Archive for October, 2010

Learn Chinese Class – 无害的蚂蚁 – Chinese Reading

Thursday, October 28th, 2010

无害的蚂蚁

A medical student doing a rotation in toxicology at a poison control center told this story to his local newspaper. “Today, this woman called in very upset because she caught her little daughter eating ants. I quickly reassured her that the ants are not harmful and there would be no need to bring her daughter into the hospital. She calmed down, and at the end of the conversation happened to mention that she gave her daughter some ant poison to eat in order to kill the ants. I told her that she better bring her daughter into the Emergency Room right away.”

一名在毒控中心暂时从事毒理学研究的医科学生向当地一家报纸讲述了下面这个故事。

“今天,一个女人非常焦急地打来电话,因为她发现她的小女儿在吃蚂蚁。我便马上安慰她说,蚂蚁是无害的,因而没有必要把她的女儿送到医院来。她平静了下来,在要结束通话的时候,她顺带提到她给女儿服用了一些灭蚁药以便杀死那些蚂蚁。我对她说,那她最好立即把她女儿送到急诊室来。”

Learn Chinese online – 志在四方【zhì zài sì fāng】 – Chinese Charactor

Thursday, October 28th, 2010

Introduction:

“Si fang”in “zhi zai sifang”refers to all corners of the world. This set phrase is used as a metaphor for lofty ideals.

Text:

志在四方【zhì zài sì fāng】

This set phrase is used as a metaphor for lofty ideals.

hǎo nán ér jiù yīng gāi zhì zài sì fāng 。

好 男 儿 就  应 该 志 在 四 方 。

A great man should have lofty ideals.

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Chinese Conversation – Taking too long of a break 休息时间过长 – Learn Mandarin online

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010

Taking too long of a break
A: Greg. I want to speak to you for a minute.
B: Yes. Ms. Gray. Is there something wrong?
A: I’m afraid there is, Greg. I don’t mind you taking a break. But you’ve been away from your desk for twenty-five minutes already.
B: I’m sorry, Ms. Gray. I must have lost track of the time. I’ll get back to work, now.

休息时间过长
A:克雷格,我要和你说两句话。
B:什么事?格雷女士,出问题了吗?
A:恐怕是的,克格雷。我不反对你休息一会,可你离开你的办公桌已经有25分钟了。
B:抱歉,格雷女士。我一定是忘记钟点了。我马上就回去干活。