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Hi again, paraclete. I'm sorry that I couldn't express my thought, and English is my second language. I mean, "There has been..." means my classmates have discussed the question in some enthusiastic ways. I really don't know how to tranlate that... I hope we could stop here, because I am agree with your opinions to some extent.

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Just having a joke with you, Shi. I was well aware English was your second language from earlier discussions we have had, you see the combination of words used led me to it, "heating" and "system". The word you sought was "heated". But it is possible you were discussing heating. So you see this was friendly and as we say in English, a play on words, where there is more than one meaning to what is said, a literal meaning, you were discussing heating systems, and an another meaning where your discussion of systems (political) was spirited and even having very strong disagreement.

So as we say in English, no offense please as none was intended. Please pardon my strange sense of humour

Wow,paralete, I get the main idea that you posted.The reason I used the word "heating" was because of my English teacher, he told me that a "heating" might improve the scores of my English composition. However, I found it's not correct...

And I also remembered that you modified my fasle last time, I mean, I REALLY need someone to help me to formal my English. Only in this way can I improve my English...

Thanks a lot!

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Wow,paralete, I get the main idea that you posted.The reason I used the word "heating" was because of my English teacher, he told me that a "heating" might improve the scores of my English composition. However, I found it's not correct...

And I also remembered that you modified my fasle last time, I mean, I REALLY need someone to help me to formal my English. Only in this way can I improve my English...

Thanks a lot!

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Ne How Ma, Shi, I would be happy to help you and being part of this forum is a way you can improve your use of English. I'm not sure what was meant by a "heating", perhaps he meant that you needed a fire to be built under you, in other words, that you needed to use the language often. I know that some concepts do not translate easily from Chinese into English. When I was in China, I found that some words sounded the same to me, I couldn't pick the tone. Tone is not used in the same way in English and perhaps this leads to mistakes in translation

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Ne How Ma, Shi, I would be happy to help you and being part of this forum is a way you can improve your use of English. I'm not sure what was meant by a "heating", perhaps he meant that you needed a fire to be built under you, in other words, that you needed to use the language often. I know that some concepts do not translate easily from Chinese into English. When I was in China, I found that some words sounded the same to me, I couldn't pick the tone. Tone is not used in the same way in English and perhaps this leads to mistakes in translation

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paraclete, "Ne How Ma" should be written like "Ni Hao Ma":).
Wo hen hao,xie xie ni!
Tone is quite important in Chinese, and there're 4 tones in Chinese. And could you tell me how many times you've been China and what province was?

By the way, I hope you could call me like "shih" or "shihou" or "zhuge", because "shi" in Chinese could mean "shi"+"t".:) Now I GOT some sense of strange humor that I've learned from you.:D

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paraclete, "Ne How Ma" should be written like "Ni Hao Ma":).
Wo hen hao,xie xie ni!
Tone is quite important in Chinese, and there're 4 tones in Chinese. And could you tell me how many times you've been China and what province was?

By the way, I hope you could call me like "shih" or "shihou" or "zhuge", because "shi" in Chinese could mean "shi"+"t".:) Now I GOT some sense of strange humor that I've learned from you.:D

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Ni hao ma, Shih, pardon my accent:D In Oz we say no worries mate, I have been to China only once but the way I explain it is; I travelled a long way from Guangzhou to Zhengzhou by train and back again by local bus. I remember the snow well. So you see I have seen some of your big towns and some of your small ones and met some lovely people. Even saw a fellow wearing Holden racing colours. I'm a fan too! But you don't expect to find one in China

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Ni hao ma, Shih, pardon my accent:D In Oz we say no worries mate, I have been to China only once but the way I explain it is; I travelled a long way from Guangzhou to Zhengzhou by train and back again by local bus. I remember the snow well. So you see I have seen some of your big towns and some of your small ones and met some lovely people. Even saw a fellow wearing Holden racing colours. I'm a fan too! but you don't expect to find one in China

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paraclete, nice experience!

However, I think it's a pity that you haven't been to The Great Wall... It's a nice sight. By the way, would you mind telling me what your major is?

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paraclete, nice experience!

However, I think it's a pity that you haven't been to The Great Wall...It's a nice sight. By the way, would you mind telling me what your major is?

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Yes I would have liked to see the Great Wall also the Three Gorges Project but time didn't permit, maybe next time. What I see about China is there is a great need to teach proper usage of English since they have adopted it as a second language. I think Chinese learning of English is on a par of my learning Latin as a child. I get the general idea but the grammar is a problem, however you are doing well with grammar

My major? Not at term we hear often here, I have Fellowships in accounting and administration and a degree in computing and information systems. I am an alumnus of Charles Sturt University, but my experience in life is wide and varied from professional seaman before the mast to community radio, many years experience as an executive and also spent some time developing a vineyard and pioneering a farm. You see many things are possible in my country for a person who takes a little risk. In my country we say; I have learned much in the School of Hard Knocks

What about yourself?

Thank you for your appreciating!

I always admired some people who had various experience, however I also found it's hard for me to experience widely in China.

I was not a hard-working man in my senior middle school, you know, a degree is very important in China. Therefore, now I try my best to get into Tsinghua University which is the best University in China for my graduate studies.

Some faults that I made when I was young, now I should pay for it... By the way, my major is computer science.

And I saw a vedio about a boxing kangaroo who liked hitting others even his host 2 weeks ago.What a naughty boy he is! I thought he was from your country, but I was not sure.

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Some faults that I made when I was young, now I should pay for it...By the way, my major is computer science.

And I saw a vedio about a boxing kangaroo who liked hitting others even his host 2 weeks ago.What a naughty boy he is! I thought he was from your country, but I was not sure.

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I wish you well in your studies, a difficult major because things are changing all the time. Many of us don't realise it is better to study when we are young, not so many distractions

Yes Kangaroos are from Australia and it is their nature to fight by boxing with their forepaws. They are a dangerous animal because they rip with their powerful hind feet and large toe nails when cornered

Thank you for wish. I am agree with your opinion on the study of computer science, and we couldn't learn a lot advanced knowledge about that because some developed countries didn't share their experiece with us...

I thought kangaroos were so cute that I liked them so much, but I didn't realise they're dangerous. If I had some opportunities to greet them, I should be careful.

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Thank you for wish. I am agree with your opinion on the study of computer science, and we couldn't learn a lot advanced knowledge about that because some developed countries didn't share their experiece with us...

I thought kangaroos were so cute that I liked them so much, but I didn't realise they're dangerous. If I had some opportunities to greet them, I should be careful.

Thanks!

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Yes a kangaroo can be quite dangerous if angered, their favourite trick when chased by dogs is to jump in a pond and drown the dog. Here you can see clearly why they are dangerous
Kangaroo Attack - YourDailyMedia.com

Thanks, paraclete! I get it.

Wish you happy and be careful of the kangaroo! Haha.

Thanks!

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Thanks, paraclete! I get it.

Wish you happy and be careful of the kangaroo! Haha.

Thanks!

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Yes I'll watch out for the drop bears too!
http://www.cfr.com.au/dropbears/index.html