Jun 4, 2010 　　Today, my wife and I talked about the development of the internet. 　　今天，我和我的妻子谈到互联网的发展。 　　When we were middle school students, there was only one way to study English in the countryside--studying from textbooks. Sadder yet, there were many problems with our only English teacher's pronunciation! 　　当我们还是初中生的时候，在乡下只有一种学英语的途径——从课文学习。更可悲的是，我们仅有的英语教师的发音还有很多问题！ 　　And when we were in senior middle school, if we wanted to learn more porpular Enalish, we had to go downtown for some tapes and magazines. They were a little bit pricey, and the sentences in them were quite outdated. 　　当我们上了高中后，如果我们想学一些流行的英语，只能去市中心买磁带和杂志，这些资料比较贵，而且里面的句子相当老土。 　　I also remember the first time I heard Hey Jude was during a listening lesson in college. But after that, I started to contact the internet, because the internet became porpular. 　　我仍然记得我第一次听《Hey Jude》是在大学的听力课上。不过那以后，因为互联网开始流行了，我渐渐接触互联网。 　　Now, I can practise my writting skill and chat with my foreign friends online. With regard to my wife, if ABC play the new episode of Desperate Houswives, the next day she can watch it online. 　　现在，我可以在网上练习写作技巧，和我的外国朋友们在网上聊天。对我的妻子而言，如果ABC出了新的《绝望主妇》，她第二天就可以在网上看到。 　　It's amazing and we all love the internet! 　　这确实很神奇，我们都热爱互联网。

Jun 3, 2010 　　Two silly stories about losing mobile phones. 　　两个关于丢失手机的滑稽故事 　　 　　Once, a pretty girl couldn't find her cell phone anywhere. She was very nervous and upset, then she sat down, took her cell phone out of her pocket and sent a text message to her friends: "Oh no! I've lost my cell phone!" 　　一次，一个漂亮女孩到处都找不到她的手机了。她非常紧张和难过，然后她坐下来，从口袋里掏出手机给她的朋友发短信说：啊！我的手机丢了！ 　　 　　Once a man picked up a cell phone and he wanted to return it, so he found a number of the owner's sister's and made a phone call. He said:"I'm not your brother, but I found his cell phone. How can I return it?" The girl said: "Wait a moment, please!" A moment later, the cell phone rang, and he heard the same girl say: "Brother! I've found your cell phone. " 　　一次一个男人捡到一部手机，他想把手机还给失主，于是他找出失主妹妹的号码打了个电话。他说：“我不是你的哥哥，不过我捡到了他的手机。我该怎么归还呢？”那个女孩说“请稍等！”过了一会儿，手机响了，然后他听到电话那头说：“哥哥！我已经找到你手机了！” 　　

Jun, 2 2010 Since it is summer now, I would like to share some Chinese Idioms about hot weather with you all. 　　因为现在是夏天了，我想和大家分享一下关于炎热气候的中国成语。 　　 　　 　　1. 　　"骄阳似火"(jiao1 yang2 si4 huo3) 　　The sun blazing like a ball of fire. This idiom describes the extremely hot weather. 　　炙热耀眼太阳像一个火球。形容七天非常热。 　　 　　You can say: 　　你们可以说： 　　 　　六月的深圳，骄阳似火，但仍有不少人出游。 　　在这骄阳似火的六月,室外的温度热得让人难以忍受。 　　 　　2. 　　"夏日炎炎"(xia4 ri4 yan2 yan2) 　　The summer sun is shining fiercely. A way of describing that the weather is very hot, like "骄阳似火". 　　夏天的太阳猛烈地照射。形容天气非常热，和“骄阳似火”一样。 　　 　　So you can also say: 　　因此你们也可以说： 　　 　　六月的深圳，夏日炎炎，但仍有不少人出游。 　　在这夏日炎炎的六月，室外的温度热得让人难以忍受。 　　 　　3. 　　"汗如雨下"(han4 ru2 yu3 xia4) 　　The sweat is pouring off . This describes profuse sweating. 　　汗水像雨一样流下。形容出汗非常多。 　　 　　You can say: 　　你们可以说： 　　 　　他浑身汗如雨下。 　　天气太热了，稍微动一动就会汗如雨下。 　　 　　4. 　　"满头大汗"(man3 tou2 da4 han4) 　　With sweat all over one's head. This idiom describes the extremely hot weather. 　　头上都是汗水。形容出汗非常多。 　　 　　You can say: 　　你们可以说： 　　 　　他热得满头大汗。 　　天气太热了，稍微动一动就会满头大汗。 　　 　　 　　 　　============== 　　It's a bit of difficult for me to translate those Chinese sentences, which are examples, into English. 　　把那些作为例子的中文句子对我来说有些难。 　　Could anyone help me translate those sentences into English？ Thanks a lot！ 　　谁可以帮我把那些句子翻译成英文吗？非常感谢！

Jun 1, 2010 It's The International Children's Day today. 今天是国际儿童节。 But it's a pity that our baby is too late to celebrate this festival, haha! 但很遗憾我们的孩子赶不上庆祝这个节日了，哈哈！ I still hope that I can catch up with this Father's Day, if our baby comes early enough. 我仍然希望我能够赶得上这个父亲节，如果我们孩子来得足够早的话。 It's seems perfect that the Children's Day, the Father's Day and our baby's birthday are very close, and every June will be a month that has many festivals to our family. 儿童节、父亲节和我们孩子的生日离得非常近，而且今后每个六月都将会是我们家有很多节日的一个月，这真是太棒了！

Are there any differences between "in my place" and "at my place"? Thanks!

May 31, 2010 It seems that my firends enjoy jokes, so I will translate some more nifties that have been popular in China lately into English. 看起来我的朋友们喜欢笑话，那么我想把更多的一些近来在中国流行的俏皮话翻译成英文。 But there are some cultural differences between English and Chinese, so maybe you won't think some of them are so interesting. 不过中英之间有一些文化差异，也许你们会觉得其中一些不是那么有趣。 Anyway, here we go! 不管怎样，我们开始吧！ 1. I hope that you cannot find the seasoning bags when you eat instant noodles in your lifetime. 1、我祝你一辈子吃泡面的时候找不到调料包。 2. If I don't eat enogh, how can I have enough strength to lose weight. 2、不吃饱哪有力气减肥啊？ 3. I can resist everything, except temptation. 3、我能抵挡一切，除了诱惑。 4. Please don't speak Chinese to me any more, 好吗? lol 4、请你以后不要再我面前说英文，OK？ 5. As a typical character of failure, you are very succeed in fact. 5、作为失败的典型，你其实很成功。 6. The simpliest secret for living long: keep breathing; do not expire. 6、最简单的长寿秘诀：保持呼吸，不要断气~~~ I hope you enjoy them. 希望你们喜欢：）