202.2

我要买一件衬衫和一条裤子把。 这条裤子虽然颜色好，但是大小不合适。 这件衬衫跟那衬衫一样。 我要小号的条裤子。 一共多少什么？ 五十块。

I recently read an article on the internet about a boy in Xiashuixi who stabbed a government official to death. The boys name was Zhang Xuping and he was paid 1000yuan ($148) to kill the official (Li Shiming). Li was hated by mostly everyone in Xiashuixi for his corruption, especially after he razed 28 acres of forest without permission and no compensation. Zhang was sentenced to death, but hopefully the people in his village will get the sentence overturned. (Previously a sentence was overturned when a woman killed an official when he was going to rape her.) However, I doubt that the government will let him off. Hopefully, I'll be wrong.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100121/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_killer_hero

chin202.1

你好。 星期六我去看电影了。 我的爸爸也去看电影。 今天我买蓝条裤子。 狠便宜！ 明天我要买一个紫色ゆかた.

(do our sentences have to make sense? or can they just be random sentences?)

If you ever plan to go to China but have trouble speaking Chinese, or are just too shy too, then a good thing for you to learn is how to count on your fingers in Chinese. This will be most useful when haggling over things. The gestures are very similar to the way Americans count on their fingers, up to number five, where whey become different. 0= closed fist. 1= single pointer finger upwards. 2= pointer and middle finger. 3= pointer, middle, and ring finger. 4= pointer, middle, ring, and pinkie finger. 5= pointer, middle, ring, pinkie, and thumb. 6= thumb and pinkie. 7= thumb, pointer, and middle finger all touching. 8= thumb and pointer up, like a 'L'. 9= closed fist with pointer curled upwards. 10= pointer with middle crossed over, like signing 'r'. Most of these should be done with the palm facing away from you. Though I did read a book where a lot of the vendors that were haggling had calculators, thus removing the need to learn how to count on your fingers.

相思- 王维 "translation"

translation

-yeah, right

Ormosia was born in South Country; come spring time it sends out a few branches
Of which willing lords collect many. These things make us think of each other the most.

20 sentance

好名字
我的Peter
我姓郭
谢谢
是啊
你呢
再见
这是谁阿
你谁阿
这个是大事
去那里阿
有一点想家
爸爸，妈妈，还有哥哥
没有啊
我有骗子
回家
去那里
对不起
为什么
不小了

Why do Chinese vampires hop? I went to the library today to find out the answer to this question. Well... actually I went for a different reason, and ended up finding the answer by accident! The answer is: when corpses in China are buried, their legs are tied together with cloth, therefore, when they rise from the grave, they can't walk. They have to hop. It also hails back to the time when people would bring dead relatives back to the village they were born in to be buried. They would tie the cadavers to tall poles, stand them upright, and continue along the way. The way they walked and the way they held the poles, it looked like the cadavers were bobbing up and down, or "hopping".

夏天, now class

你好。 好久不见！我是二年级中文大学生。 我的是林老师了；今年我的老师是也林老师！ 夏天很好。 我去看很好电影，Repo! the Genetic Opera. 这个电影有意思，你看。


I read this article the other day about how cell phones are changing China. In China, everyone has cell phones, from the very old, to the homeless beggars on the street, from the littlest preschooler to the farthest rural areas... And everyone is texting. Big companies are taking advantage of this by sending ads and stuff through texts. Public demonstrations rally supporters via anonymous texts. Even the government is getting into the hype, sending their people messages to disperse public grievances. A whole new language is popping up, Mandarin texters bringing in some Cantonese characters and meanings, and using Cantonese to write secret messages. Even minority languages are being preserved through the texts. Overall, the texts are pretty much the same there as they are here. Important messages, friendly jabs, funny jokes, and even some witty puns- nothing is off limits to the Chinese! I was so shocked at the amount of people texting in China- although maybe thats because I don't have texting on my cell...

peKINGese

我有一节MKTG课。 星期四，我和两个同学有说考试。 我的女同学也中文学！ 在我汉文课，我们有生词太多， 语法也有一点难。 现在我去吃饭！ 再见！

The Pekingese –quite possibly the most adorable cutest dog alive- originates from China, when a lion begged the Buddha to make him smaller in size so that he could be with his love, a marmoset (a monkey, if you didn’t know). Thus, a Pekingese was born. These dogs were revered in ancient China, often found in temples where they used their tiny bodies to hunt down small demons. They were also bred to be small, about 3-5 lbs in weight, so that they could hide in the imperial court member’s sleeves. Pekingese have lots of different fur colors, from white (considered the most beautiful), to tan, cream, red, brown, black, gray, and sable. Pekingese have changed little in the 2,000+ years they’ve been known to man. Despite their tiny, bowed legs and huge amount of fluffy fur, these dogs are incredibly fast, and can keep up with larger dogs when they want. These dogs really do look like lions, with the fur around their necks and the more closely shaved legs. Surprisingly, when you shave a Pekingese, they look a lot like another Chinese dog, the pug!

shenme shenme shenme

我什么时候有空？ 下个星期。 我没有考试。 我是很高兴，因为我有空。 星期六我在图书馆工作。 星期七我练习围棋。 我帮我的朋友玩，可是他帮我练习说日文。 （但是我没说日文；我说中文!） 这个晚上我要考试，可是我要睡。。。睡。。。睡觉。。。。。。。。。。

http://www.silkqin.com/03qobj/wangpeng.htm
-looks like 王朋 is doing well after his book deal fell through... :D


围棋 (wéiqí) is an ancient Chinese board game, dating back more than 2,500 years ago. The object of the game is to have more territory at the end then your partner. This is done by making barricades with your game pieces and capturing your enemies stones. Wéiqí is a very popular game, especially in East Asia. Most people know it by its Japanese name of Go, or Igo. Wéiqí is also called baduk in Korean.
A wéiqí board consists of a 19x19 grid. The pieces, black and white, are played on the intersections of those lines. It is possible to “capture” your opponents pieces by completely surrounding them with your own. The captured pieces are taken off the board and set aside for the end game. The more of the board you control, the easier it is to obtain territory. When the game is reaching its finish, the empty spots in each players territories are counted and the number of captured stones is subtracted from that number. White receives an additional 5.5 points as appeasement since Black plays first. This rule is known as “komi.”
Wéiqí is a fun game anyone can play, amateur and professionally. Amateur ranking foes from 30 kyu to 1 kyu, 1 kyu being the highest ranking. The professional player ranking begins at 1 dan and goes to 9 dan. Anything above 9 dan are special titles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(game)
Play go online here! http://www.361points.com/whatisgo/
http://www.kiseido.com/ff.htm
http://www.gokgs.com/applet.jsp