Things I want to share. Mainly via my iPhone.
Hello, my name is Roger Gordon. This is my website. I'll put things I make with my iPhone here.
I'm from South Africa, and I teach English in Taichung City, Taiwan in order to study Chinese at a nearby University. I hope this website will help me to remember experiences and practice my Chinese.
您好，我的名字是高延清。這裡是我的網站。這裡要放用iPhone自己作的東西。我從南非來，教英文在台灣的台中巿所以能學中文在一個附近的大學。我希望這個網站會幫我記得經驗還有練習中文。
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I'm Speeding Up
Writing my Chinese homework still takes me AGES, but I'm definitely getting faster at it, as I'm finding I don't need to look up the stroke order for every character any more. Perhaps I'll be able to complete all my homework on time soon...
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I Can Read This, and It's Funny
This is the first humorous Chinese that I've been able to read and understand. It's the name of a scooter shop, presumably. Literally translated, it means 'very scooter'. In Taiwan though, 'scooter' also has the informal meaning of 'irritating', meaning that this sign also means 'extremely annoying'. Clever name for a shop.
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I Can Understand This
But unfortunately, I can only read about 10% of the characters. Nevertheless, it's definitely an improvement from a few months ago.
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Chinese Diary 14-7-2009
Date: 14 day 7 month 2009 year
Now it's: 8 point 45 minutes
Today my best friend wants to say goodbye, so we went to an amusement park. I had a lot of fun there, but I'm not too happy because my good friend will go to Singapore next month.
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Chinese Diary 12-7-2009
So I'm back with my Chinese diary again after a few month hiatus. Here's the translation:
Date: 12 day 7 month 2009
Now it's: 10 point 47 minutes
Hello everyone!
This is my second China diary.
I hope everyday have time to write.
Goodbye!
Looks like I need practice...
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1 Month to Go!
Today is the first day of June. In exactly one month, I'll start formal Chinese classes at Dong Hai University, here in Taichung's Western District. In theory, my speaking and listening vocabulary is up to 900 or so Chinese words. However, my reading and writing is probably sitting at 50 or so. So, my big project now is to try to learn to read and write about 850 Chinese characters in one month. It's pretty much impossible, but even my most dismal attempt will at least be another step on the road towards practical fluency. Wish me luck!
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