The school turned 10 this year and the staff was treated to an evening dinner cruise on the river in Shanghai, along the Bund - the old European centre of Shanghai and now the pulsating heart of China's modernity. It was pretty spectacular:
The two bits of Chinglish I have on offer are from school. The first is from a student of mine, who confounded me momentarily by mentioning the 'burdenings' on a pizza. His on-line translator lead him astray, as he was aiming for 'toppings'. The other goofy language did not make me or any English speaking staff member at school laugh. The Chinese side of our enterprise spent thousands of yuan on hundreds of advertising banners for the school, without checking if the English was correct. (Infuriating, too, I guess, 'cause this is the way life goes here. There are continual little and big power struggles between the BCers and the Chinese halves of the school.) Anyhow, I used the phrase as a teachable moment, and added the 'eat healthy' posters made by the PE department for good luck. (Verb+Adverb... ring any bells, people?)
As for food, I leave you with the following. There was quite a array of foods at the buffet on the cruise. What do you think this dish is?
The mind boggles....Answer next post! KAREN
I'm guessing tongues. But whose?
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