Participation
in Extensive listening challenge, October 2014
15 minutes 0.25h
TV: HK channel 5: news
45 minutes 0.75h
TV: HK channel 5: something like the dating game
41 minutes 0.68h
TV: HK channel 5: 红高粱 (red sorghum / Das Rote Kornfeld)
3 minutes 0.05h
some nature show about mountain goats (on the flight to HK)
90 minutes 1.5h
A World Without Thieves 天下无贼 (115 mins. minus many long silences)
20 minutes 0.33h
TV: channel 5 in HK hostel: some home makeover show
2 minutes 0.03h
http://popupchinese.com/lessons/elementary/opportunity-knocks
3 minutes 0.05h
radio:【文艺日记本】放牛班的春天
2 minutes 0.03h
Popup Chinese: Elementary: The Marriage of True Minds, October 31, 2011
2 minutes 0.03h
Popup Chinese: Elementary: The Art of the Paraphrase, October 24, 2011 (2nd listen: better this time)
20 minutes 0.33h
justlearnchinese: the-eyes-behind-me-elementary [whole story less padding ~= 20mins]
5 minutes 0.08h
justlearnchinese: the-eyes-behind-me-elementary [9-11] (finished first listen; I did this one without any intensity, no stopping to look up any words; I maybe understood 30% of what what going on, but even that much was pretty satisfying.)
2 minutes 0.03h
Popup Chinese: Elementary: The Art of the Paraphrase, October 24, 2011
4 minutes 0.07h
【文艺日记本】秀兰邓波儿
【文艺日记本】狮子王
(less 1 minute for English music with no Chinese)
5 minutes 0.08h
【文艺日记本】让我们荡起双桨
【文艺日记本】蜗牛
4 minutes 0.07h
radio:【文艺日记本】陈升:我一直在玩儿
2 minutes 0.03h
Popup Chinese: Elementary
Emergency Evacuation
October 5, 2011
4 minutes 0.07h
radio:【文艺日记本】西雅图:雨是城的泪
4 minutes 0.07h
radio: 【文艺日记本】《肖申克的救赎》: 世间最美的陪伴
2 minutes 0.03h
Popup Chinese: Elementary: Mid-Autumn Depression, October 3, 2011
8 minutes 0.13h
justlearnchinese: the-eyes-behind-me-elementary
2 minutes 0.03h
justlearnchinese: the-eyes-behind-me-elementary [1/11]
6 minutes 0.1h
the-eyes-behind-me-elementary [2-4]
1 minutes 0.02h
FluentU: Taking time off work 请假
2 minutes 0.03h
Growing up with Chinese Lesson 14: Directions
4 minutes 0.07h
Growing up with Chinese Lesson 36: Compliments
1 minutes 0.02h
FluentU: Calling in Delivery
2 minutes 0.03h
Popup Chinese: Elementary: Innovation in the Chinese Dairy Industry; September 8, 2011 (two listens)
29 minutes 0.48h
Sealed with a kiss (千山暮雪) Ep 01 (1/2) (Youtube)
3 minutes 0.05h
Popup Chinese: Elementary: Running with Scissors, September 19, 2011
38 minutes 0.63h
TV sitcom: "When Mom Moved In" Ep 01 (Youtube)
2 minutes 0.03h
Popup Chinese: Elementary: The Chinese Ice Phobia, August 22, 2011
20 minutes 0.33h
movie: Mao's Last Dancer (first hour, ~20 mins. of Chinese)
5 minutes 0.08h
movie: Mao's Last Dancer (remaining 52 mins, not much Chinese)
75 minutes 1.25h
watched the movie A Touch of Sin (天注定); it's 129 minutes altogether, so i think 75 minutes is a fair estimate of the amount of dialogue.
2 minutes 0.03h
Popup Chinese: Elementary: The Hottest Hotpot in Beijing, July 27, 2011
1 minutes 0.02h
Popup Chinese: Elementary: Crime and Cryptocurrency, July 5, 2011
2 minutes 0.03h
music video: "全世界我最喜欢你" (subtracting a lot of time for instrumentals and repetition)
2 minutes 0.03h
Popup Chinese: Elementary: The Beijing Ikea, July 20, 2011
3 minutes 0.05h
Growing up with Chinese Lesson 57 Having a hair cut (2nd listen)
7 minutes 0.12h
justlearnchinese: Elementary Level Chinese readings: Story 窗外 (Outside of the Window)
3 minutes 0.05h
Learn Mandarin Online Mini Story – 分手 Breakup (Beginner to Elementary)
3 minutes 0.05h
Growing up with Chinese Lesson 57 Having a hair cut
22 minutes 0.37h
justlearnchinese: a-real-mystery-story-in-lop-nur--elementary (I did this as a relatively intense listening exercise, making sure I understood each sentence before proceeding.)
18 minutes 0.3h
justlearnchinese: chinese-readings-a-real-mystery-story-in-lop-nur-失踪-missing-elmentary
(listening a second time, this time without stopping to consult dictionaries, except to remind myself of words that I half remember. 18 minutes this time, because i realized that there are a total of 4 minutes of padding for a net run-time of 20 mins. so, to make up for the extra 2 minutes i logged for the first listen, i'm subtracting an extra two minutes here. future listenings of this will be logged as 20 mins. each.)
4 minutes 0.07h
Youtube: FluentU: "Facing the Ladies" and "How are you so busy?"
10 minutes 0.17h
CCTV: Growing up with Chinese, Episode 99 [15min, less intro and scattered English]
(This was really good for my current level! Easy enough to understand a lot, subtitles to help follow along, and vocab/grammar review with flashbacks and additional examples. Awesome resource!!)
1 minutes 0.02h
Popup Chinese: Elementary: An Evening at the Rock and Roll Club
22 minutes 0.37h
今晚80后脱口秀: 曾经那些都是为我们好的事 (subtracted ~3 minutes of English; and abandoning this episode)
5 minutes 0.08h
FluentU: Following in My Father's Footsteps - Part 1 of 2
2 minutes 0.03h
http://www.fluentu.com/chinese/home/content/3547/resemblence-and-looking-alike/
1 minutes 0.02h
http://www.fluentu.com/chinese/home/content/2906/prices-and-how-much/
1 minutes 0.02h
http://www.fluentu.com/chinese/home/content/3693/chinese-on-the-street-do-you-like-to-drink-tea-or-coffee/
2 minutes 0.03h
Youku: 视频: 大山侃大山 - 样片(beta 0.4版)Smell vs Smile (DaShan)
2 minutes 0.03h
Youku: 视频: 【拍客】大山表演汉语绝活 与大学生比拼绕口令 (DaShan teaching a tongue-twister)
6 minutes 0.1h
Youku: 中国好声音 第一季:大山《千年之恋》120817 中国好声音
cool song, still too hard to catch the vast majority of this clip.
5 minutes 0.08h
视频: 变形记20120119少年何愁回访完整版 易虎臣亲自下厨谢父母 吴宗宏信心十
too difficult, even with subtitles
14 minutes 0.23h
Youku: 视频: (HD高清)天象奇观-长江日全食全程直播实况1【CCTV10】 (astronomy show about an impending eclipse)
no subtitles?!
4 minutes 0.07h
Youku: 中央电视台春节联欢晚会 2011:四海之内皆兄弟 大山 艾迪 夏天 李天翼 梅友 茹 (DaShan & friends)
That was better. I actually understood some of the jokes and much of the subtitles. Still not easy listening, though.
10 minutes 0.17h
(streaming via tudou) CCTV10《文明密码-串珠珍品》详解李口镇菩提子加工厂
about how the Buddhist beads are made. (better than 80hou, but still hard to understand)
10 minutes 0.17h
YouKu: 今晚80后脱口秀 2014:王自健羡慕国民老公 20141018 (even with subtitles, still way too fast and colloquial for me...)
I need to find something better to listen to. Teacher recommended CCTV, and I think the science channel (CCTV10) might be good. But I haven't figured out how to stream the full shows yet.
2 minutes 0.03h
Popup Chinese: Elementary: The Saga of the Power Crystals, June 17, 2011 (several new words)
9 minutes 0.15h
快乐大本营20141004期:《亲爱的》引爆快本 赵薇何炅认亲
5 minutes 0.08h
Popup Chinese ~ Elementary, The Lecture Circuit, June 7, 2011
learned 超级
20 minutes 0.33h
qingting.fm: 今晚80后脱口秀: 王自健:80后这一代该寻找什么
2 minutes 0.03h
Popup Chinese: Squeak the Cat - May 24, 2011
25 minutes 0.42h
快乐大本营20140927期:鲜肉男模长腿挑逗萧亚轩 (finished)
10 minutes 0.17h
快乐大本营20140927期:鲜肉男模长腿挑逗萧亚轩
12 minutes 0.2h
快乐大本营20140927期:鲜肉男模长腿挑逗萧亚轩
24 minutes 0.4h
快乐大本营20140927期:鲜肉男模长腿挑逗萧亚轩
10 minutes 0.17h
今晚80后脱口秀: 王自健:茶余饭后的隐私和八卦
15 minutes 0.25h
今晚80后脱口秀: 王自健:80后这一代该寻找什么 (finished)
subtracted a couple minutes of senseless screaming
3 minutes 0.05h
FluentU: How to Live 500 Years
5 minutes 0.08h
Popup Chinese Crossover Madness
5 minutes 0.08h
Popup Chinese: Elementary: The Dumb, Illiterate Judge of Hakensaw County
30 minutes 0.5h
今晚80后脱口秀: 王自健:怎么治生活中那些奇特的病
I still can't understand enough to get a single joke, but that's to be expected. I'm just pleased to recognize the bits that I do, and occasionally hear a new word clearly enough that I can look it up in my dictionary.
5 minutes 0.08h
Melnyks: Lesson 027. Working in China. Office Vocabulary.
22 minutes 0.37h
今晚80后脱口秀: 王自健:关于菜鸟的那些事儿
31 minutes 0.52h
qingting.fm: 【金山夜话】新婚妻子拒绝夫妻生活
different voices, real full-speed speech, but comprehension severely compromised by the complexity and unfamiliarity
30 minutes 0.5h
qingting.fm - 今晚80后脱口秀
similar difficulty to the other radio station... i miss a lot, but i also get a lot of pieces... i think extensive listening might actually help here. at least the subject matter is interesting to me and i'm motivated to understand as much as i can.
5 minutes 0.08h
Melnyks, Lesson 016. Just a couple new words. Too easy.
Challenge time progress: | |
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Goal progress: |
Score | 15.04 |
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Rank | 24th |
Hours reported | 15.04 |
Goal | 15h |