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大家好!我是戴纳德,男的,美国人,52岁。我是个公立学校老师。空闲时,我喜欢练习写中文。我不要视频或者语音聊天。谁帮我修改文章,我也帮谁修改文章。
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- 我一辈子不能忘记这段美好的时光 我小的时候,大概四十多年以前,我们全家住在一个很大的房子里。 这是因为我家有十三口人:爸爸,妈妈,九个哥哥,一个妹妹和我。 在我家里我是最小的男孩子。我妹妹是老幺。 在美国圣诞节的时候,家长让孩子相信圣诞礼物都是圣诞老人给的。爸爸妈妈要把礼物藏在一个孩子找不到的地方,等到圣诞前夜孩子睡觉时,就偷偷地把礼物放在圣诞树下面。 我爸爸妈妈每年把圣诞礼物藏在房子的阁楼里。有一年圣诞节,我找到了他们藏礼物的地方。我很兴奋地发现有两辆儿童三轮车,一个小的、一个大的。因为我妹妹是家里最小的孩子,我认为那辆小的三轮童车是爸爸妈妈给妹妹的,大的是给我的。我一看到那辆大的三轮童车,就觉得非常开心。 六岁男孩子总是希望别人认为自己已经是“大孩子”了。因为在十一个孩子中我排行第十,我总是羡慕比我大、比我聪明、比我能干的哥哥们。爸爸妈妈给我这辆大的三轮童车, 给我妹妹那辆小的,就表示他们把我当大孩子。这样的感觉很棒。 我每天下课后偷偷地去阁楼看我的又漂亮又大的三轮童车。因为阁楼很大,我可以将我的大的三轮童车骑来骑去。有时候我就面对着三轮童车坐着,深情地望着它。我坐在那里发呆,幻想自己在晴朗的夏日,快乐地骑着我漂亮的三轮童车。 我一辈子不能忘记这段美好的时光。 十二月二十五号早上,家里孩子们很早就起床了,跑到楼下去看圣诞树下的礼物。我快跑到了圣诞树旁,兴奋地上了我的大三轮童车。 突然,九哥过来跟我说,“你看,标签上是我的名字。这是我的!”我转头看到了旁边那辆小的三轮童车。在标签上写着我的名字。 原来,那辆大的三轮童车不是爸妈给我的。我下了九哥的三轮童车,就很大声的哭了起来。我不是个不懂感激的孩子,但是我就是 不自觉的 感到 非常失望。 直到现在,我还一直记得这件事情。这件事给我留下了一个很深刻的印象。May 2, 2014116
- I would like to add to fdmaxey's fine answer with a further possibility: Increased placement in 2010 could refer to increased distribution; that is, the product will be placed in more stores and outlets as time goes on. But if the meaning were strictly "distribution", I guess they would have used that word.0 votedJuly 24, 20120
- As Mikey says, learning any language is difficult. The younger one is when one starts learning a language, the better one's chances for becoming fluent in that language. Chinese language presents a special challenge for native English speakers for two main reasons: Chinese is a tonal language, and it uses an ideographic writing system. There is no common root for Chinese and English. English speakers learning Spanish or French or any other Romance or Germanic language have a much easier time because there are many commonalities. Not so with Chinese. Several studies have been done on the question of which languages are more difficult for English speakers to learn. The answer is: Arabic and Chinese. The US State Department trains people to speak many languages, and they say that the time required to train people in these two languages is about twice the time required for cognate languages (languages that are relatives to English). Actually, the grammar of Chinese is much simpler than English. There are no word endings or different word forms to remember. The time-sense and number system (时态,数) are very easy to learn. Learning the sounds of Chinese syllables is not so difficult, either, because there is a relatively small number of initials and finals that make up each syllable. The real problems are the tones! Mastering the tone system is extremely difficult for English-speaking adults. When you hear foreigners speak Chinese, you will notice that their tones are very strange. Another problem is that because there is a relatively small number of syllables in Chinese, one syllable such as "yi" may have many meanings depending on the tone. It is difficult for foreigners to actually hear the difference between tones and then remember which tone is attached to words they want to say (e.g., 一,衣,以,意 etc.). Personally, I like the Chinese writing system, and I enjoy reading Chinese. If one is interested, I think one can learn to read characters without much problem. Many years ago I tried to learn to write Chinese, but then the computer came along, and I don't remember how to write more than a few characters. I can still read them and type them on the computer; I just can't write them by hand. So perhaps the computer is contributing to Chinese literacy among foreign learners! In short, I think Chinese is difficult because of its tonal system and the relatively small number of syllable-sounds.0 votedJuly 22, 20122

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