“旧地重游”⇒英语？？ “旧地重游”用汉语写出来，看上去就给人（至少对我来说是这样）以伤感、怀旧之情；用英语表达时，它的音声是不是也能言简意赅地传达同样意境，如果可以，怎样说？ 额。。

Is this sentence grammatically correct? "The biggest fear some people have who oppose Fair Play is the misconception that Fair Play will distract from competitive spirits and winning." This is an example sentence in an vocabulary learning book published by Foreign Language Teaching and Learning Press, China's most authoritative publisher in its field. But the usage of the word "distract" seems incorrect to me, doesn't it need an object after 'distract'? I can't understand the meaning of this sentence. By the way, example sentences are all articulately read by a lady who is from the UK, therefore it's most unlikely that there is any grammatical mistakes in these sentences. Would anyone tell me if this sentence is correct and briefly explain its meaning, many thanks in advance.Correct myself, not "there is any grammatical mistakes", should be "there are any grammatical mistakes".

「蒼穹の昴」をみたいです 26日（日曜）の夜11時から、全25回のNHKドラマ「蒼穹の昴」が放送される予定です。西太后を演じたのは日本人女優田中裕子で、それを聞いて、私はちょっとびっくりしました。そもそも中国語で制作され、のち日本語に吹き替えしたのでしょうか？彼女を含め、かかわった日本人俳優さんたちは中国語がしゃべれるでしょうか？それはさておき、浅田次郎は凄いですね。中国人の作家で、日本を舞台とする優れた長編歴史小説があれば、その作家について誰かはお教えてください。それに、紫禁城は原寸大のセットだと聞いて、NHKはさすがに大金持ちだなぁ、との思いでした。さぁ、ここにいる皆さんはどうでしょう。観るでしょうか。私は時間が許す限り観たいです。それでは。

I'm really confused here! Some dead people, people who were too sensitive to live: Sylvia Plath, Van Gough, Virginia Woolf, Jackson Pollock, Promo Levi, Kurt Cobain, of course. Some alive people: George W.Bush, Arnold Schwazenegger, Osama Bin Laden. Put a cross next to the people you might want to have a drink with, and then see whether they're on the dead side or the alive side. And, yeah, you could point out that I have stacked the deck, that there are a couple of people missing from my 'alive' list who might fuck up my argument, a few poets and musicians and so on. And you could also point out that Stalin and Hitler weren't so great, and they're no longer with us. But indulge me anyway: you know what I'm talking about. Sensitive people find it harder to stick around. -- A paragraph from 'A Long Way Down' by Nick Hornby. My questions are, ① Why by putting a cross next to people one can tell that they are noble or disgusting? ② Since Stalin didn't kill himself, then why he takes Stalin as an example here?The speaker, his name is JJ, wants to commit suicide. He is full of artistic sensibility.

Chen's notebook entry: 一期一会 七年も経ちました、この国に来て。つい最近のことですが、初めて、この国の民になりたい気持ちが湧いてきました。人生は、川の流れのように、面白いもんですね。。結構複雑な心境です。。おれは運命の岐路にさしかかってきた。。 今日テレビを見るとき、耳に残ったのは「一期一会」という馴染みの言葉です。。人生というものは、一度しか出会えない物事がたくさんあります～～

关于ｑｑ上的英语群． 好像在ｑｑ上有很多很多的英语会话群．不知道有没有人能告诉我一个真正好用的，适合中高级以上，没有太多人的．我以前从不用ｑｑ，不过如果有英语水平相当的同好愿意交流，我可以试一试．谢谢了．

'one stagione short of the full Quattro', what does it mean? A question about 'A Long Way Down' by Nick Hornby, published by Penguin Books. On page 23, the first sentence is: 'Anyway, the point is, people jump to the conclusion that anyone driving around North London on a shitty little moped on New Year's Eve for the minimum wage is clearly a loser, and almost certainly one stagione short of the full Quattro.' What does 'and almost certainly one stagione short of the full Quattro' exactly mean? Many thanks in advance!

Chen's notebook entry: 外国人学习汉语时要注意的一件事。 If you are not a native Chinese speaker but you can understand the meaning of this essay clearly, then congratulations on your Mandarin reading comprehension. 在日本，大部分的中国留学生都要打工。其中有不少留学生是和中老年日本妇女一块儿工作的。久而久之，有一些学生在和大学老师讲话时，竟然不由自主地使用当地方言，或者是带有一些很明显的欧巴桑腔调，使得老师和在场的其他人尴尬到起鸡皮疙瘩的地步！ 在italki，我同样注意到，有些外国人写的东西，明明是男人写的，有的地方读起来却像某地小女生在和你娓娓而谈。。。 语言这个东西，一旦养成不好的习惯，不花相当大的时间和精力则无法改正。并且，当局者迷，他们往往不知道自己已经被不良的语言环境给“污染”了。外国人讲汉语和写中文时，不但要注意用词用语符合自己的年龄和性别，还要注意，滥用方言和网络用语以及模仿一些个性化的用语习惯，会使你的普通话越来越怪。。。 （文中所举事例，并不代表我对女性有任何偏见，只是举出我熟悉的例子。）

Chen's notebook entry: Jul 10, 2010 #3 Is there much difference between learning a foreign language and doing sports? I don't think so. In many aspects, they're so similar.