http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/rss Rachel Q's latest journal entries Lang-8 Inc. Fri May 24 06:11:07 UTC 2013 Fri May 24 06:11:07 UTC 2013 Lang-8 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Lang-8 Thank you in advance ^^

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II. Product
Mission: Diandian, Simplify blogging
The most genuine self, the best way to express
二、产品
使命：点点网，让博客从此简单
最真实的自我镜像，找一种最适合的方式表达自己。

Simplicity: Simple blogging
The minute and complicated, throw them away.
Register, post and browsing, follow your bent.
Love the world without advertising.

Key words: Domain name, Tags, Composing

简单化：简单的博客功能
抛开所有繁琐的程序，
注册、发布、浏览都变得随心随性，
无广告的世界，总是让人有一点点贪恋；

关键词：【域名】【标签】【版式】

Domain name: Bind an independent domain name for free, access the top international domain names if you are an outstanding user
Tags: Contents will be classified and managed by Tags; Tags can be subscribed, searched and navigated.
Layout: Image-Text wrapping, upload multi-images in your own style.
域名：支持免费绑定独立域名，并针对站内优秀博主赠送国际顶级域名一年使用权
标签：通过标签对内容分类管理，并支持标签的订阅、搜索、导航
版式：图文混排，用你喜欢的排版方式多图上传

Opening: Open blog platform
Borderless world with one click
Each set has become the most sincere self-expression,
400+ templates, Venus & Mars can always achieve the unique you, redesign your home, intoxicate yourself.
Key words: sub-blog(subordinate blog)multi-user cooperation, share, API, third party
开放化：开放的博客平台
无国界的一键分享，
每一个设置都成为最真切的自我表达，
400+模板与Venus、Mars总能实现你的独一无二，换个家，或许就变得无力自拔；
关键词：【子博】【多人协作】【分享】【API】【第三方】
Sub-blog (subordinate blog): an account, multi-dimensions, different aspects of yourself
Multi-user cooperation: Better to manage collaboratively, rather than struggling all by yourself
Share: open source, add “Diandian share” anywhere;
API: open API source code, fully open of the base source code;
Third party: synchronically log with QQ, Renren, weibo, douban, MSN account

Sociability: socially blogging platform
子博：一个账号，多个维度，展示不同侧面的你
多人协作：多人之力协作管理，远胜于一人苦撑
分享：代码开放，任何地方都可以添加点点分享
API：应用API开放，底层数据完全开放
第三方：QQ、人人、微博、豆瓣、MSN账号同步登录

Sociability: Socialization platform for interests
About things that go around interest,
Response, reproduction, highlight the red heart,
Follow what you like, collect what you subscribed.

社交化：兴趣社交博客平台
围绕兴趣靶心打转的那些事儿，
回应、转载、点亮红心，
喜欢就可以关注，订阅就可以收藏

Mobility:　You can blog anywhere at any time.
Less is More
The soul of simplicity, the joint design of smooth operation,
Browse to feel the subtle and graceful effects of animation.
The new version app for iphone, is going to shelves at app store!
移动化：随时随地的博客平台
Less is More，
通透简洁的灵魂，贴合畅通无阻的设计，
浏览探索感受动画特效的细微曼妙，
全新iPhone版本，正待开启！

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Thank you so much~

Posted at Sun May 20 13:38:22 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1486232 http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1486232 Rachel Q Sun May 20 13:38:22 UTC 2012 -------------------------
Journaliste : Bonjour, Marc. Ravi de vous rencontrer. Je vous remercie pour assister à cette interview.
Chanteur : Je vous en pris.
Journaliste : Votre nouvel album est en vogue dernière semaines, félicitations !
Chanteur : Merci !
Journaliste : Qu'est-ce que vous en pensez, quelle chanson vous aimez le plus ?
Chanteur : Ma chanson principal, j'ai mis un style bien chinois dans la chanson.
Spectateur : Oui, elle est très jolie. Marc, chanez un air, s'il vous plait !
Chanteur : Ah, vous pouvez les écouter dans mon nouveaux concert ! Attendez !
Spectateur : Vous êtes en train de préparer le concert ? Comme exitant !
Chanteur : Bien sûr ! J'ai trouvé que l'alnum est un très grand succès.
Spectateur : Quand est votre nouveaux concert ?
Chanteur : Le 3 Juillet cet été.
Journaliste : Nous esperons que vous aurez du succès.
Spectateur : Et, je suis sûr que beaucoup de mon amis et moi vont acheter les billets de votre concert ! Nous vous aimons bien !

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Je vous remercie a l'avance ! O(∩_∩)O~

Posted at Wed May 16 04:48:46 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1479093 http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1479093 Rachel Q Wed May 16 04:48:46 UTC 2012 ___________________________________________
Voici la première partie:

Salut, il y a longtemps depuis on a parlé ensemble. Je pense à toi. Ça va?
Comment est-ce que ton japonais? Je te souhaite que tout le monde aille très bien!!!
Originairement j'ai projeté d'apprendre le français au début de cet année, mais je n'étais pas dans un bon état, je ne voulais pas étudier la moment. L'internet m'a assassiné. T_T....
Donc, j'ai décidé d'avoir de la classe de français. Il y a plus de 2 mois depuis mon prémiere classe.
J'étais très occupé pendant la période, par consequent je n'est pas apparue en lang-8 souvant. Excuse-moi, pour l'absence.
(Et excuse-moi si tu ne peux pas comprendre mes phrases, tu sais...je suis justment une débutante, je ne peux pas éviter les erreurs.)
Alors, tu sais bien tout les choses qui m'arrivait. Et toi? Dis moi un peu de toi.


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La deuxième partie

Merci, je suis bien, mais il y a toujours quelque jours je ne voudrais pas étudier. Ça m'a l'air que je n'apprenne pas le français pour longtemps, comme plus de 2 semaines.
J'aurais dû practiquer plus de français orale, mais je n'avoir que apprendre le grammaire ces dernière semaines.
(Is it right to say "I have done something" using "avoir + indicatif"? or "avoir + passé", since my teacher has only taught us "plus-que imparfait", I imagine "have done" has something to do with "avoir,être". Please teach me!)

Il vaudrait mieux que je vienne par ici souvent, donc je pourrais practiquer que j'apprenais pendant la journée. (the same question: how to say "what I have learned during the day"?)

Je suis en train de réfléchir si je pourrai copier mes parties de notre conversation, et ferai une entrée par celles-ci.
Il t'ennuie que j'aie écrit comme ça?
Je voudrais que il y ait quelqun m'aide pour le texte et les erreurs.

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Je vous remerci à l'avance.^^

Posted at Sat May 12 00:43:24 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1471955 http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1471955 Rachel Q Sat May 12 00:43:24 UTC 2012 Joyeux Noël！圣诞快乐！
Feliz nuevo anos！￥%@&*#*& （my mother tongue, I can't find a transcript for it. lol^^）

Wish you a very very happy Christmas...(I've waited for so long and finally Christmas Eve comes!!! I can't wait to post!!!)

Thank you so much for helping me, being friends with me and being so nice to me whenever I am here....
Thank you!!!!^^

Posted at Sat Dec 24 13:29:29 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1238772 http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1238772 Rachel Q Sat Dec 24 13:29:29 UTC 2011 http://audioboo.fm/boos/598033-my-name
Haha, see you^^

Posted at Wed Dec 21 13:01:04 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1235135 http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1235135 Rachel Q Wed Dec 21 13:01:04 UTC 2011
Abstract:
Regarded as a rare pitch pattern, the “double circumflex tone” (DCT) turned out to be fairly common after a countrywide survey of Chinese dialects. This paper pinpoints 29 localities where DCT are found. These localities are distributed in all the major dialect groups except Min. In classifying different pitch contours of the DCT and determining the contrasts among its various types with dipping tones, we discovered a back dipping contour.

KEY WORDS: phonetics and phonology, Chinese dialects, tone, double circumflex, back dipping, contouricity

(I got the following from google translator.^^)
Résumé: Considéré comme un modèle de terrain de rare, la "tonalité double circonflexe" (DCT) s'est avéré être assez commun après une enquête nationale sur les dialectes chinois. Ce document identifie 29 localités où se trouvent DCT. Ces localités sont distribués dans tous les groupes majeurs, sauf le dialecte Min. En classant les contours hauteur différente de la DCT et la détermination des contrastes entre ses différents types avec des tons trempage, nous avons découvert un contour arrière plongeant.

MOTS CLÉS: phonétique et la phonologie, les dialectes chinois, le ton, double accent circonflexe, le dos trempé, contouricity

Thank you in advance!!!\(^o^)/~ Merci!!!

Posted at Mon Dec 19 11:51:11 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1232371 http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1232371 Rachel Q Mon Dec 19 11:51:11 UTC 2011 I now work part-time as an English tutor. Today after I finished teaching, I thought what if I record his voice and let you hear.
I think it would encourage and push him work harder on English when he knows that there are some native speakers or other friends abroad listening to him.

But please be nice to him, because I've only taught him for more than a month（only once a week） and before that he can hardly distinguish between "I, me, he, him, his, her, etc". So his English is almost non-existent then, even though he had learned it since kindergarten. (And for this reason, I really hate those teachers who care only his money not his improvement, or those who don't know how to teach languages effectively. I hate traditional language teaching way of overloaded grammar and less practicability.)

We are quite nervous, since it's the first time that we have done so. And I felt myself so awkard.(You know, such kind of thing usually happen when you are speaking to someone whose English is at a far different level with you. You would never worry about how you sound like when speaking to a "professional" or a native speaker.)

Anyway I hope you enjoy it, and be nice to us.^^
http://audioboo.fm/boos/593841-conversation-between-my-student-and-me

Posted at Sun Dec 18 13:55:41 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1231294 http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1231294 Rachel Q Sun Dec 18 13:55:41 UTC 2011 Thank you for listening, byebye~~~

http://audioboo.fm/RachelQ

Posted at Sat Dec 17 14:34:36 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1230036 http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1230036 Rachel Q Sat Dec 17 14:34:36 UTC 2011
Haha, it's the first time to publish my voice, a little bit nervous~
I don't know how my voice sounds like, but it feels strange when I heard it--so different from the authentic voice~

Posted at Tue Nov 15 03:55:27 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1184449 http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1184449 Rachel Q Tue Nov 15 03:55:27 UTC 2011 Yesterday, I went to Mozart Concert with my teacher Daisy. It was so great that inspired my imagination considerably.
In the first half, I let my mind wandering about. Sometimes I was dancing, sometimes playing water, and more often I was stepping lightheartedly upstairs in a circle. The water was tender, and reflecting the sunshine. I was lying under a willow tree beside the water. The gentle hand of breeze was caressing my face! What a glorious April's day!
Later, in the second half, I thought of something different. I began to imagine the colors of the music. At first it was dark green, as the tone went up, it gradually turned into light green. I was lying on the dancing grassland. When green took over my mind, music changed to yellow, and I was sent by the grass to a field of sunflowers. I sat inside a large bright yellow sunflower. We leapt up into the sky step by step. When we arrived at the heaven, the sun was turning red. It became dancing fires, forming a circle around me. The bright red rose up and fell down, down to the floor, colors disappeared, it was black and dark, the music was over!
I love the music, the concert, the night, the imagination!!!

After the concert, I asked Daisy what she had pictured? --Lines, waves of lines!I can't connect music with objects! I told her what I sighted, she said, "oh, right brain thinker! I'm a typical left brain one. You think the same as 张爱玲(a very famous writer in China) did. She often use colors to describe music."
Yes, I do. I like the right brain, which helped me so much in languages acquisition. For example, I can only memorize vocabulary fast(up to 1000 words a day) by picturing them when listening to the sounds. I remembered the texts, passages by visualization. That's so efficient for me!
My English used to be really poor in my high school, when I was adopting the traditional left brain way of learning. After attending university, I tried hard to find my way, and started to make use of my right brain. Later, my English rocketed! Oh, dear me, I love that!

Thank you for reading^^
Rachel~
And happy birthday to Blue!!!^^

Posted at Sat Nov 12 04:10:23 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1180151 http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1180151 Rachel Q Sat Nov 12 04:10:23 UTC 2011 Because “1” looks like a rod(棍), which means single in “光棍". And Nov.11 contains the most "1" in a year.
Where is special in 2011.11.11?
Haaaaaaa, it contains six "1", which is once in one hundred year. So it's "Super Single's Day". By the way, Nov.1st is called "小光棍节little single's day".
I remembered that my birthday was 11.11 last year, and 11.1 this year, how pathetic!
What would people do this day?
Haha, there is a group called "couples go to hell情侣去死去死团", which consists of the singles who are very jealous of the couples. They would wander about in the street, trying to find another single, hug them and curse the couples go to hell.
Some may call out a single friend of the opposite sex, so that they can pretend to be couple today, and break up tomorrow!
Ah, and some other little "evils" would pose as the other woman to the man for whom she carries a torch, making the couple suffer this day~ (vice versa)

(Joking, joking ^^)

脱光脱光！！！(脱光 means "to be naked" literally, but "脱离光棍 to get away from the abyss of being single" this day.) Once you have a boyfriend or girlfriend, you can say “哈哈，我脱光了！！！”

I would hang out with my teacher to a concert tonight. But we are the same sex, how poor we are!!! ~~~~(>_<)~~~~
哎╮(╯▽╰)╭，什么时候才能“脱光”呢？

Posted at Fri Nov 11 03:32:12 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1178811 http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1178811 Rachel Q Fri Nov 11 03:32:12 UTC 2011
1.Which is better, and yours?
Original: First, I have Chinese, English, math, music and PE at school. You know, I can get lots of knowledge and learning can make my life more colorful and more interesting.
Mine: I have many subjects at school, such as Chinese, English, math, music and PE. With these, I can gain lots of knowledge, and learning can make my life interesting and exciting.

2. Original:Second, after school there are a lot of activities I can play.
(Can we say "play activities"?)
Mine: Second, I always have lots of activities after school.

3. Original: Reading books can make my life more interesting and more colorful. Also, I can learn some knowledge.
Mine: Reading books can enrich my life, make it more interesting and exciting, and also help me to gain knowledge.

4. Original: She is always wearing a smile on her face, but she is strict with our studies.
Mine: She always wears a smile on her face, while at the same time she really take our studies seriously.

5. What subjects did you do at school last year? (Is it right?)

6. Original: I had Chinese, English, math, and PE. They were very interesting, but I like PE best, because it is exciting and relaxing. On(In?) PE class I can play football or(and?) other games.
(I feel this sentence to be very unnatural. How do you reword it?)

7. Are you a member of a club or societies at school? (shouldn't it be "a club or society/ clubs or societies"?)

8. Well, to tell you the truth. My father is the busiest in my family. He is the boss of a big company. He gets up early and returns home late every day. When my father gets home, I usually have fallen asleep. What’s more, he still can’t get a rest on weekends. So my father seldom takes me to parks or cinemas. In fact, I want my father to spare more time with me. He is always so busy.

9. I often read books in the library in the afternoon. And I like reading books by myself. (?)

10.What interesting things are you going to do next year? (natural or not?)

11. I like the violin very much. (I think "the" has been used incorrectly. I'm not sure though.)

Thank you in advance!
Rachel O(∩_∩)O~

Posted at Mon Sep 05 03:45:08 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1084819 http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1084819 Rachel Q Mon Sep 05 03:45:08 UTC 2011
> What did the place look like?
> It was a lovely place. It's one of the most beautiful places that I have ever been to. The air is fresh. There is not as much traffic as in other big cities. The streets are clean. And I like the people there. They were so friendly. You can taste a lot of different local food. I like the place. I want to go there again in the future.

2. In this sentence: It (the trip) can make me relaxed, and it can make my life more colorful and more interesting.
I feel it a little redundant to use 2 "it can make" & "more". Can I say "It can make me relaxed, and my life more colorful & interesting"?
What is the difference between "more colorful and more interesting" & "more colorful and interesting (if there is such an expression)"?
By the way, as I've seen too many "more colorful and more interesting" in this book, I now feel sick about it. Could you give me other English equivalences? The more the better!

3. In the following sentence, I felt unnatural when reading, what's your opinion?
> How did you go there?
> I went there by plane for the first time, so I felt very excited and a little bit nervous.

4. We took lots of delicious food and drinks there to have a picnic. (Can I say "for a picnic"?)

5. I felt very happy and excited when I went boating in the lake. (Do you have better expressions for "happy and excited"?)

6. I enjoyed myself very much during last National Day. (Can I delete "during"?)

7. Original: Travelling is a good way to kill the time. I can learn some knowledge. Travelling can make me relaxed. Travelling can make my life more colorful and more interesting. So I think I will have a good time next holiday.

Mine: Travelling can make me relaxed, and I can also learn a lot of things. It can make my life more colorful and varied. Also, it's a good way to kill time. Hope I will have a good time next holiday.

8. I like "sleep" or “sleeping”?
9. How did you feel when you saw "the" sea for the first time? (Has "the" been used correctly here? I also have some problems with "the", so I'd like to ask you~)

10. Were you from China? (I never saw such sentence before, what I'm familiar with is "are you from China". If "were" is right, in which situation could this sentence be used?)

Thank you in advance for reading and suggesting!!! （Forgive me again for the content, it's Kids' English!）
Best regards,
Rachel O(∩_∩)O~

Posted at Sun Sep 04 14:11:57 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1084094 http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1084094 Rachel Q Sun Sep 04 14:11:57 UTC 2011 2. Is "it's adj./n. to do sth." more natural than "doing sth. is adj./n."?
For example: (which version is better? or better suggestions?)
It's a good idea to do sports.
Doing sports is a good idea.
It's very relaxing and enjoyable to go travelling, and healthy to do sports.
Going travelling is relaxing and enjoyable, and doing sports is healthy.
It can make me stronger and healthier to do sports.
Doing sports can make me stronger and healthier.

3. I saw this sentence: I also can play computer games at home.
But I think it would be better to say: I can also play computer games at home.

4. In this sentence: I can enjoy ice creams and lots of fresh fruits in summer.
Are "ice creams" & "fresh fruits" wrong? I think it should be "I can enjoy ice cream and lots of fresh fruit in summer". How to use "fruit" correctly? when to use its plural form, and when singular form?

5. Do these sentences mean the same?
I don't have to do my homework.
I needn't (don't need to) do my homework every day.

6. I can eat ice cream during the summer vacation/ summer vacations/ summer vacation? (which one is right?)

7. Original: There is not as much traffic as in other big citiees.
Mine: The traffic is not so heavy as in other big cities.

8. Orignal: I can swim in the sea, and I can taste a lot of different sea food.
Mine: I can swim in the sea, and taste a lot of different seafood.

Sorry for my boring content. But as I am now teaching English for kids, I need to question these unclear ones written by other Chinese. I want my kids could learn most genuin English, so I need to confirm if these sentences are right.

Thank you in advance!
Rachel ^^

Posted at Fri Sep 02 14:13:46 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1081190 http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1081190 Rachel Q Fri Sep 02 14:13:46 UTC 2011 Thnx (*^__^*) ……

Posted at Tue Aug 23 14:20:01 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1066554 http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1066554 Rachel Q Tue Aug 23 14:20:01 UTC 2011
lunner?(joking, joking!^^)

Posted at Mon Aug 08 07:21:30 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1045076 http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1045076 Rachel Q Mon Aug 08 07:21:30 UTC 2011 2. My wife was cooking in the kitchen when I　was working in the garden.

I think "while" is right and better. But is "when" also right? If not, what's the reason?

Thank you in advance! ^^

Posted at Mon Aug 01 08:01:33 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1035891 http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1035891 Rachel Q Mon Aug 01 08:01:33 UTC 2011 Science and technology studies (STS) is the study of how social, political, and cultural values affect scientific research and technological innovation, and how these in turn affect society, politics, and culture.

What's the function of "studies"? Isn't it a plural form? Why is it followed by "is"? What's the meaning of "studies" here?

BTW, can "science and technology" be one word, which can be considered as singular?
In the following sentences, which one is right?
1. Science and technology are developing rapidly.
2 Science and technology in China is developing rapidly.

Thank you in advance!

Posted at Sat Jul 30 09:33:50 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1033305 http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1033305 Rachel Q Sat Jul 30 09:33:50 UTC 2011 If my hometown is Beijing or Shanghai, can I say Beijingnese/Shanghainese? or Beijingner/Shanghainer?
Are there other more appropriate expressions?

Posted at Sat Jul 30 02:52:03 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1032977 http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1032977 Rachel Q Sat Jul 30 02:52:03 UTC 2011
1. Well-known expressions:
How are you ? 怎么是你？（Why is it you?）
How old are you? 怎么老是你？ (Why is it always you?)
You ask me，me ask who？ 你问我，我问谁 (I don't know either.)
Good good study, day day up. 好好学习，天天向上 (Study hard and well, make progress everyday.)
Know is know, noknow is noknow. 知之为知之，不知为不知 (to be honest about who you are.)
Where where！哪里哪里 （A modest way in response to praises.）

2. A discription of a car accident:
One car come,one car go,two car pengpeng, one car die!
一辆车来，一辆车往，两车碰碰，一辆碰坏。（Pengpeng: sound of the collision）

2. You have seed. I will give you some color to see see. Brothers！Together up!
你有种，我要给你点颜色瞧瞧，兄弟们，一起上！
(You have the guts, I'll beat you. Brothers, let's beat him together!)
If you want money,I have none; if you want life,I have one!
要钱没有，要命一条 (You can kill me, I still won't give you money.)
We two who and who? 咱俩谁跟谁？(We two are in extremely good relationship, and we share everything with each other.)
As far as you go to die. 有多远，死多远 ( Fuck off as far as you can, 死means go away here.)
Go past, no mistake past. 走过路过，不要错过 （Passing by, you should not miss my products.）

3. Idioms/成语
people moumtain people sea 人山人海 （too many people）
Horse horse tiger tiger. 马马虎虎 (just so so)
Heart flower angry open. 心花怒放 (greatly happy)
No three no four. 不三不四 (shady/dubious characters; bad company; bad friends)

Dragon born dragon, chicken born chicken, mouse"s son can make hole!
龙生龙，凤生凤，老鼠的儿子会打洞！(Gene determines who you are.)

4. Food：
Chickens That Did Not Have Sexual Experience ----童子鸡
Four Glad Meatballs 直译：四个开心的肉球 ----四喜丸子

Thank you for reading! ^^

Posted at Fri Jul 29 13:21:29 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1032256 http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1032256 Rachel Q Fri Jul 29 13:21:29 UTC 2011 This time I will introduce three words：Niubility, Zhuangbility, Shability.
As 逼 in 牛逼，装逼，and 傻逼 is not polite, I will use "B"(similar pronunciation) to replace it hereafter. (Others may use “× 叉 cha”，like 牛叉or 牛×)

Niu: 牛cow-great,awesome,very capable; zhuang-装pretend to be great；sha-傻fool
Can you guess what this sentence means?
Many people think they are full of niubility, and would like to play zhuangbility, which only reflects their shability.

1. Niubility, often spelled as newbility, is a Chinglish noun describing formidability, incredibility or awesomeness. It derived from the Mandarin Chinese vulgar term "niubi/newby"(牛B) which literally translates to cattle's cunt or cow's pussy.

There is no newbiest, only newbier. 没有最牛B，只有更牛B。(There is no greatest, but greater, greater than the once greatest).

2. 装B--Zhuangbility: also known as drunbility ("drun" has the similar pronunciation with 装, meaning to boast, to pretend to be great)
The popular expression: 莫装B，装B遭雷劈。(雷lei：thunder; 劈pi:strike)
Translations: (Don't pretend to be great and show off, or you will be striken by the thunder！)
Funny translations:
1. Don't zhuangbi(drunbi), zhuangbility leads to leipility.
2. Mr.Mo莫（meaning "don't"） pretended to be Mr.B,but he was pied(劈be stroken) by Miss Lei(雷thunder).

3. 傻B--shabi，shability--fool.

Summary:
The zhuangbility is the willing to be niubility, which only turns out to be shability.

Thanks for reading ^^!

PS: Another popular Chiglish--> Oh My Lady Gaga = Oh My God!


Posted at Fri Jul 29 12:39:12 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1032182 http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1032182 Rachel Q Fri Jul 29 12:39:12 UTC 2011
I always write long entries, which seems not so considerate of my friends who need to be very patient to correct them. This time, I will shorten it down. And I'm gonna introduce some popular coined English words by Chinese netizens.

First of all, let's talk about "smilence"! It is a combination of smile & silence. It means to smile silently, in Chinese--笑(smile)而不语(while not talk).
笑而不语 is often used when netizens reply to the poster to express their unwillingness to say anything.
It implys different feelings:
1. I'm clear about the topic, I have the answer, I just don't want to tell you. It can be either approval or disapproval.
2. I appreciate it with smile.
3、I don't agree, but I also don't want to disappoint you. So it's better to keep it to my own.
4、I just don't know what to say.

For more chances, smilence has sarcastic meanings, intending jokes.
Some popular sentences that contains 笑而不语:
抚摸楼主狗头,哥/姐 笑而不语。(Caressing your(the poster's) doggy head, I smile, but I'm not gonna tell you anything. 哥&姐 refer to me, myself.)

--中国真和谐。（China is "harmonious".） ---Oh! Smilence! (You know what I mean.)

Soon after 笑而不语 became popular in BBS, netizens made up “smilence”, which was spread rapidly later on.


There are other coined words:

togayther=together+gay=终成眷属 (After fighting for so long, gays finally get together with each other.)

Innernet=inner + internet=互联网 (As Chinese netizens can't access many websites abroad, like twitter, facebook, and youtube, the Chinese Internet is just like innernet.)

don’train=don’t+train=动车(dong che) (动力火车 high-speed train, which got an accident recently in Wenzhou.)

Democrazy=democracy + crazy=痴心妄想 (Illusion, something that can never come true. It's so crazy to have democracy in China. It's merely an illusion.)

Freedamn=freedom + damn=自由 (As China is so "harmonious", damn the "freedom".)

carass=caress+ass 轻拂 菊花 (菊花chrysanthemum is a gay word for ……. You know~ They look alike. Smilence, just imagine.)
BTW, can you guess what 轻拂菊花，笑而不语 mean? It's also popular, but……（low & dirty).

Ok, stop for now. I tried to shorten it down, but still typed way too much.
I'll continue in my next entry.

Thank you for reading! O(∩_∩)O~

Posted at Fri Jul 29 08:30:28 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1031934 http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1031934 Rachel Q Fri Jul 29 08:30:28 UTC 2011 13 minutes after the collision, the first Weibo (like twitter) message was sent out. It said: Help! Train D301 has derailed, the car is filled with cries of children. Help! Immediately after this weibo, hundreds of thousands of people followed and distributed it, a rescue both online and offline quickly started.
Numerous people from all directions gathered and stayed up the whole night and day to save lives. The nearby villagers had rescued more than hundreds of people.
Those who had been rescued came back to the train to help other trapped people.
At the moment of rescue, they didn’t run off in all directions, each carried one people or two beside them and struggled out orderly.
All kinds of cars were used to transport the wounded. And some other residents drove their helicopters to transport and aero photograph.
It was this unprofessional rescue team that saved so many lives at the earliest time.
On 23, the whole city had a restless night.
Half an hour after the first wounded arrived, more than 200 paramedics and 30 experts gathered at 8 different hospitals. 2 hours later, a medical team from Hangzhou arrived.
As more and more wounded were transported, the blood banks were out of blood. 10 minutes after this news broadcast, the local residents, volunteers arrived at the blood center immediately. The donating queue even backed up the traffic around the center. As there are too many donators while not enough workers, many of them queued up for the whole night until they donated blood.
As many wounded are non-Wenzhounese, they lack accompanies from family members. A few hours later, more than 10 volunteer organizations arrived, with 1000 volunteers more.
Hours after the rescuers had been told to stop searching for survivors and had begun cutting apart the wrecked carriages, a 2-year-old girl was found alive in the wreckage. Her parents died in the accident. Calls for father continually came out from the emergency room. After she opened her eyes, taking the nurse as her mother, she said: “ I thought you had left me……”. It is her father’s student who is providing volunteer work for her.
On 25, the classmates of a victim lit Kongming lanterns for her. Thousands of Wenzhou residents came to the Wenzhou Century Square, lit candles and released (放飞？) Kongming lanterns, praying for all the victims and the wounded.

Peace to all! And roses all the way!

Pray for Wenzhou, she is my hometown, I love her. I hope she can recover soon.

Thank you for reading!

Posted at Wed Jul 27 03:19:46 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1028870 http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1028870 Rachel Q Wed Jul 27 03:19:46 UTC 2011 My English is advanced I think. I can speak fluent English, and my pronunciation is good. Well then, it also depends on your judgement.
I can write beautiful Enligsh (I feel embarassed to praise myself here in front of you native speakers, who may find lots of mistakes in my entry. But when you are having an interview, you definitely would praise yourself, right? BTW, it's one of my virtues to be narcissistic. hahaha\(^o^)/~). I occasionally translate for the International Department of my university. And I helped perfect my linguistic teacher's papers. This year, I've been awarded one of the best graduates in Beijing, and my thesis is among one of the best theses in my University. So, I'm fully capable of good English writing and speaking.
As for a teacher, I am extremely patient and nice. I'm easy-going and very good tempered. I can explain one thing over and over again, and hardly get annoyed. I love children, I love laughing, I'm talktive, so I can always get along with the students well.
Then, I'm very logic, I'd like to have the lessons to be very systematic.
As I've self-studied general psychology, educational and cognitive psychology, and psycholinguistics, I've come up with lots of amazing language learning strategies. I used to be very bad at English(which often got the lowest scores among all my subjects when I was in high school). But now, by these strategies, I've made great progress. With the software I applied, I could remember 500-600 words a day.
I'm a very quick learner, I can pick up something brand new within one or two days. For example, in order to help my linguistic teacher draw a dialect tonal map of China, I had to use Arcgis, which I'd never come across before. I studied it for one day, and finally came out with an excellent result, which is even better than the work of an Arcgis(geographic information system) major.
I'm strong in office and photoshop. And I'm completely at home with the language learning softwares and the online materials.

I think I'm the perfect choice for an English teacher.
Thank you for your time! O(∩_∩)O~

Posted at Tue Jul 26 03:46:54 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1027460 http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1027460 Rachel Q Tue Jul 26 03:46:54 UTC 2011 Coexisting in the East Asia Cultural Circle, China, Japan and South Korea are determined to promote mutual understand and trust among one another and forging the cultural basis for the East Asia Community and deepen the cooperation within the East Asia Region, which, obviously, has significant and far-reaching impact on a harmonious world. Chinese, Japanese and South Korean governments are jointly launching the CAMPUS Asia Pilot Program to strengthen cooperation and exchange in education. Hence, Kyushu University （Japan），Kyungpook National University （South Korea），Nanjing Agricultural University (China) and China Agricultural University (China) participate into the program.
研究背景
中日韩三国共处东亚文化圈，促进和加深三国间的相互理解与信任，探求东亚共同体形成的文化基盘，推动东亚区域合作的深入发展，对建立和谐世界具有深远和重要的意义。为了进一步推动中日韩三国在教育领域的深化合作与交流，三国政府特设立“亚洲校园”项目。参与四所高校分别为日本九州大学、韩国庆北大学、中国南京农业大学和中国农业大学。

Project objective
The project is aimed at active collaboration among universities of three countries and better understanding of students as well as improved university competitiveness and outstanding talents of new generation through various exchange programs.
研究目标
通过各种形式的教育交流项目，提升三国高等教育交流和合作的范围与质量，增强学校竞争力，培养下一代杰出人才，最终促进东亚教育一体化。

Academic field
On the basis of already existing cooperation and the principle of mutual benefit and equality-based communication, the four universities is planning to carry out concrete student exchange programs in the five fields of agronomy, agricultural engineering, food science, rural economy and rural development.
学术领域
在原有合作关系的基础上，本着互惠互利、平等交流的原则，在农学、农业工程、食品科学、农业经济管理与农村发展五个领域开展实质性的学生交流合作。

Number of exchange students
The total number of exchange students for each year is suggested to be 40. Respectively, each of the four universities accepts 10, among whom 60% should be undergraduates and 40% graduates. The undergraduate exchange program is conducted in two forms: short term study (1-2 months) and course study (6 months). The graduate exchange program is also conducted in two forms: short term study (3 months) and academic collaboration (12 months).
学生数量
每年交换学生人数控制在约40名左右，参与项目的中日韩四所高校各接收10名交换学生。交换学生中60%为本科生，40%为研究生。本科生交流形式包括短期游学（1-2个月）和课程学习（6个月）两种形式；研究生交流形式包括短期学习（3个月）和科研合作交流（12个月）。

degree to be conferred
It is the responsibility of the sending university to award degree for the exchange students. The hosting university is exempt from degree awarding.
所授学位
交流学生由派出单位授予学位，交流单位无需授予学位。

Expected outcomes
(1) 40 exchange students annually will significantly improve the number of exchange students of three countries to help more students to experience different cultures, cultivate international perspective and better their understanding of different cultures.
(2) Based on student exchange, the faculties of three countries can strengthen communication and collaboration in both education and research to improve research output quality.
(3) Communication and collaboration among the four universities will help to establish the stage for the international exchange and in turn advance the level of internationalization of four universities.
预期成果
（1） 每年40名中日韩交换学生，显著增加了各国学生交流数量，更多学生感受异国文化，培养国际化视角，促进学生对各国文化的认知和理解。
（2） 依托于学生交流，三国高校教师间的交流与合作，进一步加强彼此之间的教育和科研合作，提升科研产出质量。
（3） 通过中日韩四所大学的交流和合作，搭建国际化交流平台，提升四所高校的国际化水平。


Posted at Mon Jul 18 16:13:02 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1017553 http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1017553 Rachel Q Mon Jul 18 16:13:02 UTC 2011 日本九州大学、韩国庆北大学、中国南京农业大学、中国农业大学四校学生交流项目
The CAMPUS Asia Pilot Program for China, Japan, and Korea—
Student exchange program by Kyushu University, Kyungpook National University, Nanjing Agricultural University & China Agricultural University

交流领域：农学、农业工程、食品科学、农业经济与农村发展
Specific Field of Exchange: Agronomy, Agricultural Engineering, Food Science, Agricultural Economics and Rural Development

2011:
初步建立项目协调小组与管理机制，进行互访，确定工作计划（包括交换学生遴选办法、交换学生在接受高校的餐饮住宿等事宜、交换学生在接受高校的课程学习与学分互认等事宜），签订相关协议。

Establishing the preliminary Program Coordination Team and Management Mechanisms, we will have exchange visits, work plans for the exchange students (include the selections of the exchange students, other matters like their accommodations and caterings in the target university, courses they will receive and mutual recognitions of the credits), and then sign the related agreements.

2012: 参与高校接受来自其他国家的交换学生各10名，根据访学计划，安排学生的生活和学习事宜，同时安排辅导员及时了解学生动态，帮助学生克服困难，尽早适应在当地的学习生活。
Participating universities will receive 10 exchange students each from the other countries. And according to the visiting plans, the target schools will make arrangements for the livings and studies of the students, make sure that the counselors will keep abreast of their conditions, help them solve the problems and adapt to the local lives as soon as possible.

进行项目中期评估，适时调整和完善相关工作。
Make mid-term assessments, adjust and perfect the work in time.

2015:
进行项目工作总结，对项目产出进行评估，召开项目经验交流会，总结成功的、可推广的经验，便于未来“亚洲校园”项目的正式实施和推广。
Make a summary of this program, and then carry out assessments of outputs, hold experience exchange meetings, sum up the experience that is successful and can be applied extensively, so as to facilitate the future implementation and extension of the “Campus Asia Program".

Thank you in advance for reading and correcting!

Posted at Mon Jul 18 15:54:41 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1017534 http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/1017534 Rachel Q Mon Jul 18 15:54:41 UTC 2011 【Just for your information, in general Chinese have a word to insult every other races with the word 「鬼」 in there. Not just only Japanese. (^o^)
For example:
Westerner = 洋鬼
Japanese　＝ 日本鬼
African = 黒鬼
Malay = 馬来鬼 etc.
Basically there will be a term for every race you could think of. So try not to take it personally. How do I know? I'm a 華僑... 】

He is right, and I explained the 鬼子 thing further more, the following is what I had wrote:
【We seldom use these words nowadays, except for some funny effects. 洋鬼子，日本鬼子，黑鬼，(I never heard of 马来鬼 before)etc. were used in the late 19th and early 20th century when China was invaded by the Westerners and Japanese, and was called "the sick man of east Asia东亚病夫". At that time, the Chinese cannot even make a living, how can they not hate those who brought their lives into such conditions. So it can be understood to add 鬼子 after other races.

As for 日本鬼子：
In Ming dynasty, Chinese called those Japanese who had invaded the east coast of China “倭寇”, later in the Qing dynasty before "Sino-Japan War" in 1895, Japanese asked the Chinese mission about the second line of the couplet.

The first line is written by Japanese:
骑奇马，张长弓，琴瑟琵琶，八大王，并肩居头上，单戈独战！(denoting that Japanese were strong enough to conquer China)

Then the Chinese mission answered:
倭委人，袭龙衣，魑魅魍魉，四小鬼，屈膝跪身旁，合手擒拿！(vice versa: China was greater than Japanese)
After this couplet, Chinese began to call Japanese 日本鬼子。

洋鬼子 is probably due to Chinese people's misunderstanding toward the westerners. Because they had been taught that they were in the center of the world, anything diferent from them were considered weird. You know that the westerners look so much different from Chinese, they had never imagined that a person could look like this, so they connect them with the ghosts. 】

After my above message, another people came and wrote:

【Hi all, personally, I find the terms 外国人 and 老外 more insulting than ___鬼 words like 鬼佬，etc.

The reason for this is that, regarding 鬼 words, everyone throughout history has called each other names and I can accept that as human nature.

But I find 外国人 and 老外 particularly insulting, especially when spoken by Chinese migrants about Westerners in Australia where I was born. This is because it implies that they somehow have more of a right to be here than I do. And that makes annoys me intensely. I don't go to China and start calling people there "foreigners", so I don't appreciate it when they come to Australia and call me words which imply that Australia is an extension of the middle kingdom and I've somehow become a foreigner in my own land.

In fact, in my whole time on lang-8 I've consistently blocked anyone who refers to Westerners as foreigners. If it's based on nationality, then it's a useful term, for example, if we refer to all visitors to Japan or China as foreigners, regardless of their skin colour, it has its purpose and I find that acceptable. But to say the following is plain stupid: "The other day I went to Akihabara and there were many Chinese and Koreans. There were also many foreigners there so I got a chance to practice my English." This is discriminatory, because it shows an attitude that Westerners are foreigners, and one needn't refer to them using their own country names, but the Chinese and Koreans should be referred to by their country names. In this instance "foreigner" ceases to be a useful term and becomes confusing - and insulting.

When I object to Chinese people calling me a foreigner, Josefさん's words, above, are often the response: "no, no.. it is not disrespectul for a chinese to call ...[Westerners foreigners].... because... we have been calling them that for a long time." It's like saying it's acceptable to call women chicks and sheilas (the latter an old Australian expression) simply because many people do. It's just plain wrong!! 】

Then I tried to explain the situation of using 外国人 by some Chinese(which might be unappropriate). The following is my response:
【hey，sorry if it hurts you when any Chinese call you a foreigner in your own counry. I can understand you, but as a Chinese I know that many Chinese would say so while unaware of you people's feelings.

However, I think it's not insulting at all. Because they are not insinuating that they are the owners of your country and you are foreigners. As I did research on English and Chinese languages, I know that the language influence the way we think, and that English speakers and Chinese speakers are apparently adopting different cognitive models. English speakers tend to refer to the ego when thinking, while a Chinese may refer to the static outside world.
So in this case when Chinese migrants call Westerners 外国人or 老外 in Australia，they are refering to their motherland--China (as in their cognitive mind the world is static, so they still take themselves living in China in the subconscious mind, even though they were then in Australia)--Therefor, you are a foreigner to the Chinese no matter you are in Australia or China.

Before you pointed out, I never awared of the term-外国人 to be insulting. If I have a chance to go abroad, I would be careful about using this word, and tell my friends about your opinions.
But please try to understand us on the other hand.

Most Chinese people like foreigners, so the expression of 外国人in China is adoring rather than insulting. 】

After this message, he immediately blocked me, despite that we had just thanked each other for comments on some other entries. I can't enter his page, read his entris, one of which I had commented not long ago. So we are no more friends.

Here is his response to my former message:
【"However, I think it's not insulting at all." Rachel Q, it definitely is insulting. As far as I'm concerned, the motive and intentions of the speaker has very little to do with it.

I could say "You are a fool" and then say "I was only joking", or "I had no evil intention". But you have the final say whether what I have said is derogatory or not.

I hate it when people try to justify the use of 外国人 and 老外. Ιt can never be justified. You are one of many people who have parrotted the same nonsense over and over. Before your above message I had a much higher opinion of you.

"So in this case when Chinese migrants call Westerners 外国人or 老外 in Australia，they are refering to their motherland--China" I disagree with you. They are referring to me. And I reserve the right to be called whatever I want.

It is always best to refer to people in the way they introduce themselves.

For example, a person says the following:

Hi, I'm Sally. I'm from America.

This immediately tells us two things. She doesn't mind if we call her Sally; she also doesn't mind if we call her American. We now have two alternatives to the word "foreigner", which is great!

Of course, someone may introduce him/herself in the following way:

Hi, I'm David. I'm a foreigner.

Then we definitely know, again, he'd like us to call him "David", and he wants us to refer to him as a foreigner.

The interesting thing in all of this is that, in my experience, I've met far more people who introduce themselves in the way that Sally did, than the way David did.

I notice on your own profile, Rachel Q, you introduce yourself as "Chinese", not as a "foreigner". I've got some pathetic Chinese learning materials, written by Chinese people, with imagined Westerners introducing themselves as "我是外国人". Why don't you introduce yourself as "foreigner" on your profile for a little while and see how you feel about it...does it or doesn't it suit your identity? 】

However I wasn't aware that I had been unfriended at that time and responded:

【Actually long before, I had read your debate with another American on this topic, it's rather long, and apparently didn't draw any affirmative result. So I'd rather not to repeat this process here again.
But after that time, I think I've been much more sensitive on using "foreigner" whether I agree with you or not. At least, I don't want to hurt others' feelings. And I tried my best to explain it politely in my above comment. See, I'm not debating, it's just an explanation of the situation that Chinese sometimes call westerners "foreigners" even if it's on the western land.
OK, I will keep your suggestion in mind, and I won't say "foreigners" as other Chinese may do. But may I suggest you to calm down next time when you hear similar expressions and politely tell them(especially those who can't speak good English) not to say so? I think they will accept it if you point out.

>>I've got some pathetic Chinese learning materials, written by Chinese people, with imagined Westerners introducing themselves as "我是外国人".
I feel sorry about your Chinese textbook, I don't like it either. The editors must be some very old, out-dated people and maybe not good at English, they cannot think in the English way.

>>Why don't you introduce yourself as "foreigner" on your profile for a little while and see how you feel about it...does it or doesn't it suit your identity?
It's silly, I don't know what to say~~

When others call you foreiner, please tell them your feelings, or just keep a blind eye(I guess you won't like this). What's more, you can even fight with them. Do whatever you want. I won't debate with you, and I will accept your suggestions.

Peace,
Rachel(*^__^*) …… 】

Then, I realized that I had already been unfriended~%>_<%~ And so far, he hasn't responded to my post.
I felt so low that I couldn't do anything else. Of course he has the right to do so. But it really hurt. For so many years I has always been praised for being nice, friendly, etc. It was the first time~~~
Isn't it a little bit mean? (I don't know whether he can see this entry, I hope not.)

I'm lazy, and I do not often write entries. But I feel sorry for writting such a long one. I don't want to trouble you. It might have already taken you a lot of time to read, so please feel all right not to correct it for me. I'm here just to ask your feelings on this dialogue. If I misunderstood or that I was wrong, please let me know. Tell me where I had done inappropriately. I can change. But if I was right, please sooth me, please give me a few words of comfort. I need it.

Posted at Thu Jun 09 16:31:30 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/964761 http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/964761 Rachel Q Thu Jun 09 16:31:30 UTC 2011 　　领导：“你这是什么意思？”
　　A君：“没什么意思，意思意思。”
　　领导：“你这就不够意思了。”
　　A君：“小意思，小意思。”
　　领导：“你这人真有意思。”
　　A君：“其实也没有别的意思。”
　　领导：“那我就不好意思了。”
　　A君：“是我不好意思。”

I read it on the Internet, and thought it would be interesting, so I copied it here. Hope you can enjoy it.
这是我在网上看到的，觉得很有意思，就转过来了。

この問題はインターネトで見ました。面白いと思い，コピーしました。

The following is my translation, in case that you may not understand.

A君给领导送红包时，两人的对话颇有意思。
When "A" gave a red envelope (the gift)to the leader(or executive, administrator, supervisor, head, etc.),the conversation turned out to be quite interesting.

　领导：“你这是什么意思？”
Leader: What do you mean by this?
　
A君：“没什么意思，意思意思。”
A : It is a trifle gift (or literally: it's nothing /it's not a big deal) , but I hope you will accept it as a small token of my gratitude.

领导：“你这就不够意思了。”
Leader (complains): It's not good.(You shouldn't do that埋怨别人不应该，不好)

A君：“小意思，小意思。”
A : A mere trifle. (Just a small gift, the repetition of 小意思means stress)

领导：“你这人真有意思。”
Leader: You're truly interesting. (You really mean something)

A君：“其实也没有别的意思。”
A : Gift is just gift, I don't mean anything else.

领导：“那我就不好意思了。”
Leader: Then, I feel really bashful in accepting it.

A君：“是我不好意思。”
A : It is me who should feel embarrassed.

如有不对之处请指正。If there are any mistake, please correct it.
何か間違いがあって，直してください。　ありがとうございます。O(∩_∩)O~

Posted at Sat Apr 30 10:21:45 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/909723 http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/909723 Rachel Q Sat Apr 30 10:21:45 UTC 2011
それから，“李さんや馬さんもいろいろと探してくれています”の“と”はどの意味ですか？

まだなんですとそうなんですか。What does なんですmean? I can understand んです，but what is the function of な　in this sentence. And could you explain it in English and Japanese? Chinese would also be welcome. And could you give more examples of なんです.Sorry that my Japanese is poor.

If there are any mistake above, please help me correct it, thank you!(*^__^*) ……

Posted at Wed Apr 27 12:14:10 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/905990 http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/905990 Rachel Q Wed Apr 27 12:14:10 UTC 2011 modularity: 
Component system----module
Phonetics is about the production and interpretation of sounds.
Phonology studies the organization of raw phonetics in language in general and in individual languages in particular.
Domain of morphology---the study of structure within words (syntax) and of sentences
Lexicon---- interacting with these modules
Semantics----the detailed analysis of literal meaning
Discourse----organization of language

productivity:
Bona fide word---be formed according to morphological and phonological rules.
Language can systematically combine the minimal units of meaning (morpheme) into novel words.
Sentences can become indefinitely long

At first i consider it a chicken-and-egg problem. You can't learn the language until you know the words. But you can't distinguish the words until you know the language. but later, i prefer to word.
reasons:
1. we often heard children say enthusiasticly that they learn a word, but rarely a sentence in China.
2. the structure, rules and grammer of the sentences can be considered finite, have a given quantity, the children have already learnt it in an early age. but as for words, they are infinite, even if you are 100 years old, there are marvelous words for you to gain.
3.though in terms of productivity, the length of a sentence can be infinite, the rules are given, so however different this sentence is, it seems like a sentence without much efort to understand if you know the words.

i do not understand modularity and productivity very well, could you expain them and help me to analyse the theme, thanks a lot.


Posted at Mon Oct 12 07:19:13 UTC 2009
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/256764 http://www.lang-8.com/81181/journals/256764 Rachel Q Mon Oct 12 07:19:13 UTC 2009