Superman
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Originally posted by larrylee at 2006-10-6 09:12
oh,jesus, you r superman that u can speak five languages. i know nothing about europe.
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Originally posted by summerlili at 2006-10-6 09:16
i wanna pray u how u can learn so many languages .can u tell me u experience .share with us
Thanks but to be honest, European languages have much in common with eachother. So when you speak English you can learn German and Dutch more easily, and when you speak French you can learn Spanish more easily. I think you guys are supermen (and superwomen), because Chinese and English are very different
To compare: the differences between many European languages are smaller then those between Mandarin and Cantonese.
And I'm from a very small country, smaller then most Chinese provinces. There are only 30 million people worldwide who speak my native language (Dutch), so we just have to learn other languages. And if I travel 150 kilometers from my house I'm allready in a German or French country.
One trick to learn many languages is to always try to understand how they are related to other languages. For example, I've learned some Latin at school (an old language, used in the Roman Empire 2000 years ago) and now I very often see that words in French and Spanish and even some in English are just changed versions of Latin words. Once you see such things you remember the words better.
And it really helps if you hear foreign languages as a child, so you get used to the sounds of the pronunciation. So if you have children, try to let them listen to foreign music and speech. It will give them a real advantage when learning languages at a later age.
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Originally posted by huang262 at 2006-10-6 10:06
Can drugs/narcotics/dope still be purchased legally in Holland?
Yes, although there are limitations. Softdrugs (less harmful drugs) are legal, but harddrugs (very addictive or dangerous drugs) are illegal. And people may only carry a small amount (a few gramms) of drugs with them on the street. But yea, we're still a bit exceptional with this policy And it doesn't mean that everyone in Holland uses drugs, the percentage is actually lower then in some other European countries (where drugs are still illegal).
