Extensive listening challenge, October 2014

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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

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?!

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.

Daniel joined the challenge!

(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)

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...

Skeptoid

Pop up Chinese

Spent half the time on FluentU and the other half on Popup Chinese. With the former the intermediate and upper intermediate are great for my level. For the latter I need to listen to the beginner l...

Popup Chinese: Elementary: The Saga of the Power Crystals, June 17, 2011 (several new words)

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)

Monkey movie - difficult to understand

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Podcast during lunch

Watched "apple of my eye"