办法是看书,和中国朋友聊天,听中国音乐。 我每天request 在线朋友发送给我语音信息 因为我想试听得懂。可是我常常听不懂。 有时我试听几次, 有时听得懂, 有时听不懂。 我听懂的时候我非常开心,听不懂的时候我很难过。。。不时难过,我是说frustrated.怎么说?

    >>> "我每天request 在线朋友发送给我语音信息" would be 我每天请我的在线朋友给我发送语音信息。


    frustrated 有挫折感、受挫。therefore "听不懂的时候我很frustrated" would be 听不懂的时候我很有受挫感。

     

    Great job! I wish that you'll improve your Chinese shortly!

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    May 31, 2015
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  • Commented

    @royal shiny

    I am for the idea of vegetarianism. Apart from the belief that supporters of vegetarianism hold, it's also a healthy diet. If meat is in high demand, some raisers might add addictives or hormones into the feeds they give to the animals so that they will grow faster. And this is quite dangerous for humans.

     

    I am not 100 per cent vegetarian myself, meaning, I occasionally buy meat products, such as sausages, hams etc.  But generally speaking, I prefer veggies to meat.

     

     

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    May 21, 2015
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    As to me, I don't feel lonely at all when I'm alone. On the contary, I enjoy the solitude. From my perspective, dealing with solitude would be considered as a kind of ability that one should learn to acquire.

     

    However, I do agree that people are different. What is enjoyable to some would not be the same to others. Therefore, it'd be not easy, nor appropriate, to make any judgement instantly. 

     

    Besides, one can also feel lonely if s/he is in a crowd. For example, if s/he feels isolated from the group of people s/he is with or s/he feels bored by the crowd.

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    May 21, 2015
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    I would suggest that you take French as the 2nd foreign language. Taking French can help you improve your vocabs in English, as some French words correpond to formal words in English. For example, <em>commencer</em> in French means <em>to start</em>, and <em>to commence</em> in English is a formal word. The French word <em>vent</em> means wind. Then you will feel it easy to memorise the English <em>ventilate/ventilation</em>, which is related to <em>vent</em> (wind). 

     

    This is just my point of view and I hope this will be useful to you.

     

    Cheers!

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    May 21, 2015
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  • Posted
    Two great films

    I love this excerpt from LA GRANDE VADROUILLE, which is a real masterpiece and one of my favourite films.

     

    <em>http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTY4MDkyMDQw.html</em>;

     

    Lefort and Bouvet speak English with such a lovely FRENCHY accent, which is so cute! lol...

     

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    Here is another film that I love! 

    LADIES IN LAVENDER 

    <em>http://www.tudou.com/v/tjxBvQOvTRs/&resourceId=0_04_05_99/v.swf</em>;

     

    The actress playing Ursula was really fantastic. I was very much moved by the scene where she looked up in the German dictionary, trying to tell Andrea what they were going to have for dinner. Instead of chicken, she said puppy, which made Andrea laugh.  I can totally echo her diappointment and unease when discovering her secret love for Andrea and when her sisiter reminded her that Andrea was too young for her to dream of...

     

    The scene where Janet and Ursula attended the concert of Andrea was also very touching. A shining star, Andrea was surrounded by all the upper class crème de la crème guests who attended his concert.  By contrast, being old and humble countryside sisters, who might appear some sort shabby on that occasion, Ursula and Janet finally decided to leave Andrea quietly.  The montage of their leaving was so impressive.  I can feel the disappointment, sadness and even despair they may have had at that moment.

     

    C'est la vie. Sometimes, love just arrives at a wrong timing.  However, it is also because of love that one will let go, be it sadly or reluctantly, when the time comes. 

     

    I bet that Ursula will always remember Andrea! So will Janet.  And so will Andrea... 

     

    May 19, 2015
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  • Commented

    hi peachey, thank you so much for your reply. i will listen to the clips you recommended.

     

    by the way, i've got a video introducing on the aussie accent on my video blog on youku, which i like much. please just to have look at: <em>http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNzkxMDMyNTIw.html</em>

     

    I bet this includes nearly all the major accents used by present-day aussies. Very cool indeed!

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    May 15, 2015
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    I had a black dog, his name was depression

    An interesting talk about depression by Matthew Johnstone

     

    <em>http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNjQ3NTAxMDIw.html?from=s1.8-1-1.2</em>;

     

    MATTHEW JOHNSTONE is an artist, writer and exhibited photographer. New Zealand born, he's worked in advertising in Sydney, San Francisco and New York. He lives in Sydney with his wife and daughter.

     

    As I'm very keen on telling English accents, I'd like to know if he speaks with a typical kiwi accent? To me, he sounds like an Aussie, esp when he pronounces vast & start. What is general New Zealand accent normally like? I'm just curious...

    May 14, 2015
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  • Commented

    hi su.ki. thanks for your reply. it's all clear now.

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    May 12, 2015
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  • Commented

    hi, su.ki. thanks for ur explanations!

    gosh, i've mixed up the english grammar with the french one then! what a shame! 

     

    as to your example - <em>i'd prefer you to write to me</em>  - would it be the same to put it like "<em> I prefer your writing to me</em>" ? 

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    May 11, 2015
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