The Ability of the kangaroo袋鼠的能力

The zoo built a special eight-foot-high enclosure （围墙） for its newly acquired kangaroo （袋鼠） , but the next morning the animal was found hopping around outside. The height of the fence was increased to 15 feet, but the kangaroo got out again. Exasperated （恼火的） , the zoo director had the height increased to 30 feet, but the kangaroo still escaped. A giraffe asked the kangaroo, “ How high do you think they'll build the fence?” “ I don't know, ” said the kangaroo. “ Maybe a thousand feet if they keep leaving the gate unlocked.”动物园为刚引进的袋鼠建了一个特殊的 8 英尺高的围墙。但是第二天早上，人们发现这个动物在围墙外面蹦跳着。于是围墙高度就增加到 15 英尺，但袋鼠还是跳了出来。动物园经理甚感恼火，又叫人把围墙高度加到 30 英尺，但袋鼠还是跳了出来，一个长颈鹿问袋鼠：“你认为他们会把围墙建到多高？” “我不知道，”袋鼠说，“如果他们继续开着大门，可能要修到 1,000 英尺吧。”Do you want to learn Chinese more?There is a "Nihao Chinese"program which is a free trail on line!!!Visit http://www.echineselearning.com/you will find a surprise.

Day after Day日复一日

A teacher was always so involved （投入） in the text being studied that he never looked up. He would call on a student for translation and explanation; and –– without realizing it –– he often chose the same student day after day. Out of respect （出于尊敬） , the student wouldn't point this out to him. After being called on four days in a row, a student named Goldberg asked advice from his friends. The next day when the teacher said “ Goldberg, translate and explain, ” Goldberg replied, “ Goldberg is absent today.” “ All right, ” said the teacher. “ YOU translate and explain. 一位老师对所讲课文总是非常投入，从不抬头。他常让一个学生来翻译和解释，并且 –– 不自觉地 ––– 他常日复一日地叫同一个学生。出于尊敬，学生并没有给出指出这一点。 一个叫古德伯格的学生，在一连被叫了四天之后，向他的朋友寻求建议。第二天，这位教师又说：“古德伯格，翻译并解释。”古德伯格回答说：“古德伯格今天缺席。” “那好吧，”教师说，“那就你来翻译并解释吧。”Do you want to learn Chinese more?There is a "Nihao Chinese"program which is a free trail on line!!!Visit http://www.echineselearning.com/you will find a surprise.

Funny stuff: 死后墓碑上只能写一句话，你会写什么？What you would write on your own grave stone when you die?

On a forum one person ask: 死后墓碑上只能写一句话，你会写什么？(What you would like to write on ur own grave stone when you die one day?) People wrote: 1. Intel Inside let me outside I'll be back loading.... Restart... reloaded 2. 请使用正版盗墓工具 3. 感谢政府为我解决了住房问题！ 4. 一居室，求合租，面议。 5. 小事招魂，大事挖坟。 6. 发布违规信息，永久封杀！ 7. 我觉得我还可以抢救一下！ 8. 老子是被活埋的！曰！ 9. 广告位招租 10. 提供鞭尸服务，一次100！ 11. 初从文，三年不中；后习武，校场发一矢，中鼓吏，逐之出；遂学医，有所成。自撰一良方，服之，卒。 12. 基因重组中，请稍候……二十年 13. 我生在中国，我葬在中国，太幸运了啊！ 14. 单挑冥王哈迪斯中，征求组队!(网游篇） 15. 牧师，帮我复活一下下，谢谢，坐标××.×（网游篇） 16. 当你看清这行字的时候：朋友，你踩到我了。 17. 老子终于不用怕鬼了！ 18. 给爷笑一个，要不……爷给你笑一个？ 19. 神农氏的墓志铭：我靠！这草有毒！！！！！ 20. 这是我挖的最后一个坑（警告挖坑者） 21. 摸骨算命 22. 陪聊，提供夜间上门服务。 23. 不回帖的和我换位置 。。。 24. 此处严禁小便~~违者没收工具 25. 知道我在等你吗？(name of a song) 我等的人终于来了。 26. 你鞋底上有口香糖 27. 有奖竞猜！本人是老死的还是病死的还是意外死的？请编辑手机短信，移动用户发送到1748(pronounced "yiqisiba")，联通用户发送到4848 (pronounced "siba, siba")。 28.I want to learn Chinese,so I can know what the above Chinese mean！ 29.You can visit the site http://www.echineselearning.com It's a free trail for Chinese learning!

Why Chinese is much easier to learn than French?

Because French vocabulary has so many words! For example animals names. Where Chinese needs just a combinaison of few descriptive characters (male, female, small) French needs dozens of different words. Let's illustrates with two species pig and sheep. 　　　猪 (male + pig) cochon 　　公猪 (male + pig) verrat 　　母猪 (female + pig) truie 　　小猪 (small + pig) porcelet 　　野猪 (wild + pig) sanglier 　母野猪 (female + wild + pig) laie 　小野猪 (small + wild + pig) marcassin 羊 (sheep) mouton 　　公羊 (male + sheep) bélier 　　母羊 (female + sheep) brebis 　　小羊 (small + sheep) agneau 　小母羊 (small + female + sheep) agnelle 　　山羊 (hill + sheep) chèvre 　公山羊 (male + hill + sheep) bouc 　小山羊 (small + hill + sheep) cabris As you see for "pig", you have 7 different words in French : cochon, verrat, truie, porcelet, sanglier, laie, marcassin, and only 1 in Chinese : 猪, which you add descriptions (male, female...). Another way to explain it, if you now how to say "horse" 马 in Chinese, you automatically know how to say "mare" 母马 (female + horse) and "foal" 小马 (small + horse). But if you know "cheval" (horse) in French, you have no way to guess "jument" (mare) and "poulain" (foal) which are totally different words.
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Chinese number gestures 中文数字手势

Chinese number gestures 汉字数字手势 refers to the Chinese method of using one hand to signify the natural numbers one through ten. This method may have been developed to bridge the many dialects in spoken Chinese– for example, the numbers 4 (Chinese: 四; pinyin: sì) and 10 (Chinese: 十; pinyin: shí) are hard to distinguish in some dialects. Some suggest that it was also used by businessmen during bargaining (i.e. to convey a bid by feeling the hand gesture in a sleeve) when they wish for more privacy in a public place. ChineseHour tells you more in details so that you can speak Chinese and make gestures at the same time.MethodsWhile the five digits on one hand can easily express the numbers one through five, six through ten have special signs that can be used in commerce or day-to-day communication. The predominant [citation needed] system is as follows:In Taiwan and Hong KongIn Taiwan and Hong Kong, signs for numbers differ significantly from those described above. The symbol for 7 has an alternate meaning, and the symbol for 9 above, also described as such in Lonely Planet, actually means “death”. The signs used in Taiwan are as follow:Six - As above, the little finger and thumb are extended.Seven - The thumb and index finger make an “L” as in the symbol for eight above.Eight - The thumb, index finger, and middle finger are extended.Nine - Four digits excluding the little finger are extended. Since the little finger is not always independent of the ring finger, some might find this difficult to do. (In Hong Kong the gesture described above (with image below) is used instead.)Ten - The index fingers of both hands are crossed in an “X” with the palms facing in opposite directions.The numbers one through five are more trivial. For completeness:One - The index finger is extended.Two - The index and middle fingers are extended.Three - With the index finger and thumb closed, the last three fingers are extended. Alternatively, the thumb holds the little finger in palm with the middle three fingers extended.Four - The thumb is held in palm with the four fingers extended.Five - All five digits are extended.Chineese Number Translations:0 = 零 （líng)1 = 一　(yī)2 = 二　(èr)3 = 三　(sān)4 = 四　(sì)5 = 五　(wŭ)6 = 六　(lìu)7 = 七　(qī)8 = 八　(bā)9 = 九　(jĭu)10 = 十　(shí)Months:1) January: 一月 [yí yuè]2) February: 二月 [èr yuè]3) March: 三月 [sān yuè]4) April: 四月 [sì yuè]5) May: 五月 [wŭ yuè]6) June: 六月 [liù yuè]7) July: 七月 [qī yuè]8）August: 八月 [bā yuè]9) September: 九月 [jiŭ yuè]10) October: 十月 [shí yuè]11) November: 十一月 [shí yī yuè]12) December: 十二月 [shí èr yuè]Weekdays:Monday: 星期一 [xīng qī yī]Tuesday: 星期二 [xīng qī èr]Wednesday: 星期三 [xīng qī sān]Thursday: 星期四 [xīng qī sì]Friday: 星期五 [xīng qī wŭ]Saturday: 星期六 [xīng qī liù]Sunday: 星期日 [xīng qī rì]This is a good way to learn to speak mandarin Chinese at http://www.echineselearning.com Why don’t you try it for 100% free right now? The native Chinese teachers are ready to help you ！
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“你”和“您”的区别The difference between“nǐ”and “nín”

“你”和“您”都是第二人称单数的面称用语。“你”是一般的称谓，用在同辈或比自己辈分小的人身上，还可以用在较熟悉的朋友之间的互称；“您”是用在对长辈或上级的面称，表示尊敬。
Both nǐ and nín are pronouns of “you”. The former is generally used with colleagues of one’s age, younger people, close friends or acquaintances. The latter is applied to elders or higher-ranking officers as a respectful form of addressing.
For example, Tom asked Peter: Will you go to the cinema?
汤姆问皮特：你会去看电影吗？
The secretary told her manager: You have a meeting at 4pm.
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