St Peter's question 圣彼德的问题

Three men, a doctor, an accountant and a lawyer are dead and they appear in front of St Peter. St Peter tells them that they have to answer one question in order to get to Heaven. He looks at the doctor and asks, "There was a movie that was made about a ship that sank after hitting an iceberg, what was its name?" The doctor answers, "The Titanic" and he is sent through. He then looks at the accountant and say, "How many people died in that ship?" Fortunately the accountant had just watched the movie and he answers, "1 500!". St Peter sends him through and then finally turns to the lawyer and commands, in a very heavy voice, "Name them!". 　　有三个人死了，分别是一名医生、一名会计和一名律师。他们来到了圣彼德面前。圣彼德对他们说，如果他们想进入天堂，就得每人回答一个问题。圣彼德看着医生开始发问，“以前电影院放过一部电影，说的是一艘船撞击冰山后沉没，电影的名字是什么？”　医生回答，“＜＜泰坦尼克号＞＞”，医生随即被允许进入天堂。然后圣彼德看着会计说，“船上有多少人遇难？”。会计很走运，因为他刚看过这部电影，回答道，“1500人遇难。”圣彼德把会计也放进天堂了。最后，圣彼德转过身，看着律师，非常严肃地用命令的口吻问道，“把1500人的名字都说出来？”
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Blind Date相亲

After being with her all evening, the man couldn't take another minute with his blind date. Earlier, he had secretly arranged to have a friend call him to the phone so he would have an excuse to leave.When he returned to the table, he lowered his eyes, put on a grim expression and said, "I have some bad news. My grandfather just died.""Thank heavens," his date replied. "If yours hadn't, mine would have had to!"和相亲对象呆了一晚上后，男人再也受不了了。他事先安排了个朋友给他打电话，这样他就能借故先离开了。当他回到桌边，他垂下眼睛，装出一副阴沉的表情，说：“有个不幸的消息，我的祖父刚刚去世了。”“谢天谢地！”他的约会对象说，“如果你的祖父不死，我的祖父就得死了！”
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The Mean Man's Party吝啬鬼的聚会

The notorious cheap skate finally decided to have a party. Explaining to a friend how to find his apartment, he said, "Come up to the fifth floor and ring the doorbell with your elbow. When the door open, push with your foot."　　"Why use my elbow and foot?"　　"Well, gosh," was the reply, "You're not coming empty-handed, are you?"　　一个声名狼藉的小气鬼终于决定要请一次客了。他在向一个朋友解释怎么找到他家时说：“你上到五楼，用你的胳膊肘按门铃。门开了后，再用你的脚把门推开。”　　“为什么我要用我的肘和脚呢？”　　“天哪！” 吝啬鬼回答，“你总不会空着手来吧？”
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Making His Mark刻舟求剑

A man from the state of Chu was crossing a river. In the boat, his sword fell into the water. Immediately he made a mark on the boat. 　　"This is where my sword fell off," he said. 　　When the boat stopped moving, he went into the water to look for his sword at the place where he had marked the boat. 　　The boat had moved but the sword had not. Is this not a very foolish way to look for a sword?
战国时，楚国有个人坐船渡江。船到江心，他一不小心。把随身携带的一把宝剑掉落江中。他马上掏出一把小刀，在船舷上刻上一个记号，说：“这是我宝剑落水的地方，所以我要刻上一个记号。”
船靠岸后，那楚人立即从船上刻记号的地方跳下水去捞取掉落的宝剑。捞了半天，仍不见宝剑的影子。其实他又怎么找得到宝剑呢？船继续行驶，而宝剑却不会再移动。像他这样去找剑，真是太愚蠢可笑了。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/nihaoyou will find a surprise.

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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.

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]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 ！

“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.
秘书告诉经理：您下午四点有会要开。
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