Thursday, November 20, 2008

Going out with 刘毅

I told you that i made a friend in the salon. And he was nice enough to bring us to China Post to make payment for our electricity bill since not all China Post branch have that service...

We found a new street to play in!! The whole street sells, fishes and plants!! My element !! Heehee, i would definately go back to buy some seeds and maybe some pots. Perhaps, we can get a christmas tree ^^

I think we scared him, by "dragging" him to take neoprint with us.

He taught me something that day, "No thank you!" 不谢!

We were walking along the fish and plant street when, Li Ying noticed a plant bearing some fruits. They began to touch the fruit with the utmost curiosity. The uncle tending the shop began to reprimand them, “麻烦你们不要乱动,谢谢!”(Do not touch the fruits, thank you.)And you know what was Liu Yi's first reaction? He replied to the man "no thank you", which literally means ,"不谢". 不谢 actually means "your welcome", but under the translation of him and his friends, it suddenly became "no thank you".

He explained that China students learn English word by word. And their teacher never taught them how to reply when you receive thanks from others. So they themselves came up with the term, "no thank you!". Interesting...

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