Extensive listening challenge, October 2014
Extensive listening is one of the most important activities when learning a foreign language. In this sense, extensive means that you should listen as much as possible, covering as much material as you can, rather than digging deep into each audio clip. Try to listen to Chinese at or below your level and try to listen a lot! Read the article that will be published on Thursday for more information and inspiration.
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锵锵三人行:“蓝色骨头” 我对于这段视频的内容不太明白。难怪我理解力很差:我对电影,音乐什么的毫无兴趣。因此,这次听力挑战能扩大我的眼界。崔健谈到了他内心创伤:他看来作电影会宣泄自己所经历的伤害(那年代的中国人都受到了伤害)。他们也讨论了音乐:崔健认为当代网络音乐和老歌分得很明显。有意思的词语包括“腐朽”(用来形容西方音乐)和“创伤”。

Jacqueline Rodgers

Scarlett Höppner
开卷八分钟: 这片视频介绍了一部Linda Colley所写的作品,称为“Acts of Union and Disunion”。这本书的内容形容大英帝国的不同国家的独立历史。譬如,美国经历了独立战争,后来成为独立国家。主持人举了苏格兰的例子。如果苏格兰脱离英国,英格兰才是什么?苏格兰的例子含有一些矛盾:苏格兰离得开英格兰的话,有些独立分子愿意进入欧盟。这算是才脱离一个联盟以后,就进入另外...

Jacqueline Rodgers
SBS Radio 1 in the morning and Popup Chinese on the train in, so about one hour.

Michael Knight

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Olle Linge
文明之旅: 韩教授的分析对《西游记》揭示鞭辟入里,吸引了我的注意。特别是用《西游记》的角色来象征五行。我学到这种分析方法之后,对角色间的关系会理解得更加明晰。而且,韩教授提到了一些很有趣的短语,比如说“恰恰相反”,“丝绸之旅”,“频繁”,“好色” (这个词语用来形容猪八戒),等等。

Jacqueline Rodgers
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Olle Linge
First time listening on popupchinese.com! Also, I need to buy some quality headphones. I'm listening to Elementary level.

Zach Danz

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Matt Chambers
Listened to make-up tutorials on youtube. It was interesting, I could follow most of it.

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Link | http://www.hackingchinese.c... |
Participants | 138 |
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Hours reported | 867.37 |
Duration | October 10, 2014 to October 31, 2014 (22 days) |