Archive for April 4th, 2009

Chinese Character – cousin (elder daughter of one’s aunt or uncle (mother side)):表姐

Saturday, April 4th, 2009

cousin (elder daughter of one’s aunt or uncle (mother side)):

Chinese Pinyin: biao3 jie3

(Source: about.com)

Chinese Conversation – lesson 401

Saturday, April 4th, 2009

一个男士端着一盘素菜在夜市的餐桌坐下
葛蓝:你没有点这里的牛肉,对吧?
珊卓:呃,其实我有。而且味道很棒。我真喜欢夜市的食物。
葛蓝:你最近显然没有看新闻。你知道吗——那些关于重组牛肉的报导?
珊卓:呃,没有……你能跟我从头说起吗?
葛蓝:嗯,似乎有许多地方在卖重组过的牛肉。
珊卓:这只表示他们把许多小块肉拿来凑在一起吗?

A man sits down with a vegetarian dish at a night market table
Glen: You didn’t order the beef here, did you?
Sandra: Well, actually I did. And it tastes lovely. I really like night market food.
Glen: You obviously haven’t been watching the news lately. You know–the stories on restructured beef?
Sandra: Uh, no…could you fill me in?
Glen: Well, it seems that lots of places are selling beef that has been restructured.
Sandra: Does that just mean they take a lot of little bits of meat and mix them together?

(Source: wwenglish.com)