This year the team introduces Wells Bonzi, in my opinion, we should give him more opportunity, maybe he has a little question, but I think is not each people can keep good condition. it has the murky condition, AS the T_mac, in some match ,He can play good, and in some match he is murky, but he has ability. we can say he is not good player when he display not good ? Do not forget he is in two sessions to score points theking! ! ! maybe Some people say Wells ,Bonzi is not the T_mac, does not have that ability, but when we watch his performance in the season playoff! Can we say he does not have the ability? Only he does not have the same ability as T-mac. In my opinion we should gives him opportunity again, his performance can not be bad compare Howard! because Howard is old! Wells ,Bonzi has the quite ability. when nobody used, possible Jeff Van Gundy remember him, but the present Jeff Van Gundy gave him little time! Give him more time to play, to attend more match, I think he can score points, don't think he is not good for his bad performance in the first five minutes,don't forget that he hadn't played ball for a long time I think the rockets made him to come to the team ,he must have his ability! Do not let him free! Also his wage is not very much ,It is very Value for team! !! Jeff Van Gundy, you should gives him more time. I find when the T_mac play good or bad, you always let him on the match? As the same as the T_mac, Wells ,Bonzi also have more opportunity to play on the match. although it has many mistakes i have tried my best to Translate.
errr, not bad, not bad for a second attempt. Much more readable than the first one. Just hang around this forum for a bit longer and your English will improve Hint: Just post what you wrote in Chinese and somembody will translate for you.
As allways matthaus, you're very entertaining. i agree that bonzi is only gonna improve. he grabbed 3 boards in 5 minutes. i believe he is gonna be our 3rd best player by mid january. i believe in bonz.. who's with me?..
Matthaus my friend, you've made pretty good progress in terms of better spelling and so on, from you're first thread. hang in there buddy.
wow. what a differece from the first post, in terms of english. congratulations matthaus. keep it up. otoh, i don't think jvg didn't play bonzi much was because he didn't think bonzi was a good player or better than howard. jvg knows he is good all along. it's just his attitude and approach of the game that jvg doesn't like. too bad. bonzi would've been contributing in any other team.
bonzi is not in good shape, which seems obviously during the last game. He has a lot of work to do to be a force right now, maybe more running and exercize.
Much easier to understand than your first post. Bonzi hasn't been coming to practice and that is the reason he hasn't been playing. If he comes to practice and works hard he will play. TMac works hard... please don't compare the two.
never try to read matthaus' post after studying all night...too much for my brain to handle right now... but it was better than the other one. good job bro! that said, i think bonzi can contribute when he gets into better shape, he's too talented not to. from his comments, he seems to have the hunger to contribute in the way we need him to. one last chance, bonzi, dont screw us
matthaus, Chances are if you stay here longer, keep posting, reading others' threads and replying to them, you will make progress in English day by day. Nobody will pick up on you for the mistakes in grammer. And there is much more fun here than a formal English class. My suggestion: try to step away from word by word translations, see how everybody posts here to learn more words,(also, what is the structural difference of the sentences between Chinese and English, to figure out how you should talk and write in terms of sentences)...and cheer for the Rox. Keep it up.
IIRC, discussion in the past with the Crew was somethign to the effect of English only in the forums. IF his aim is to improve his english, doign what you suggest is not gonna help him. I found nothing wrong with his OP in this thread...much much more understandable than his first one.
Good progress, Matthaus, but, no, please don't post in Chinese. Until you gain greater fluency, my suggestion is to buddy up with a poster like Wind and Sea who is fluent in both languages. Send that person your post in Chinese, let him/her translate and send it back to you. Then post the translation so we know it is your thinking. How does that sound?
Much improved! Like the other posters said, after a while, you'll "get the hang of it" and write as well as anyone ("get the hang of it" is what is known as an idiom- a phrase unique to a language that does not translate word-for-word). Just a few other things, only to provide assistance: 1. You would refer to the players by first name then last name, or by first name only, or by last name only. Wells, Bonzi is often used when creating an alphabetical list (like a list of customers for a business), but in other types of writing like this, you would say "Bonzi Wells" or "Bonzi" or "Wells" instead of "Wells, Bonzi." 2. As for the rest, there are many different ways to write essentially the same thing in English, which is both good and bad. Here is how this might read according to (mostly) Standard Written English: This year, the team introduced Bonzi Wells. In my opinion, we should give him more of an opportunity to succeed. Maybe he comes with a "question mark" regarding his weight, but I don't think each person can stay in good condition. As for T-Mac, in some games, he can play well, and in some games he does not perform up to expectations, but he has the ability. Can we say he is not a good player when he has a bad game? Do not forget that he is in two sessions to score points! (Not sure what that meant). Maybe some people say Bonzi Wells is not T-Mac, and does not have his great ability, but when we watch his performance in the playoffs, can we say he does not have ability, or even great ability? No, only that he not at the same level as T-Mac. In my opinion we should give him opportunities because his performance can not be bad compared to Howard who is old! Bonzi Wells has very good talent and skills. When nobody else is used, possible Jeff Van Gundy may remember him, but presently Jeff Van Gundy gives him little time! Give him more time to play, and more time in more games, and I think he can score points. Don't think he is not good for his bad performance in the first five minutes; don't forget that he hadn't played ball for a long time. I think the rockets made him come to the team and wanted him badly, so he must have great ability! Do not trade or waive him! Also, his salary is not very high, so it is a good value for the team. Jeff Van Gundy: you should give him more time. I find that whether T-Mac plays good or bad, you always let him stay in the game. Similar to T-Mac, Bonzi should also have more opportunities to play in the games. The best way to learn a language is to immerse yourself in all 4 communicative arts- speaking, listening, reading, and writing. So the more you read this board, the more you'll "pick up" the language. The only thing to be aware of are idioms and slang- these do not translate well, if at all, into other languages. You just have to keep a running list of these, like "get the hang of it," "put up with..." "fixing to...," etc.
Remember...this is about content, ie opinion, ideas, and comments. There are many posters from other countries who have not mastered the language yet, but have excellent comments. Lets look beyond simple grammatical or spelling errors and appreciate the fact that we have Rockets fans all over thw world.
I am going to write this the way I would if I were the author just to help you with the way English is structured... This year, the Rockets brought in Bonzi Wells. In my opinion, he should get more playing time because, though his conditioning is not 100%, he does have a lot of talent. Like TMac, there are physical issues, but nobody can dispute that both have a lot of talent. Even though he has not played to his potential recently, TMac was the scoring champion two seasons in a row and retains much of that ability. For anyone who says "Bonzi Wells is not TMac," I say look at his playoff series against the Spurs. Bonzi may never be the player TMac is, but he is still a very good player. In my opinion, Bonzi should get more playing time as there is no way that he can be worse than Juwan Howard, who gets a lot of time on the court despite his age. Bonzi is talented and when other teams passed him over in the summer, JVG saw the potential, but now isn't putting Wells on the court. He just needs more time on the court to knock the rust off and get back to his old self. He needs more than five minutes in the first half to get into NBA shape. Please, JVG, give Bonzi more court time. It doesn't matter whether TMac is playing well or badly, he still gets the same amount of playing time. Bonzi should also have a substantial amount of time on the court.
