Reading challenge, April 2018
Recent activities
More transcription of wangchuanfu’s interview with shuli, really not many new words, getting used to his accent.
Manuela
Read 3 articles on TCB about the aviation industry and DiDi. Picking up a few words here and there.
Manuela
Two cute stories one about how characters were invented and the other about the bird who wanted to fill up the sea with little stones and branches
Manuela
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Continued to die (twice) on Wordswing Into the Haze. I started playing the audio for each step and now am beginning to associate the sounds with the character meanings. I can see how this can get ...
Raymond Moy
Took time reading a story without dictionary several times and guessing unknown words. Finally, checked in dictionary.
Liz H
Wordswing Into the Haze and Du Chinese dialogue on a restaurant misunderstanding.
Raymond Moy
Read an article on TCB, like Liz said, it’s good to put it a little lower than your target level. Nice to pick up a couple f words and get some good exposure.
Manuela
Reading my corrected translation for the first page of “why China will win the trade war”. Put it on Lang-8 o see if there are more corrections so I can continue with the translation.
Manuela
More transcription reading from 王传福’s interview with 舒立. I think his accent was quite hard at first, but then you get used to the crutches he uses. A lot of what he says isn’t in the transcript and...
Manuela
Liz H
Jasha
2 articles from 汉语读取, one lower level and I knew more than 90% of the words so easy to understand. The new words were interesting. The higher level article was interesting but only knew around 50...
Liz H
画上的美人 - I can't believe how repetative this text is! Perfect for slow learners at HSK2+
Meng Jiao Shi
Finally got around to reading the help guide to Wordswing and will start rating words I know and developing word lists. Continuing the Into the Haze game. Did several free Du Chinese lessons.
Raymond Moy
Manuela
Died getting entangled in aggressive plants in Into the Haze. Learning new vocabulary dealing with enemies, gloom and doom. Started looking at texts from Chairman Bao and Du Chinese. I think I'll...
Raymond Moy
Manuela
Meng Jiao Shi
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Meng Jiao Shi
Restarted Into the haze from last checkpoint. I'm getting the idea of accumulating extra tools and gaining points by taking risks. Surviving better. Still did DeFrancis, but will check out Chair...
Raymond Moy
Liz H
One article on Chairman's Bao, HSK4. Also listened to recording. Some useful phrases to pick up.
Liz H
