This post is for people who want to chat in English

Ziggi

原帖由 esthertang 于 2008-10-31 09:56 发表
what, i am super talent???? :L but i don't think so, coz....my english is not well......also, i need to have extra hard work to learning english..........

Yes, you ARE! I think your English is good enough, it doesn't have to be perfect. Look you ARE practising, which is good. All you need to do, just practise more, that's all.:loveliness: :handshake

Ziggi

Actually,my mejor in university is Spanish.
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Spanish is very similar with English I think. I know a spanish song which has lots of words sound like English words. The song called MI CUERPO (My body), have you ever heard about it?

Mi cuerpo, mi cuerpo, hace musica. Mis ma nos hacen, mis pies hacen, mi bo ca hace'la, la, la', mi cuerpo hace cha, cha cha.

Is it the right writing? The English version of the song is:

My body makes music, it'e easy you will see. My hands, my hands go(clap, clap), my feet my feet go(stamp, stamp), my mouth my mouth goes"la, la, la", my body does the cha, cha, cha.

[ 本帖最后由 Ziggi 于 2008-11-1 16:09 编辑 ]

esthertang

原帖由 Ziggi 于 2008-11-1 16:08 发表
My body makes music, it'e easy you will see. My hands, my hands go(clap, clap), my feet my feet go(stamp, stamp), my mouth my mouth goes"la, la, la", my body does the cha, cha, cha.

is this song for children??? i look the lyrics like that!!!

i never had heard kun sing the children song before, but if he go to try....i think it will so funny;P

[ 本帖最后由 esthertang 于 2008-11-1 20:22 编辑 ]

Ziggi

Bingo! It is for children, what a good guess.:D ictory: Because I'm studying Early Childhood Teaching, so I've learnt lots of songs for children. Most of them are English songs, but some of them are different languages, like Spanish, Japanese...I love all of them, especially there's a song called PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON, it's just so beautiful, even though it's a bit sad, but the tune is so beautiful. I actually dreamed that one day Aloys would sing this song, it would be fantastic!!

[ 本帖最后由 Ziggi 于 2008-11-1 17:00 编辑 ]

Ziggi

Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea,
and frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honalee.
Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff,
And brought him strings and sealing-wax and other fancy stuff.

Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail;
Jackie kept a look-out perched on Puff's gigantic tail.
Noble kings and princes would bow whenever they came,
Pirate ships would lower their flags when Puff roared out his name.

A dragon lives for ever, but not so little boys.
Painted wings and giants' rings make way for other toys.
One grey night it happened--Jackie Paper came no more,
And Puff, that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar.
His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain;
Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane.
Without his lifelong friend Puff could not be brave,
So, Puff, that mighty dragon, sadly slipped into his cave.

Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea,
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honalee.

[ 本帖最后由 Ziggi 于 2008-11-1 17:16 编辑 ]

clarie

Yeap, PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON is a very popular song for children learning English.  I knew it when I was a child.
I guess Aloys would sing this song to his boy(s)/gal(s)....  It's lucky to be his children :loveliness:

鱼乐一下

Thanks fou thinking of this good idea, many people who like English need  such a  way like this to practise English level. to support ALOYS with a different way.
Anyway,perhaps ALOYS will come into this .HA ha.......
I am ISLA.

Ziggi

Thanks Isla, welcom to join and hope you would enjoy the chatting with us!:loveliness: :pj_040

Ziggi

Did you? Do you like this song? Isn't it beautiful? There's another song called HULA BALULA, it's lovely too. Some Israeli songs are pretty as well.

[ 本帖最后由 Ziggi 于 2008-11-2 14:55 编辑 ]

esthertang

i think it is the good way which listen more english song, except the song of childen, i would like to listen modern popular song just like "i kissed a girl" who sang by kate perry, she is a new star, i heard this song from radio almost everyday, why i like this song, coz, i feel her voice is so specially, are you ever hear this song?????hohoho, i want to recommend this song for you!! hope you can enjoy that !!!!:loveliness:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDebwTnsud0

[ 本帖最后由 esthertang 于 2008-11-2 20:29 编辑 ]

你微笑时好美

WOW,i haven't heard about the song.
The first spanish song i've heard is Por que te vas(why do you leave).
I don't konw anything about spanish before entering the university,hehe
At the beginning I really think it's very difficult (specially the grammar )and i woudn't master it.
And now,already I could communicate well with people whose native language is spanish~~
As you said above,spanish is similar with spanish.For ex:language(lengua)diccionary(diccionario)……ect
A foreign teacher said that English don't have anything themselves only copy from Latin, Arabe and other language|||||||||
In fact,la lengua espanyola also have palabras from other languages as Arabe and  old Latin.
Emmmm……
When i was a middle school student,i like english and study well,speak welll,write well and beautiful.
As time goes by……my english is getting worse and worseTOT
So,i'm not sure if there anyone could understander what i said……
Thx for giving me a chance to practise ,maybe to improve^^
Gracias~~

[ 本帖最后由 你微笑时好美 于 2008-11-2 21:07 编辑 ]

鱼乐一下

I have never heard this Spanish song ,but I have heard others,I think Spanish songs are very beautiful, although I could not sing each one, even I do not know its name!
Actually, I like foreign songs very much, especilly English songs.AT this moment, I just wanna to introduce an English song called 'Jesus, walk with me' to you,I don't know if you ever heard it,or you like it? When I listen to this song,I feel very quiet and peaceful, and I can  forget every unhappy thing  around me.

ee

Just come in to visit, haha.
The Egnlish font seems so small, I am having a hard time reading the posts.

Ziggi

I'm hopeless with popular music, hehe...Anyway thanks for sharing the lovely song with us!:kiss: :loveliness:

Ziggi

Sorry I haven't heard about it. Is it a religionary song? Sorry don't know what to call this kind of song...kind of like carol? I acctually only know the songs that relate to my industry. I'm sort of over focusing on it, haven't got any time and chance to touch the other kinds of music, such as popular music...
Thanks for sharing your favourite song with us as well! Keep going...:pj_040

[ 本帖最后由 Ziggi 于 2008-11-3 20:48 编辑 ]

Ziggi

原帖由 ee 于 2008-11-3 10:21 发表
Just come in to visit, haha.
The Egnlish font seems so small, I am having a hard time reading the posts.

I know. They ARE very small. Sorry for that and welcome to participate.:) :pj_040

Ziggi

"When i was a middle school student,i like english and study well,speak welll,write well and beautiful."
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Good on you! :pj_040 When I was a high school girl, my English was totally hopeless, and I didn't like English at all. It's ture. :$
Your English is still good, not to worry, just keep practising, then you'll see the difference. :D

clarie

原帖由 Ziggi 于 2008-11-2 14:49 发表
Did you? Do you like this song? Isn't it beautiful? There's another song called HULA BALULA, it's lovely too. Some Israeli songs are pretty as well.

Re: Ziggi
Yeap, I like this song.  Thanks for sharing this beautiful song with us.   I'm not so sure of HULA BALULA.  Perhaps this is less common in our place.  

English language was one of my favourite subjects in school, so as English Literature.  
I used to communicate with people only in English.  However, after the reunification in 1997, people tend to speak more in Putonghua and write in Chinese.
I have also forced myself learning Putonghua by watching CCTV and listening to Beijing radio programmes.   Surfing around iChenkun is also a good source of learning native Chinese although I don't
understand everything the fans write  :P

To me, learning a language is not easy, especially when we don't have many chances for practice.  
Let's take this as the channel of learning and practicing our written English!

clarie

原帖由 梅子黄时雨 于 2008-10-29 20:13 发表
This post is so interesting!
Chenkun is learning English now,and we are chatting in English now!
I have a question,how to say "探班“ in English?:P

Chen Kun is learning English now?  I think he speaks English all right?!
In the drama 再見溫哥華, he spoke in English with a Chinese accent.
I think this is very common for Mainland Chinese.

Best-Of-Wish

:pj_040
Wonderful !  A 'bridge' for people who want to communicate in different languages !  How thoughtful of Ziggi !   :loveliness:  ictory:

radiowoman

I listen to the Radio every morning on the way to work.  I think it is a good way to practise English and know the interesting of the local people.

radiowoman

原帖由 clarie 于 2008-11-3 23:17 发表

In the drama 再見溫哥華, he spoke in English with a Chinese accent.
I think this is very common for Mainland Chinese.

Yes, I agree.  It is very hard for an adult to spend a foreign language without any his/her hometown accent.  But, I think it is OK for him to being like that in the Show.  Because he is acting as a foreign student in Canada, not a local born Chinese.

apple1127

you are right ziggi, typing english is definitely easier and quicker for me,..... surely there were times that i do not know how to express myself in englsh.  in that case, i hope you don't mind if i will type in both englsh and chinese within the same post.

[ 本帖最后由 apple1127 于 2008-11-4 18:39 编辑 ]

clarie

Hi all,

I've a couple of questions about iChenkun website.   Could you pls help me with these?  Thanks!!!!:)
1] Why certain pages are set with restrictions [阅读权限], e.g.  
[贴图20080923]猫猫作品：《画皮》北京发布会之韩国媒体采访 - [阅读权限 2]   
2] Is there any short-cut key for me to go from one section to another without landing myself back to the main page,
e.g. from 傾听 to 影音?

radiowoman

原帖由 clarie 于 2008-11-4 23:15 发表
Hi all,

I've a couple of questions about iChenkun website.   Could you pls help me with these?  Thanks!!!!
1] Why certain pages are set with restrictions [阅读权限], e.g.  
[贴图20080923]猫猫作品：《画皮》北京发布会之韩国媒体采访 - [阅读权限 2]   

---- I guess this is sort of the Copyright protection. Only the registered user is able to view those posts.  The 2 points are the minimum requirement for registered users.  Any new account will have 2 points after registration.  But, I guess the moderators did not consider 1 thing when they set up this rule -- our diving master, Chen Kun, is not able to see those posts, either.

2] Is there any short-cut key for me to go from one section to another without landing myself back to the main page,
e.g. from 傾听 to 影音?
---- I am afraid not.  Unless you choose "open in new window" when you click on the "陈坤论坛" link every time.