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二十国峰会难以实现宏伟目标: The G20 summit meeting unlikely to deliver on any big goals
二十国: G20
峰会[-會] fēnghuì p.w. summit meeting
难以[難-] nányǐ* v.p. be difficult to | Zhè ³xiàng rènwu liǎng tiān zhīnèi ∼ wánchéng. It's very hard to finish this task in two days.
实现[實現] ¹shíxiàn* v. realize; achieve; bring about | Kēxuéjiā yǐjing ∼le dòngwù de fùzhì. Scientists have already succeeded in cloning animals.
宏伟[-偉] hóngwěi s.v. magnificent; grand
目标[-標] mùbiāo* n. objective; target; goal
Monday, March 30, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Weather 天气
I was speaking to a helper today. Central heating has stopped heating room all over in China and all of a sudden it is very cold in Beijing and everyone is complaining. Heating in the country everywhere is centrally provided from the beginning of November till the end of the winter.
暖气[-氣] nuǎnqì n. central heating | ¹Wū li yǒu ∼. The room is centrally heated.
空调[-調] kōngtiáo n. ①〈PRC〉 air-conditioner; air-conditioning ②〈slang〉 empty promise/pledge
天气[-氣] tiānqì* n. weather | Bùguǎn ∼ rúhé, wǒmen dōu yào chūfā. We''ll set out regardless of the weather.
冷 [lěng] cold; 冷静 lěngjìng calm
冷 lěng* s.v. ①cold | Zuówǎn tiānqì hěn ∼. It was bitterly cold last night. ②frosty (in manner) ③〈topo.〉 cool ◆b.f. ①unfrequented; deserted; out-of-the-way lěngpì ②strange; rare ③shot from hiding lěngqiāng ◆n. Surname
暖气[-氣] nuǎnqì n. central heating | ¹Wū li yǒu ∼. The room is centrally heated.
空调[-調] kōngtiáo n. ①〈PRC〉 air-conditioner; air-conditioning ②〈slang〉 empty promise/pledge
天气[-氣] tiānqì* n. weather | Bùguǎn ∼ rúhé, wǒmen dōu yào chūfā. We''ll set out regardless of the weather.
冷 [lěng] cold; 冷静 lěngjìng calm
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Spices (香料), Minerals(矿物) & Idioms (成语)
Vocabulary - 生词
高岭土[-嶺-] gāolǐngtǔ n. kaolin; ceramic clay M:¹bǎ/póu
The name is derived from Gaoling or Kao-Ling ("High Hill") in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China. Kaolinite was first described as a mineral species in 1867 for an occurrence in the Jari River basin of Brazil.
肉桂 ròuguì n.cinnamon
咖喱 gālí n.: curry;
兴师动众[興師動眾] xīngshīdòngzhòng f.e. drag in many people (to do sth.)
与众不同[與眾--] yǔzhòngbùtóng f.e. out of the ordinary | 他做什么都是与众不同 ²Tā ¹zuò shénme dōu ∼. She's different from others in everything she does.
高岭土[-嶺-] gāolǐngtǔ n. kaolin; ceramic clay M:¹bǎ/póu
The name is derived from Gaoling or Kao-Ling ("High Hill") in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China. Kaolinite was first described as a mineral species in 1867 for an occurrence in the Jari River basin of Brazil.
肉桂 ròuguì n.cinnamon
咖喱 gālí n.: curry;
兴师动众[興師動眾] xīngshīdòngzhòng f.e. drag in many people (to do sth.)
与众不同[與眾--] yǔzhòngbùtóng f.e. out of the ordinary | 他做什么都是与众不同 ²Tā ¹zuò shénme dōu ∼. She's different from others in everything she does.
Friday, March 27, 2009
月亮代表我的心 - The Moonlight Represents my Heart
In celebration of the lift on the ban on Youtube in China this week, I offer you, the timeless, boundary less Teresa Teng rendition of "月亮代表我的心 = The Moonlight Represents my Heart"
Read about Teresa Teng (邓丽君 )at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Teng
Her songs were so popular in China that they bypassed mainland censorship, and it was said that "by day, Deng Xiaoping rules China, but by night, Deng Lijun rules."[1]
Which I translate as: 白天，邓小平规则中，但在夜间，邓丽君规则
[1]Culture and Customs of Taiwan
I May have celebrated too early, youtube seems blocked again - used it all for about an hour or so. I wish I could be enlightened on this...
Read about Teresa Teng (邓丽君 )at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Teng
Her songs were so popular in China that they bypassed mainland censorship, and it was said that "by day, Deng Xiaoping rules China, but by night, Deng Lijun rules."[1]
Which I translate as: 白天，邓小平规则中，但在夜间，邓丽君规则
[1]Culture and Customs of Taiwan
I May have celebrated too early, youtube seems blocked again - used it all for about an hour or so. I wish I could be enlightened on this...
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华尔街日报_商业 财经 金融 经济 投资_WSJ.com: "放"
Vocabulary/生词
面对衰退: to face decline
衰退 shuāituì* v. fail; decline |这个老人的记忆力开始衰退 Zhège lǎorén de jìyìlì kāishǐ ∼. The old man is losing his memory. ◆n. 〈econ.〉 recession
面对[-對] miànduì v. face; confront |面对失败他没有放弃 ∼ shībài, tā méiyǒu fàngqì. Facing failure, he didn't give up.
利润:利润[-潤] lìrùn n. profit
工业企业利润下降37.3%：industry profits declined 37.3%
民营企业:private enterprises
民营[-營] mínyíng attr. ①privately run (of enterprises) ②run by the local people
得到了长足发展:reached/achieved significant development
> 长足[長-] zhǎngzú r.v. be fully grown
> 长足[長-] chángzú attr. 〈wr.〉 considerable; rapid |我们工作有了长足的进展 Wǒmen de gōngzuò yǒule ∼ de jìnzhǎn. Our project has made substantial progress.
寒冬 hándōng* n. severe winter | 腊梅不怕寒冬 Làméi bù pà ∼. Wintersweet is not afraid of the severe winter.
全球储备货币：global reserve currency
储备[儲備] chǔbèi v. ①lay in; stock up ②reserve
货币[貨幣] huòbì n. money; currency M:¹zhǒng
Vocabulary/生词
面对衰退: to face decline
衰退 shuāituì* v. fail; decline |这个老人的记忆力开始衰退 Zhège lǎorén de jìyìlì kāishǐ ∼. The old man is losing his memory. ◆n. 〈econ.〉 recession
面对[-對] miànduì v. face; confront |面对失败他没有放弃 ∼ shībài, tā méiyǒu fàngqì. Facing failure, he didn't give up.
利润:利润[-潤] lìrùn n. profit
工业企业利润下降37.3%：industry profits declined 37.3%
民营企业:private enterprises
民营[-營] mínyíng attr. ①privately run (of enterprises) ②run by the local people
得到了长足发展:reached/achieved significant development
> 长足[長-] zhǎngzú r.v. be fully grown
> 长足[長-] chángzú attr. 〈wr.〉 considerable; rapid |我们工作有了长足的进展 Wǒmen de gōngzuò yǒule ∼ de jìnzhǎn. Our project has made substantial progress.
寒冬 hándōng* n. severe winter | 腊梅不怕寒冬 Làméi bù pà ∼. Wintersweet is not afraid of the severe winter.
全球储备货币：global reserve currency
储备[儲備] chǔbèi v. ①lay in; stock up ②reserve
货币[貨幣] huòbì n. money; currency M:¹zhǒng
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
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Vocabulary -生词
不良资产: toxic assets
不良 bùliáng v.p. bad; harmful | ∼ xíguàn bad habits
资产[資產] zīchǎn n. ①property ②capital ③〈econ.〉 assets
财政部[財--] Cáizhèngbù p.w. Ministry of Finance; treasury department
公布 gōngbù* v. promulgate; announce; publish
资金[資-] zījīn* n. fund; capital
解决[-決] jiějué* v. ①solve; resolve; settle |问题解决了 Wèntí ∼ le. The problem is resolved. ②dispose of; finish off
资产负债表[資產負債-] zīchǎn fùzhàibiǎo n. 〈econ.〉 statement of assets and liabilities; balance sheet M:¹zhāng
振奋[-奮] zhènfèn v. ①inspire; stimulate ②rouse oneself ③exciting; encouraging
中国工商银行 ICBC
高盛集团:gāochéngjítuán Goldman Sachs
Vocabulary -生词
不良资产: toxic assets
不良 bùliáng v.p. bad; harmful | ∼ xíguàn bad habits
资产[資產] zīchǎn n. ①property ②capital ③〈econ.〉 assets
财政部[財--] Cáizhèngbù p.w. Ministry of Finance; treasury department
公布 gōngbù* v. promulgate; announce; publish
资金[資-] zījīn* n. fund; capital
解决[-決] jiějué* v. ①solve; resolve; settle |问题解决了 Wèntí ∼ le. The problem is resolved. ②dispose of; finish off
资产负债表[資產負債-] zīchǎn fùzhàibiǎo n. 〈econ.〉 statement of assets and liabilities; balance sheet M:¹zhāng
振奋[-奮] zhènfèn v. ①inspire; stimulate ②rouse oneself ③exciting; encouraging
中国工商银行 ICBC
高盛集团:gāochéngjítuán Goldman Sachs
Sunday, March 22, 2009
大国崛起 - Rise of The Great Powers
The Rise of the Great Powers
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The Rise of the Great Powers (simplified Chinese: 大国崛起; traditional Chinese: 大國崛起; pinyin: Dàguó Juéqǐ) is a 12-part documentary television series broadcast on China Central Television in the People's Republic of China.[1] It was first broadcast at CCTV-2 from November 13, 2006 to November 24, 2006. It discusses the rise of nine great powers: Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, and the United States.
The documentary "endorses the idea that China should study the experiences of nations and empires it once condemned as aggressors bent on exploitation"[1] and analyzes the reasons why the nine nations rose to become great powers, from the Portuguese Empire to current United States hegemony.[1] The series was produced by an "elite team of Chinese historians" who also briefed the Politburo on the subject."[1] In the West the airing of Rise of the Great Powers has been seen as a sign that China is becoming increasingly open to discussing its growing international power and influence—referred to by the Chinese government as "China's peaceful rise."[1]
The state-run People's Daily reported that each of the 12 episodes of The Rise of the Great Powers ran at the prime time 9:30 p.m. slot, and each show lasted 50 minutes, totaling 600 minutes.[2] The program included interviews with noted historians and academics, including Paul Kennedy, who wrote the influential book The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, and Joseph E. Stiglitz, who won a Nobel Prize in Economics.[2] Political leaders, such as former French president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir bin Mohamad, were also interviewed."[2]
It has been dubbed in English and shown on History Channel under the title "Rising of Great Powers".
In an interview, former Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew made references to the series:
I don't know if you've been seeing this or heard of this series that [the Chinese] produced called The Rise of the Great Nations. It's now on the History Channel. I got our station here to dub it in English and show it. It was quite I would say a bold decision to tell the Chinese people this is the way the European nations, the Russians and Japanese became great. Absolutely no ideology and they had a team of historians, their own historians. To get the program going, they went to each country, interviewed the leaders and historians of those countries.
You should watch the one on Britain, because I think that gives you an idea of how far they have gone in telling their people this is what made Britain great. I was quite surprised. The theme was [doing away with] the Divine Right of Kings, a Britain that was challenged by the barons who brought the king down to Runnymede and then they had the Magna Charta, and suddenly your "Divine Right" is based on Parliament and [the barons] are in Parliament. That gave the space for the barons to grow and the middle class eventually emerged. When the King got too uppity, Charles the First got beheaded.
Now this series was produced in a communist state, you know. In other words, if you want to be a great nation, so, if the leader goes against the people's interests, you may have to behead him! They also said that because there was growing confidence between the people and the leaders, the country grew.
It is in fact a lesson to support their gradual opening up and their idea of how they can do it without conflict -- the "peaceful rise." They have worked out this scheme, this theory, this doctrine to assure America and the world that they're going to play by the rules.
My comments: If you can get a hold on these, watch them and study them.
Vocabulary:
大国[-國] dàguó* n. great nation
崛/倔起 ¹juéqǐ* v.p. 〈wr.〉 ①rise abruptly; suddenly appear on the horizon ②rise (as a political force)
选段[選-] xuǎnduàn* n. selections
危局 wēijú n. dangerous/critical situation
新政 ¹xīnzhèng* n. renovated government administration
第二次世界大战 Dì-èr Cì Shìjiè Dàzhàn n. World War II
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
The Rise of the Great Powers (simplified Chinese: 大国崛起; traditional Chinese: 大國崛起; pinyin: Dàguó Juéqǐ) is a 12-part documentary television series broadcast on China Central Television in the People's Republic of China.[1] It was first broadcast at CCTV-2 from November 13, 2006 to November 24, 2006. It discusses the rise of nine great powers: Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, and the United States.
The documentary "endorses the idea that China should study the experiences of nations and empires it once condemned as aggressors bent on exploitation"[1] and analyzes the reasons why the nine nations rose to become great powers, from the Portuguese Empire to current United States hegemony.[1] The series was produced by an "elite team of Chinese historians" who also briefed the Politburo on the subject."[1] In the West the airing of Rise of the Great Powers has been seen as a sign that China is becoming increasingly open to discussing its growing international power and influence—referred to by the Chinese government as "China's peaceful rise."[1]
The state-run People's Daily reported that each of the 12 episodes of The Rise of the Great Powers ran at the prime time 9:30 p.m. slot, and each show lasted 50 minutes, totaling 600 minutes.[2] The program included interviews with noted historians and academics, including Paul Kennedy, who wrote the influential book The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, and Joseph E. Stiglitz, who won a Nobel Prize in Economics.[2] Political leaders, such as former French president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir bin Mohamad, were also interviewed."[2]
It has been dubbed in English and shown on History Channel under the title "Rising of Great Powers".
In an interview, former Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew made references to the series:
I don't know if you've been seeing this or heard of this series that [the Chinese] produced called The Rise of the Great Nations. It's now on the History Channel. I got our station here to dub it in English and show it. It was quite I would say a bold decision to tell the Chinese people this is the way the European nations, the Russians and Japanese became great. Absolutely no ideology and they had a team of historians, their own historians. To get the program going, they went to each country, interviewed the leaders and historians of those countries.
You should watch the one on Britain, because I think that gives you an idea of how far they have gone in telling their people this is what made Britain great. I was quite surprised. The theme was [doing away with] the Divine Right of Kings, a Britain that was challenged by the barons who brought the king down to Runnymede and then they had the Magna Charta, and suddenly your "Divine Right" is based on Parliament and [the barons] are in Parliament. That gave the space for the barons to grow and the middle class eventually emerged. When the King got too uppity, Charles the First got beheaded.
Now this series was produced in a communist state, you know. In other words, if you want to be a great nation, so, if the leader goes against the people's interests, you may have to behead him! They also said that because there was growing confidence between the people and the leaders, the country grew.
It is in fact a lesson to support their gradual opening up and their idea of how they can do it without conflict -- the "peaceful rise." They have worked out this scheme, this theory, this doctrine to assure America and the world that they're going to play by the rules.
My comments: If you can get a hold on these, watch them and study them.
Vocabulary:
大国[-國] dàguó* n. great nation
崛/倔起 ¹juéqǐ* v.p. 〈wr.〉 ①rise abruptly; suddenly appear on the horizon ②rise (as a political force)
选段[選-] xuǎnduàn* n. selections
危局 wēijú n. dangerous/critical situation
新政 ¹xīnzhèng* n. renovated government administration
第二次世界大战 Dì-èr Cì Shìjiè Dàzhàn n. World War II
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
Sunday, March 8, 2009
About Traveling
This first post is about traveling vocabulary. Thought a pleasing face would make it easy.
Idioms- Travel 成语-旅游
一路顺风[--順風] yīlùshùnfēng
Have a nice trip!
旅行社 lǚxíngshè n. travel service/agency |
这家旅行社出售廉价机票
Zhè jiā ∼ chūshòu liánjià jīpiào.
This travel agency sells air tickets at a low price
Idioms- Travel 成语-旅游
一路顺风[--順風] yīlùshùnfēng
Have a nice trip!
旅行社 lǚxíngshè n. travel service/agency |
这家旅行社出售廉价机票
Zhè jiā ∼ chūshòu liánjià jīpiào.
This travel agency sells air tickets at a low price
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