最近我的老婆经常看《武林外传》，觉得很有趣。她还说女主角讲的陕西普通话很性感。我听得出有口音，但我听不出什么“性感”。这样的问题好像是native speaker语感的领域。
你们说，陕西话到底有什么性感呢？…
10
Feb
2007
2007
How China Destroys Your English
I’ve been living in China a while now… long enough to observe the long-term deterioration of my own native language abilities, as well as those of my fellow English speakers. This deterioration can take different forms, one of which is a general decay of one’s vocabulary. Although it is a very real phenomenon (the other day I used “export” when I meant to use “deport,” which is really kind of pathetic), this kind of loss of mastery is due to …
07
Feb
2007
2007
144 Days Outside the Law
I recently took a look at my passport and discovered that my student visa was expired. Long expired. It had expired on September 15th, 2006.
As you can imagine, I kind of freaked out a little at first. My wife is here. My home is here. My job is here. What if they bust in and drag me away, kicking and screaming, for my egregious visa overstay? Seemed plausible.
I was kinda pissed at East China Normal University. They handle …
05
Feb
2007
2007
How the Fruit Vendors Cheat You
A while back I noticed a cool food blog called LikeaLocal.cn when it went up on the China Blog List. I checked it out again recently, and it seems to have really taken off. It’s a great source for: (1) cheap food locations (in Shanghai), (2) cheap food order recommendations, (3) the Chinese needed to put in those orders (street food vendors don’t tend to be fluent in English).
I especially enjoyed an entry misleadingly titled Strawberries. I …
04
Feb
2007
2007
一月份活动报告
一月份我连一次都没有写博克，所以我向大家汇报我一月份的活动：
- 完成了应用语言学硕士课程的第三个学期
- 离开租了两年的公寓，搬到了新家
- 6号感冒了，整个一月份都没有好（都怪上海的臭气候）
- 买了新的电脑，硬盘为320GB（终于可以拼命的下载BT咯！）
谢谢大家的耐心。二月份我会多写的。…
02
Feb
2007
2007
Mental Ruts of a Financial Nature
Humans are such creatures of habit. Take, for example, the matter of salary. In the States it’s always a yearly figure. I have a good idea of how an American can live in $50k a year, or $75k a year, or $100k a year, etc. Likewise, salaries in China are always given per month. I have a good idea what it means to live in China on RMB 1k per month, RMB 5k per month, RMB 10k per month, etc. …
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