Monthly Archives: October 2009

凡人歌

Posted on October 28, 2009 by kchew

Song of ordinary people (fan2 ren2 ge) Singer : Jonathan Lee (李宗盛）, who is a famous song writer as well.                   你我皆[1]凡人,生在人世间; 终日奔波苦,一刻不得闲; 既然不是仙,难免有杂念[2]; 你既然不是仙,难免有杂念; 道义放两旁,利字摆[3]中间. 道义放两旁,把利字摆中间.   多少男子汉,一怒[8]为红颜[4]; 多少同林鸟[9],已成分飞燕[5]; 多少同林鸟,已成了分飞燕;   人生何其短,何必苦苦恋, 爱人不见了,向谁去喊冤[6]. … Continue reading →

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国家

Posted on October 26, 2009 by kchew

Country and Home   作词：王平久 作曲：金培达演唱：成龙 刘媛媛  钢琴演奏：郎朗   A recent song by Jacky Chan and Liu Yuanyuan, accompanied by lang Lang on piano. A rather patriotic song imbued with traditional Confucion ideal. A home is like a very small … Continue reading →

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The Recession’s Real Winner

Posted on October 19, 2009 by kchew

An interesting article from Fareed Zakaria, whose is the current of Newsweek magazine. His background as someone from India and born as a Muslim, might have made him more balanced and view matters from slightly different perspective than his other media collegues.   The last … Continue reading →

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Reading Chinese exercise

Posted on October 18, 2009 by kchew

Selected the following excerpts from a news report that EU would  have a president in the future (President of the United States of Europe ? ):   悬念[1]人物   根据《里斯本条约[2]》，欧盟[3]将取消[4]当前的主席国轮值机制[5]，设立欧盟理事会[6] 常任[7]主席职位[8]。按照目前的规定，欧盟理事会的主席由轮值主席国领导人兼任[9]，每半年轮换一次。   未来的常任主席任期两年半，可以连任，负责主持[10]欧盟会议、协调[11]欧盟内部共识并在世界其他地区代表欧盟，将成为欧盟最重要的职务，因此也被称作是“欧盟总统”。欧盟新设“欧盟总统”职位，目的是要强化[12]欧洲的国际形象，并使欧洲用“一个声音”说话。   布莱尔[13]是这一新职位的最热门[14] 候选人[15]，其他候选人还包括西班牙前总理菲利普·冈萨雷斯。   [1] Xuan2  nian4 … Continue reading →

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城里的月光

Posted on October 16, 2009 by kchew

Moonlight in City (Cheng2 li3 de yue4 guang) Singer :许美静 Xu3 Mei3 Jing4 (Mavis Hee)   I like this song, and it seems easy enough to sing. Heard this song for sometime, but just don’t really know who the singer … Continue reading →

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