Useful Cantonese phrases. A collection of useful phrases in Cantonese, a variety of Chinese spoken in Hong Kong, Macau, southern China, and a number of other places, in traditional characters and Yale Romanization. Key to abbreviations: frm = formal, inf = informal. Click on any of the phrases that are links to hear them spoken.
John T. Scopes. John Thomas Scopes (1900-1970) was a substitute high school teacher who went on trial in Dayton, Tennessee, in 1925 for teaching evolution against State law. Chicago criminal lawyer Clarence Darrow unsuccessfully defended Scopes against the charge.
John is the only gospel writer who gives us any real indication about the length of Jesusâ ministry. John tells us about two times, at least, that Jesus and the disciples attended the annual Passover Festival in Jerusalem. Read about Jesusâ encounter with the paralyzed man He met as He entered the city.