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Today in our translation class,our teacher talking sth about "pingpang",here i wanna to share a sentence with u my friend
In Aprial,there was the "ping" heard around the world,in July,the "pang "pronged!
it's very interesting,i wanna u can get some implies in this sentence
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Post comment Comment (9 replies)
- Reply rainecho415
- very interesting,it's just I don't get it!
- Reply rainecho415
- nail: 意思就是说中美建交的乒乓建交，Interesting!
- Reply sedgehead
- I love the way my Chinese friends did not understand what you wrote! It confused me at first, then I remembered the Chinese words for the game of pingpong. The words are 乒乓 which are pronounced ping1 pang1 and not ping pong. That's what is creating the confusion. Here's the history. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping_pong_diplomacy
What happened? China invited US pingpong players to China. The US accepted the invitation and this led indirectly to US President Nixon to visit China a little later.
Here's comments on that and on what you wrote:
>>Today in our translation class,our
Use one space between words and after a comma (but never before a comma). In this way your English will not look like a child's writing to me and other Americans.
>>here i wanna
Use I and not i. The use of "i" looks very strange to me, but is common with Chinese writers of English.
>>In Aprial,there was the "ping" heard around the world,in July,the "pang "pronged!
This refers to a famous saying called "the shot heard 'round the world." See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shot_Heard_%27Round_the_World. I think of it as the shot that started World War I.
>>i wanna u can get some implies in this sentence
Better: I want to get your thoughts on this sentence.
My response: I'm not sure exactly what you were saying at first, but I figured out you were talking about ping pong diplomacy!!! pH
