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Hi all

Please see my list of resources and method for listening practice:

Podcast resource links:

Free with transcripts:

*https://www.slow-chinese.com/podcast/

http://www.cslpod.com

http://justlearnchinese.com/mini-novels/

*https://www.learningchinesethroughstories.com/

Not free:

http://popupchinese.com/

No transcripts:

http://yuedu.fm/article

Other video resource tips:

YouTube has a lot of individual user content, a bit like the sort of make up tutorial videos you may enjoy or best is users who create those ‘tag’ videos, daily vlogs or ‘story time’ videos… such as the video below. It is best as it is natural, unscripted spoken language.

As a female that’s the sort of content I like to see and I’m sure there is content geared for people who don’t really watch make up videos etc. (if anyone could suggest more ‘male oriented content’ in the comments that would be useful too :)

On YouTube videos you can slow down the speed on the video to x.75 under settings.

Another useful tool for MP3s is an app such as Audiopo which slows down/speeds up mp3 files that you have on your phone (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.ne.sakura.ccice.audipo&hl=en) [see my previous post for a demo].

How to study with the audio/video resources:

I use a similar fashion for studying audios as with reading [see my previous post] and will make a detailed future post. Essentially, I post a transcript and listen several times to the audio (whilst cooking, walking, doing sport etc.) and then read the transcript once I am familiar with the audio, highlight unknown words and add to Anki for my daily vocab review, continue to listen to audios and archive at the end of the week. [I do all this using OneNote and you can see exactly how I use it in my ‘reading’ post!

If you have any useful resources or tips for efficient language learning please feel free to share :D :D

Chinese popular bands

Let’s try smth new. It’s the first time when I recommend music, but this Taiwanese band “Men envy children” is really AWESOMEEEI hope u’ll like it. BTW, it’s your practice in traditional characters

• P.S. let me know if u like it(♥️ )and I give u more

是否 應該除掉為你刺的 Tattoo

Shi fou ying gai chu diao wei ni ci de Tattoo

ShouldI remove the tattoo that stabbed you?

或是 算了吧 就讓我 裝酷吧

Huo shi suan le ba jiu rang wo zhuang ku ba

Or forget it, let me pretend to be cool

也許 這就是長輩說的 人生起伏

Ye xu zhe jiu shi chang bei shuo de ren sheng qi fu

Maybe this is what the elders said

經歷 Everything 還有 Everything

Jing li Everything hai you Everything

ExperienceEverythingandEverything

我 總是天真以為 You are the one

Wo zong shi tian zhen yi wei You are the one

I always think naively that you are the one

但看來 人類不變的就是改變 唉

Dan kan lai ren lei bu bian de jiu shi gai bian ai

Butit seems that what humans do n’t change is change.

說要 情人變朋友 該把

Shuo yao qing ren bian peng you gai ba

Sayyou want your lover to become a friend

愛往哪裡擺

Ai wang na li bai

Wheredoeslovego

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That was never the point of you and me and us

Neverthe point baby of love

唯一誠實的是 你的心

Wei yi cheng shi de shi ni de xin

The only honest thing is your heart

別讓太 多無奈 背離誓言

Bie rang tai duo wu nai bei li shi yan

Don’t let too much helplessness

如果 最後一面 依然不變

Ru guo zui hou yi mian yi ran bu bian

If the last side remains the same

I’ll miss you when you’re gone Woo

And I’ll try my best to move on

是否 應該除掉為你刺的 Tattoo

Shi fou ying gai chu diao wei ni ci de Tattoo

Should I remove the tattoo that stabbed you?

或是 一起分享你給我的苦

Huo shi yi qi fen xiang ni gei wo de ku

Or share the suffering you gave me

應該 恨你或怨你 希望從沒遇見你

Ying gai hen ni huo yuan ni xi wang cong mei yu jian ni

I should hate you or blame you, hope I never met you

或是 消失自己 剪髮旅行放逐 終有一天能

Huo shi xiao shi zi ji jian fa lue xing fang zhu zhong you yi tian neng

Or disappear yourself, cut hair and travel in exile

忘懷你

Wang huai ni

Forget you

Yeah 如果你的愛已逝 像死刑的解釋

Yeah ru guo ni de ai yi shi xiang si xing de jie shi

Yeah if your love is gone

徒留 輾轉難眠 你的熱情成厭倦

Tu liu zhan zhuan nan mian ni de re qing cheng yan juan

Just staying awake, your enthusiasm becomes tired

心已 枯萎又空缺

Xin yi ku wei you kong que

The heart is withered and vacant

Repeat

其實 真的不難了解 我們之間 最初的愛 不曾改變

Qi shi zhen de bu nan le jie wo men zhi jian zui chu de ai bu ceng gai bian

Actually, it ’s really not difficult to understand that the first love between us never changed

真的 讓人心碎 兩地之間 不停聽著屬於我們的歌 重複一遍又一遍

Zhen de rang ren xin sui liang di zhi jian bu ting ting zhe shu yu wo men de ge chong fu yi bian you yi bian

It ’s really heartbreaking, listening to our own songs between the two places, repeating it again and again