朱三雀的英文学习计划（New English Chat Room）

[朱三雀]

作者: 朱三雀

I feel blue today when I've finished today's work.That was not as smooth as I 'd thought, my tongue twisted and can't follow my brain . and the sentences fled away from my brain all the time.That sucks! I gotta do sth to stop that. Be cool and concentrate on this more. I think I need more practice .May be I should speak easier and simple sentences at first .

Brain surgery time:
I suddenly understood ,it is just the quality not the quantity that is the point . Why those damned sentences fled away,because I didn't care them at all ,They certainly got rid of me if I didn't love them at all .What I focus on is my useless schedule. That's really one of the stuff I 'm looking for. (So care and love these sentences like they're cute and hot girls ,May be It works.)

[朱三雀]

Today 's sentences :February 3
1. It was kinda fun( for a while) , but didn't you (start feeling )silly.
2.Sometimes, things don't work out the way y'thought they would.

3.I bet you anything that he's gonna call you again.
4.y'know,I gotta tell ya, this really does put in a better mood.
5.I did my best to convince him that I 'm not some crazy girl who's dying to get married ,I'm just going throught a hard time.

6. wanna know why?
I think we're so in the right track, we're working ,we're clicking.There was just like a little one area where I think we need to work on , I would think it was we're just not crazy enough.
7. y'know , I gotta say I'm not too sure I agree with that.

[朱三雀]

Ｆebruary 4
it's a sunny day and it has not snowed for a lot of days. I kinda miss snow baby.
my rich relatives invite me and my son to spend a five-day's skiing holiday at somewhere near Jilin. my son 's so glad. I gotta leave from lunar calendar January 1 to 5.
now today's sentences:
1 . I hate the fact that this place still smells like bird.
2.I think it makes you( look really ) dangerous.
3.I never would've gotten this if it weren't for you.
4.The only way I 'll even consider this is if they offer a lot more than just season seats.
5.Don't get me started on it.
6.We would be truely honoured if you named the other baby.

[angelonduty]

you have my curiosity now, sparrow boy. I haven't watched this American TV series yet, already you put me in the mood of interacting with those characters.
I am wondering just what kind of places smell like bird? I would put it this way: "this place is a freaking pigsty, if not a rathole."

[朱三雀]

作者: angelonduty

you have my curiosity now, sparrow boy. I haven't watched this American TV series yet, already you put me in the mood of interacting with those characters.
I am wondering just what kind of places smell like bird? I would put it this way: "this place is a freaking pigsty, if not a rathole."

It's Jeoy's apartment. hehe~~, Rachel said these words when they switched their apartments to live in as a result that Rachel lost a game.
by the way, I'm a robot sparrow, to be honest, neither a boy nor a girl, just a robot,R2's "nephew".and I wish I were a cute and cool riskless robot.

[朱三雀]

thank you for topping my note , I 'm truly honoured by that .

[朱三雀]

February 12
I 've come back finally from a long happy holiday. We went to 弓长岭 to ski and spent 5 days learning skiing.My son and I had a lot of fun here. show some my son's pictures here .

[朱三雀]

I'm planning on restarting my oral practice on February 14. Yesterday,I cought a bad cold, and I 'm still in bed now.

[angelonduty]

作者: 朱三雀

I'm planning on restarting my oral practice on February 14. Yesterday,I cought a bad cold, and I 'm still in bed now.

Get back on your feet as soon as possible, we really enjoy having you here with us.
Mind if I ask why you caught a cold? the skiing thing caught you off guard, I guess.
again, get well soon!

[angelonduty]

作者: 朱三雀

February 12
I 've come back finally from a long happy holiday. We went to 弓长岭 to ski and spent 5 days learning skiing.My son and I had a lot of fun here. show some my son's pictures here .

heyyyyy, I like R3 junior very much, hahaha.

[朱三雀]

作者: angelonduty

Mind if I ask why you caught a cold? the skiing thing caught you off guard, I guess.
again, get well soon!

Thank you very much. let me try to explain what happened to me:
briefly, I and my male cousins had an idea to experience northeast farmer living. We spent the last night sleeping on so-called "火炕", worse than that, at the midnight I found there's no toilet but "旱厕"where's outdoor at the other end of the garden.and the temperature just was -20 centigrade.That's why I caught a bad cold.

[angelonduty]

作者: 朱三雀

Thank you very much. let me try to explain what happened to me:
briefly, I and my male cousins had an idea to experience northeast farmer living. We spent the last night sleeping on so-called "火炕", worse than that, at the midnight I found there's no toilet but "旱厕"where's outdoor at the other end of the garden.and the temperature just was -20 centigrade.That's why I caught a bad cold.

Poor guy! 火炕 and 旱厕 are all so typical among northeasters. It is also said that normally when they "hit the head " at midnight under that weather condition, say, minus 20 or worse, they bring with them a stick, just in case. You know what I mean?

[fairychen]

作者: angelonduty

say, minus 20 or worse, they bring with them a stick, just in case. You know what I mean?

ha~,I know what you mean. It works for male only, right?

[朱三雀]

you're all well-read northeast girls indeed, I 服了 U。
To tell you the truth,I REALLY bring a stick ,not for pee but for dogs or robbers

[朱三雀]

Today, these medicine I took, like CONTACÒNT or something,made me sleepy whole day,It 's hard to concentrate my attention to listen and speak, what a shame, I can't grasp what these friends were talking about. I'm NOT READY
tomorrow I can do more than sleep,I swear!.
formally restart tomorrow.

[朱三雀]

today's sentences。February 16 2008.
1. I left a bra drying on the shower rod , you don't think your son will think it's yours and be horribly traumatized?

2.Susan's gonna be shooting a commercial in London next week.(is that mean shooting an ad.?)

3.It's just that us getting along is difficult for him,because he doesn't like me.( I can't figure out this sentence's grammar. angel tells me that this occures quite often in the spoken English. Such as:
do you like the picture? us sitting on the grass and reading a book?

the world "us" acts as the object of the main sentence, and the subject of the clause. when it does, it's often followed by a verb+ing.)


4.I went through this whole book and found nothing.

5.dig in，它在英语口语里就是吃饭

6.by the bye 顺便说到

7. hit it off 合得来

8. (if you wanna sb nervous, learn this sentence.)
all right, just imagine for a moment, Susan meets someone and they really hit it off, y'know, say-say they're coming back from the theatre and they stop at a pub for a couple of drinks, they're laughing,y'know, someone innocently touches someone else.... There's electricity. It's new ,It's exciting. Are you telling me there isn't the slightest possibility of something happening.

[朱三雀]

9. a babe magnet is a man who attracts lots of women.

10.Is there a place I can go freshen up?

11. you got all freaked out about Mark and there was nothing going on.
POST A section of a dialogue from internet:
“今天Larry和李华在校园里闲逛，校园里到处都贴满了选举传单。今天李华会学到两个常用语：flip flop和wishy-washy.

LL: Hey, Li Hua who do you support for class president?

LH: 我觉得Gary Lawrence当学生会主席应该是不错的。他看起来挺老实，也很勤奋。

LL: Gary Lawrence? But he flip-flops all of the time. One minute he's in favor of increasing campus security and the next minute he's accusing the university of policing its students

LH: Flip-flop? 那是什么意思啊？你说他一会儿要加强校园安全，一会儿又批评学校过于监管学生。嗯...flip-flop， 你是说他翻来覆去的意思吧？

LL: Something like that. Flip-flop is a term that is often used in politics. It means that a particular person suddenly changes his/her position on an issue.

LH: 噢，flip-flop经常用在政治方面。但是改变想法也没什么错啊。每个人都会有改变主意的时候嘛！

LL: That's true, but when someone flip-flops a lot it makes him seem weak and indecisive. People will not think he is a good, strong leader.

LH: 那是没错。如果一个人经常flip flop，别人就会觉得他不够果断，不能做个好领导。

LL: If Gary flip-flops a lot, how could he be a good student leader!

LH: 对，如果我们因为Gary支持加强校园安，投了他一票。结果他当选后，又改变立场，那不就糟了？

LL: Exactly. I would feel as though I had voted for the wrong person.

LH: 没错，那可真是选错人了。哎，对了，Larry，如果我说我赞同死刑，但后来又改变立场，反对死刑。这样算不算是flip-flop?

LL: That would definitely be flip-flopping.

LH: 可是一些政治人物经常这样改变立场的啊！

LL: That's true, but they also lose support when they do things like that. It's very negative to be accused of flip-flopping in U.S. politics.

LH: 还好我不是什么政治人物，这样我就可以随便改变立场咯！

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LL: Li Hua, what about Laura Wilson? Do you support her for class president even though she flip-flops all of the time? I think she is so wishy-washy.

LH: 嗯，Laura Wilson是还好啦。可是她不也经常改变立场吗？你还说她wishy-washy。那又是什么意思啊？

LL: Wishy-washy is similar to flip-flop but it's an adjective instead of a verb. To be wishy-washy is to be weak and indecisive.

LH: 原来wishy-washy的意思和flip flop差不多，只不过它是个形容词。照这么说，Larry, 我是不是能说一个经常改变主意的人很wishy-washy?

LL: Yes. I can also call you wishy-washy if you can't decide which candidate to support.

LH: 嘿！我才不是wishy-washy呢！我只是要仔细地想一想，到底把票投给谁最好！

LL: I know, I'm just teasing you. Can you give me another example of wishy-washy?

LH: 你要我举个例子啊？哎，有了，我们的朋友Lisa，她一直下不了决定是不是该和她男朋友分手。她呀！ 就是标准的wishy-washy.

LL: Yes, you could call her wishy-washy because she can't make a decision and act on it.

LH: 说到做决定，我还没有决定是不是该为下学期的一个会议写报告。要写的话，负担很重，不过会得到学术界的重视。我到现在还决定不了。

LL: Quit being wishy-washy and make a decision. If it's worth it, then it's worth it. If not, then forget about it.

LH: 你说得到容易，值得就值得，不值得就算。我并不想wishy-washy，就是不想做错误的决定。

LL: Sometimes, you have to take the risk.

今天李华从Larry那儿学到两个常用语。第一个是flip flop. 意思是一个人经常改变立场，特别是指一些政治人物。第二个常用语是wishy-washy，这是形容一个人很软弱，不果断。"

[朱三雀]

作者: angelonduty

heyyyyy, I like R3 junior very much, hahaha.

thank you,I should say R3junior 's perfect pupil at school and he likes piano very much,I record secretly his piano practice. It doesn't sound that skilled but quite movingly( I feel.). That's one of the motivations why I wanna immigrate to C.

two record pieces please listen

[朱三雀]

what's matter ,I can't upload these.oh, finally it's ok.

[angelonduty]

作者: fairychen

ha~,I know what you mean. It works for male only, right?

You read my mind, yes, hahah.