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ltp-008
Joined: 09 Apr 2006 Posts: 258
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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:12 pm Post subject: A dialogue between a female Japanese and a female Chinese |
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A dialogue between a female Japanese and a female Chinese
In a restaurant a very humble and cowish female Japanese touched a female Chinese who was wearing a coat.
" I am sorry, are you Mrs. Tanaka? " the female Japanese asked.
" No , I am not" the female Chinese answered loudly.
" Eh, " the female Japanese took a breath and said: " If I am not wrong I am Mrs. Tanaka and you are wearing her coat mistakenly. "
The female Chinese angrily shouted out : " really? , does this coat mark your name? "
When the female Chinese found that she indeed mistakenly wore the female Japanese 's coat , she took the coat off and rudely handed it over to the female Japanese.
Then the female Japanese said: " Thank you very much, I give you too much trouble, please excuse me. "
Finally the female Chinese proudly said: " Not at all, you are welcome. " lol |
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Wangwei
Joined: 22 Sep 2005 Posts: 14 Location: ShenZhen,China
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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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little baby ltp-008:
I the more read your post, I the more think you are a clown!  |
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eddfx

Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 38 Location: Behind you!
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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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ltp-008,
I do not understand your joke.
If you want help with your English, I am an ESL teacher in Asia. I will be more then happy to help you improve your English so the rest of us can understand what you are saying. |
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ltp-008
Joined: 09 Apr 2006 Posts: 258
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 12:07 am Post subject: |
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Wangwei wrote: |
little baby ltp-008:
I the more read your post, I the more think you are a clown!  |
I am very sorry that I had posted this thread which made you regrading me as a clown, honestly I had a dream in my childhood which I wanted to become a member in a circus, and escpecially I wanted to be a clown who could make people laughing , as you know when a person can make other people to laugh, how great it is~ , pitifully I didn't become a clown in my career instead of becoming an educator, so as an educator I alway hope to get some wise advices from wise people such as you, so if you have spare time and are willing to help other people , please help me and give me some wise advices , I would very appreciate you very much. Thank you very much.
By the way, are you a Chinese pilot who had collided with an American plane and fell into the sea a few years ago? because your name is as same as his, if so you are the hero whom some teenage Chinese admired, if so I have a question to ask , how was you rescued ? the Chinese media had reported that you were death after rescue team looked for you for more than two weeks. I am just curious . |
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RedRose

Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 2735 Location: GuangZhou, China
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 12:12 am Post subject: |
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ltp-008 wrote: |
honestly I had a dream in my childhood which I wanted to become a member in a circus, and escpecially I wanted to be a clown who could make people laughing , as you know when a person can make other people to laugh, how great it is~ , . |
There you go! you got it! |
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ltp-008
Joined: 09 Apr 2006 Posts: 258
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 12:19 am Post subject: |
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eddfx wrote: |
ltp-008,
I do not understand your joke.
If you want help with your English, I am an ESL teacher in Asia. I will be more then happy to help you improve your English so the rest of us can understand what you are saying. |
Wow, how great you are!! You are so kind and well-meaning, the ESLcafe is so wondeful that there are many voluntary ESL teachers who want to help others.
Since you said that you want to help me improve my Englsih, so I am wondering in what way you can help me , so I thought if we could face to face to talk about English, My English would improve very faster , so could you please tell me where you are, how can I contact with you?
Again thank you very much for your kind heart.  |
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RedRose

Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 2735 Location: GuangZhou, China
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 12:24 am Post subject: |
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ltp, you don't have to talk to eddfx face to face in order to improve your english. you see, since you are from Canada (you said that, and I doubt that ), then you can easily find a lot of english speakers around you, and you can face to face talk to them, can't you?
Why do you always contradict yourself like that? Miss. Liar, you have to know, Lying is bad. it can just exbarrass yourself  |
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eddfx

Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 38 Location: Behind you!
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 12:58 am Post subject: |
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Meeting me face to face might not be a good idea for you, you see, I really am not that nice of a man and don�t tolerate people who are condescending to others very much. I do like to give people English advice and share my experiences of my life with others who seek to do the same because I think learning anything, especially languages should be free.
With that said, here is a small but valuable lesson for you, just for you. This lesson is more about culture then the actual language.
ltp-008 lesson
You seem to have a decent vocabulary, but the way you structure your sentences gives off a rude impression to the reader(s). You should take more time and think about what you want to write instead of using impulse writing. This is just my opinion of course.
Example:
You wrote, �Wow, how great you are!! You are so kind and well-meaning, the ESLcafe is so wonderful that there are many voluntary ESL teachers who want to help others.�
I know English is your second language, so I am not offended by the above sentence. On the other hand, if it were a native English speaker, I might have taken that sentence to be a little condescending for it holds sarcastic undertones. The, �Wow, how great you are!! You are so kind and well-meaning�, part of your sentence is what I refer to. Also, looking at your post history, you seem to talk like this regardless of your English ability and it does not matter who you are talking to.
If you just said, �The ESLcafe is so wonderful that there are many voluntary ESL teachers who want to help others.� That would be a wonderful compliment and it is all I need to stay motivated to help English learners for free and out of my own time.
You suggested,� If we could face to face.� In American culture (United States of America) this could be seen as a threat. Many Americans see threats as very serious actions. You should be a more aware of the words you use and how you use them if you want any future help.
Gain respect from others and you will learn so much more than English.
Did you learn anything from my first lesson? |
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ltp-008
Joined: 09 Apr 2006 Posts: 258
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 1:29 am Post subject: |
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eddfx wrote: |
Meeting me face to face might not be a good idea for you, you see, I really am not that nice of a man and don�t tolerate people who are condescending to others very much. I do like to give people English advice and share my experiences of my life with others who seek to do the same because I think learning anything, especially languages should be free.
With that said, here is a small but valuable lesson for you, just for you. This lesson is more about culture then the actual language.
ltp-008 lesson
You seem to have a decent vocabulary, but the way you structure your sentences gives off a rude impression to the reader(s). You should take more time and think about what you want to write instead of using impulse writing. This is just my opinion of course.
Example:
You wrote, �Wow, how great you are!! You are so kind and well-meaning, the ESLcafe is so wonderful that there are many voluntary ESL teachers who want to help others.�
I know English is your second language, so I am not offended by the above sentence. On the other hand, if it were a native English speaker, I might have taken that sentence to be a little condescending for it holds sarcastic undertones. The, �Wow, how great you are!! You are so kind and well-meaning�, part of your sentence is what I refer to. Also, looking at your post history, you seem to talk like this regardless of your English ability and it does not matter who you are talking to.
If you just said, �The ESLcafe is so wonderful that there are many voluntary ESL teachers who want to help others.� That would be a wonderful compliment and it is all I need to stay motivated to help English learners for free and out of my own time.
You suggested,� If we could face to face.� In American culture (United States of America) this could be seen as a threat. Many Americans see threats as very serious actions. You should be a more aware of the words you use and how you use them if you want any future help.
Gain respect from others and you will learn so much more than English.
Did you learn anything from my first lesson? |
English as second language I have tried my best to explain my views in English in this thread, as an ESL teather as yourself -called I thought that you didn't know much Asian culuture even though you self-claimed that you were in Asia right now, many Asian countries don't regrad " face to face talks " as a threat, so I am still persistting on face to face talk with you if we have a chance , it seems to me that you are afraid of something, now your location tell me that you are in Taiwan, so fortunately I am in Taiwan right now, so I really want to meet you in person since you are voluntarily willing to help me improve my English.So as an ESL teacher how important it would be that you should know the culture differences among various countries around the world.
Anyway, no matter who you are, or what motivations in your mind, I appreciate what you did, the first lesson is good, hope you can continue to teach or to play if you have spare time. If you think that it wastes your time , feel free to stop teaching~
Have a good evening. < | | |