c**i 发帖数: 6973 | 1 Jonathan Yardley, Tom Scocca’s “Beijing Welcomes You: Unveiling the
Capital City of the Future.” Aug 5, 2011.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/tom-scoccas
-beijing-welcomes-you-unveiling-the-capital-city-of-the-future/2011/07/25/
gIQABJFxwI_story.html
My comment:
(a) Paragraph 4 states, "She [Christina] worked for 'a nonprofit opening an
office in Beijing,' and the two of them made frequent trips there as her
work progressed. Finally, they decided to stay for a while, she to continue
in her job and he to do the research for this book."
My understanding is that at first Christima was not based in Beijing, and
that The "they" in "they decied to stay" means Christina and Tom.
(b) For "road to Mandalay," see Mandalay
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandalay
(Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem called "Mandalay", which is the origin of the
phrase "on the road to Mandalay")
(i) Mandalay (poem)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandalay_(poem)
(section 4 External links: Full text of the poem at Wikisource)
The poem mentions China twice, in identical words: "An' the dawn comes up
like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay!"
, which is "And the dawn comes up like thunder out of China across the Bay!"
* crost
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crost
(noun; eye dialect spelling of cross)
* eye dialect
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/eye+dialect
For example, Mark Twain's black speakers of English used plenty of eye
dialects.
(c) sassy (adj; alteration of saucy): "IMPUDENT"
(d) Sex and Da City 北京欲望城市酒吧 (钢管舞)
http://www.sexanddacity.com/
(e) pentatonic (adj): "consisting of five tones"
(f) hook (n):
"1b: something intended to attract and ensnare
* * *
9: a selling point or marketing scheme"
All definitions are from www.m-w.com. |
a*********7 发帖数: 30080 | 2 1 mitbbs choi 2011-08-07 20:59:18 -10.00(伪币) ----
2 airdragon77 choi 2011-08-07 16:26:37 10.00(伪币)
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【在 c**i 的大作中提到】 : Jonathan Yardley, Tom Scocca’s “Beijing Welcomes You: Unveiling the : Capital City of the Future.” Aug 5, 2011. : http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/tom-scoccas : -beijing-welcomes-you-unveiling-the-capital-city-of-the-future/2011/07/25/ : gIQABJFxwI_story.html : My comment: : (a) Paragraph 4 states, "She [Christina] worked for 'a nonprofit opening an : office in Beijing,' and the two of them made frequent trips there as her : work progressed. Finally, they decided to stay for a while, she to continue : in her job and he to do the research for this book."
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c**i 发帖数: 6973 | 3 I do not understand. What is so good about this book, at least judging from
the review?
【在 a*********7 的大作中提到】 : 1 mitbbs choi 2011-08-07 20:59:18 -10.00(伪币) ---- : 2 airdragon77 choi 2011-08-07 16:26:37 10.00(伪币) : : an : continue
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a*********7 发帖数: 30080 | 4 The title said everything, "the Capital City of the Future"... I believe
that it's the subject of the book that brings to it a lot credit it might
not deserve and would not have had the subject changed.
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【在 c**i 的大作中提到】 : I do not understand. What is so good about this book, at least judging from : the review?
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b*********k 发帖数: 35031 | 5 晕,站务怎么开始直接干涉版务发包子了?
【在 a*********7 的大作中提到】 : 1 mitbbs choi 2011-08-07 20:59:18 -10.00(伪币) ---- : 2 airdragon77 choi 2011-08-07 16:26:37 10.00(伪币) : : an : continue
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a*********7 发帖数: 30080 | 6 我当时就大晕
【在 b*********k 的大作中提到】 : 晕,站务怎么开始直接干涉版务发包子了?
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b*********k 发帖数: 35031 | 7 我去问问情况怎么回事
【在 a*********7 的大作中提到】 : 我当时就大晕
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b*********k 发帖数: 35031 | 8 钻风给咱们补回来了:)
发信人: mitbbs (未名空间), 信区: sysop
标 题: Re: Book Review on 'Beijing Welcome You' (转载)
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Aug 9 19:34:28 2011, 美东)
抱歉抱歉,实在抱歉,不小心按错键了!已经补上去了。
【在 b*********k 的大作中提到】 : 我去问问情况怎么回事
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j******n 发帖数: 21641 | 9 钻风把五类红顶那篇放导读,近来可够忙的了
【在 b*********k 的大作中提到】 : 钻风给咱们补回来了:) : 发信人: mitbbs (未名空间), 信区: sysop : 标 题: Re: Book Review on 'Beijing Welcome You' (转载) : 发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Aug 9 19:34:28 2011, 美东) : 抱歉抱歉,实在抱歉,不小心按错键了!已经补上去了。
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a*********7 发帖数: 30080 | 10 我开始以为是钦差大臣来买卖提巡视呢。。。回去看了好几遍原文,没什么过分的东西
啊,书的内容也没什么,似乎对北京褒多于贬,所以一头雾水
【在 j******n 的大作中提到】 : 钻风把五类红顶那篇放导读,近来可够忙的了
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l**i 发帖数: 8245 | 11 我印象中 这个choi就是一个喜欢发很多带链接的帖子显得特专业似的的台湾人
【在 b*********k 的大作中提到】 : 晕,站务怎么开始直接干涉版务发包子了?
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j******n 发帖数: 21641 | 12 是的,说话比较down earth那种
比如人家父亲得了癌症,他就不是劝慰,而是从专业角度分析存活的可能
【在 l**i 的大作中提到】 : 我印象中 这个choi就是一个喜欢发很多带链接的帖子显得特专业似的的台湾人
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b*********k 发帖数: 35031 | 13 各种声音都需要嘛,真生病了,光安慰有什么用
【在 j******n 的大作中提到】 : 是的,说话比较down earth那种 : 比如人家父亲得了癌症,他就不是劝慰,而是从专业角度分析存活的可能
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j******n 发帖数: 21641 | 14 恩,我没说他做得不对
【在 b*********k 的大作中提到】 : 各种声音都需要嘛,真生病了,光安慰有什么用
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