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TAR14 EP9: 'Our Parents Will Cry Themselves to Death' (China)
kaad:
--- Quote from: apskip on April 13, 2009, 07:33:27 AM ---kaad, your statement
--- Quote ---Guilin is not a commercial city...just a small tourist province...so taxi driver/people there don't know how to speak in English is quite normal
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No, Guilin is not a small town. It is a city of 600,000 in a metro area of 1.34 million. It has hordes of English-speaking tourists visiting regularly. I would guess that there is a fair comprehension of English by some residents, although not more than 1 in 10. What are my credentials to say this? I've been there. Have you? I don't recall any difficulty getting around and I speak no Mandarin.
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I mean compare to Beijing,Shanghai,Guangzhou,Shenzhen these commercial zone, you know what i mean now?
I've been there, but I'm Chinese, so i have no problem in commuincation.
People there may know English, but not a lot, like what i said before.
Some people may get bad luck, you can find non-english speaker everywhere in China
Neobie:
--- Quote from: kaad on April 13, 2009, 12:23:14 PM ---
--- Quote from: apskip on April 13, 2009, 07:33:27 AM ---kaad, your statement
--- Quote ---Guilin is not a commercial city...just a small tourist province...so taxi driver/people there don't know how to speak in English is quite normal
--- End quote ---
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No, Guilin is not a small town. It is a city of 600,000 in a metro area of 1.34 million. It has hordes of English-speaking tourists visiting regularly. I would guess that there is a fair comprehension of English by some residents, although not more than 1 in 10. What are my credentials to say this? I've been there. Have you? I don't recall any difficulty getting around and I speak no Mandarin.
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I mean compare to Beijing,Shanghai,Guangzhou,Shenzhen these commercial zone, you know what i mean now?
I've been there, but I'm Chinese, so i have no problem in commuincation.
People there may know English, but not a lot, like what i said before.
Some people may get bad luck, you can find non-english speaker everywhere in China
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A population of 600 000 ranks it around #77 in China, I think! And #77 in the US is like Chandler, Arizona. :duno:
They will have to try very hard to get people to speak English - especially with the places they're going to! The Sheraton Hotel yes, Folded Brocade Mountains yes, everywhere else - it's gonna take effort finding someone. Some of them can't even speak Mandarin!
I'm starting to wonder if the Old South Gate was a red herring. I can bet tar and feathers on the Folded Brocade Mountains though.
Ruth:
Wow, so we get to see Luke's hot tempered side next week. I'm already looking forward to next week's episode. Not that I love meltdowns, but it's probably gonna be the most heated pit-stop moment ever, can't wait to catch that. Poor Phil, he's gonna have to mediate. And looks like Tammy and Victor check in around the same time as the two teams, they'll probably be all stuck in the shouting lol. Hope that Mark and Michael don't catch up heh.
Dånooky:
--- Quote from: mwoden on April 13, 2009, 12:20:35 PM ---Neobie, I'm wondering if teams do additional tasks in Guilin in the next episode before moving on to Beijing -- would that help us fit in some of these other locations?
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What if the whole Luke battles Jen and Jen battles Luke scenes are part from a route info scavenger hunt (look through all the clue boxes until you find the right one)?
DavidJunior:
i was wondering...
if the fight between Jen/Luke on/after the mat is 45 mins long, maybe they get there around the same time, and Tammy/Victor arrive later but K/J and M/L are still there fighting and arguing when they arrive
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