Reading Time in Mandarin

Time in Chinese Mandarin. Listen and figure out....
Just listen or download and try to figure out the time a native speaker is reading. There are two parts - 24h clock time reading and the reading of 12h clock with AM/PM indicators.


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tā shìbúshì tài kuài la? Then listen for a record with reduced tempo by 30%: Part 1, Part 2

The answers are here Reading Time #1.

Useful vocabulary

Words introduced (Simplified/Traditional):

• 点／點 [diǎn] - point, dot, hour
• 钟／鐘 [zhōng] - clock
• 分／分 [fēn] - piece, section, minute
• 半／半 [bàn] - half

Morning

• 早上 [zǎoshàng] 5am~12pm
• 上午 [shàngwǔ] 10am~12pm

Noon

• 中午 [zhōngwǔ] 12pm

Afternoon

• 下午 [xiàwǔ] 1pm~6pm

Evening/Night

• 晚上 [wǎnshàng] 6pm~12am

Midnight

• 半夜 [bànyè] 12am~4am (Taiwan)
• 凌晨 [língchén] 12am~4am (China)

There are excellent tutorials about reading time prepared by HyperLingual:





Once again I'd like to express my gratitude to Joyce from Taiwan for her contribution, help and incredible patience.

Numbers in Chinese Mandarin. Listen and figure out....

Just listen or download and try to figure out the number a native speaker is reading ...



tā shìbúshì tài kuài la? Then listen for a record with reduced tempo by 30%:



The answers are here Numbers #1.

I'd like to express my gratitude to Joyce from Taiwan for her contribution, help and incredible patience.

PS soon coming Numbers #2

Seed Price Analysis

I've done FB FarmVille seed price analysis: FarmVille Seed Profitability. Profit evaluation's done assuming that the harvesting takes place 1 hour after the crop is ripen. In conclusion - the most profitable are Raspberries, Aloe Vera and Peppers, and then Rice, but the least profitable are Soybeans and Artichokes:

Google Translator in Google Spreadsheets

New feature from Google - two functions for Spreadsheets: GoogleTranslate and DetectLanguage:

Self-explanatory examples:

=GoogleTranslate("Hola, ¿cómo estás?","lv","en") gives "方腊和地方似的开了色犯了可靠的死了然后来了哈利两个联合人类色热望人类的?" obviously and

=DetectLanguage("Hola, ¿cómo estás?") would give "ur" as a result.

View online files using the Google Docs Viewer Released ...

Some time ago Google introduced document file upload into Google Docs. Then they added a feature allowing to upload attachments straight from Gmail into Google Docs. And now they went even further - you can view any PDF, Powerpoint of TIFF document in the Google Docs Viewer. That's great. There will come a day when there'll be only a browser and Google :D

Here is "Cien años de soledad" by Marquez form http://www.eltutordebangkok.com/music/books/Soledad.pdf viewable with the Google Viewer. Enjoy!

Cien años de soledad



For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2009/09/view-online-files-using-google-docs.html

Idea #2600: Dell Laptop Docking Station Audio Support

It's so annoying. Now I have to unplug the speaker and plug in the earphones and vica versa.
It's so annoying... Vote!

Religulous

Noskatījos Bila Maijera (Bill Maher) filmu Religulous. Summa summārum: filma jāredz.

Intervijā ar senatoru-cirvi ("lai tiktu Senātā, IQ testu nav jāpilda") Bils minēja 32 valstu sarakstu, kuru iedzīvotāji apšauba evolūciju. Kā šokējošu faktu norādot, ka ASV ir saraksta apakšā un to apsteidz tikai Turcija (saraksts ir izkārtots šaubu pieaugošā secībā). Acī iekrita, ka tikai Kipra atdala Latviju no ASV. Latvija krietni apsteidzot katolisko Poliju un līdzīgas bībelšīzes valstiņas. Ļoti skumji!

Statistika apkopota 2005. Latvijā evolūcijai tic tikai 47.1 %:


Filmu var noskatīties arī YouTube:



Epizode, kuru noslēdz frāze "lai tiktu Senātā, IQ testu nav jāpilda" (apmēram 4min):