doesnt the heat come on in like a week?

The government will turn on the heat system at Nov.15. Now it's testing time. Just 忍耐一下.....

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On你大爷的。I wanted to write the specific time, but didn't find any and forgot to change it.

If there are less nitpicking and cynical smartasses, this world will truly be a peaceful place. and people can do more to help others.

So, zhenlei,If you don't want to help then just shut up, please.

The electric oil heaters that look like radiators on wheels are fairly safe and not too expensive - around 200-500 RMB.

As a plus you can also use it to dry your socks.

I do help them. The majority of my students are IELTS candidates who wish to study in a college overseas. Prepositions are one of the major aspects of my teaching philosophy. I cover them and cover them. I give them tests concerning prepositions and point out, at every turn, when they do not use them or use them incorrectly, conversely I give them praise when they are successful. I just cannot get them to abandon their natural way of speaking when they are using English. It is a moribund task I am experiencing and at times I become frustrated. They come to me and spend a lot of money to learn my language. I attempt to give them any and all help that is required for them to speak the language as well as they wish and need to. Of course this is not true for all of my students but I feel so for the ones that have problems with the language that it bothers me to no end if I cannot inspire even one of them.

I would only use the article "The" if I were trying to get the entire population of Chinese people in the world to use prepositions. For the "How" that is when you should use the word help, If I could help the Chinese people learn how to use prepositions.

Xiexie, gracias, domo, thank u, merci, grazie, danke, dhanyawad ...

Buy a little electric/oil heater from a local supermarket or Carrefour. They're like 200-600 RMB each, and I recommend buying a better brand, like Midea or something.

I had a smaller/cheaper one catch on fire one me one morning and awoke at 3am to the sound of sparks and melting plastic. Fortunately, the fire died out enough and I was able to unplug the thing pretty quickly.

Also, half the time, your air conditioner unit can also do heat. Look for 制热 in the list of modes （模式）.

Agreed, but it's better than nothing. I just waste a bit of electricity and keep it at like 23C or so ... The radiant floor heaters are 10x better, for sure.

I don't think you slept well last night.

Thank you!!

It's called communism. Below the Chang jiang the houses have no heat at all and if you live in Jiangsu province it can be very cold in the winter. I have no effective way of explaining this phenomena so I just choose to call it communism.