what is the meaning please hlep

hello jackenglish,

By that time I had already made up my mind , never for all the money in the world , to do anything against my conscience.
Please note where i have placed commas. Many times punctuation can change the meaning of a sentence.

By that time = an expresion of time having passed relative to something happening. "That" indicates some thing that has happened previously in the text.

I had already made up my mind = made a decision about what I would or would not do.

Example: I made up up my mind to vist china next year.

Example: I made up my mind to ride a bicycle to work instead of walking.

Example: You have made up your mind to study english.

never for all the money in the world = a very large sum of money.
This part indicates that no matter what I am offered I will not change my decision.
Interestingly in the west we sometimes say "Not for all the tea in China".

To do anything against my conscience = concience is a reflection of our life values. It is like a voice in our mind that tells us right from wrong.

My concience tells me it is wrong to hurt someone. My concience tells me it is right to help a person learning english.

The passage tells me the person has made a decision not to do harm to other things. Not even if a very very large sum of money is offered to him.

Please tell me if I have helped you to understand.

Thank you Dadpad for your detailed explanation.

It's my first time to hear the idiom- "Not for all the tea in China". Sounds interesting.

And my conscience tells me it could not be enough to thank you, and other tutors in this forum, for your kind efforts in sharing the enchanting knowledge about the English language.

littlecrab are you a teacher of english for some of the students we help?
do you know some of the students?

Absolutely not. I'm just an English learner. And I have no acquaintance of anyone here before. A post in another English-learning forum linked your site. So I came, I saw, I learned, and in the end, hooked.

Thank you guys, I enjoy my every visit here.

P.S. Below is the original post which lead me here. If you are interested, just take a look by yourself.

http://www.hjbbs.com/thread-2-266799.htm

Thanks for the link littlecrab I wondered where they all came from.

Unfortunatly the forum you link to is in chinese characters which my computer cannot show so all i see is questionmarks ????? ???? ????. I would not be able to understand anyway.

Can you post a message that says we like to try to help as an act of good will between east and west but if no answer is forthcoming do not be dissolusioned, try again with another question, and also to tell us a little of life in china as we are just as curiouse as they are.
Perhaps I ask too much, if you are not comfortable do not feel pressured to do as I request.

By the way LC your english skills are most excellent.

You are welcome, dadpad. There's one English blog based in Shanghai, which depicts almost every aspect of Chinese life, not only that of modern cities. I hope it might meet your basic requirements of understanding China. 'cause you know I'm not a good writer and talker, I prefer to recommend this site to you, and other China-enchanted friends--

http://spaces.msn.com/sevencastles/ (updated daily)

Hope you could find it's helpful.

Re the question-answer posts, I think you've done as best as you could to help my fellow-learners. As you may know, traditionally Chinese people are not good at expressing their feelings directly by words, not even between family members. So if you wonder why so many answers got so little thank-you feedback, pls think things on the better side.

BTW, dadpad, you are really considerate to others. I can feel it.

Dadpad, thank you for your gracious compliments. You really flattered me. I sure have so much more to learn from you, and other good-will volunteers.

Re: what is the meaning please hlep


Morality above all else.