Reading challenge, November 2020

Finished Great Expectations 1. I actually enjoyed this book more than I thought I would! Learned some vocabulary along the way. Now ready to read part 2.

Finished 我们是朋友吗? and did easier Chinesepod dialogue reading.

WordSwing: continue reading Wandering Cat

Reading 撒哈拉的故事. Right now at 懸壺濟世.

Du Chinese: 《旗袍的故事》 Amazing how they could summarize 旗袍 origin and it's history. I was amazed also with the word 关外, that refers to 东北地区, taking the 山海关 as a reference. Didn't know 满族人 can also be...

Chapter 5 & 6 of 盲人国.

Du Chinese: Tales of Tang Dynasty 《松赞干布的追妻路》 It was an interesting story telling how the ambassador 禄东赞 from 吐蕃 was able to accomplish all of 唐太宗 challenges, in order to get the Emperor's daughter...

Du Chinese: Continuing the Tales of Tang Dynasty - 《唐太宗的镜子 —— 魏征》 It was interesting to know that 唐太宗 hired someone that worked for his brother in order to murder him. The story has some useful 成语...

Day’s total. Mostly short DuChinese

After a short break, I finished the second half of 《侠女》. This went quicker than the first half because I decided to stop writing out an English translation and just enjoy the story, which ended bei...

Single Pomodoro reading session to prep for Chinese class this afternoon.

Niǔyuē de liúlián xiānsheng (Mr. Durian in New York) part 1 and 2. Read the chinese and reviewed highlighted words in the story. Also, looking over sentences in the story.

Read one chapter of 《一個人好想吃》by 高木直子

Great Expectations P2, chapter 4-6

So I interrupted reading my usual material this evening to read “The Magnanimous Girl” 《侠女》from Pu Songling's "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" 蒲松龄的《聊斋志异》. I am part of a group that reads o...

Dianezizak joined the challenge!

读完《没有风的扇子》

Re-read entire little story a few times and recorded myself reading it. Went for a walk and then played it a few times on the walk. My plan is to get comfortable and smooth at reading it, then when...

I spent about 25 mins reading, looking up the new characters, putting them in Pleco, testing myself on them, and then 5 mins reading my section again at the end of the day. Since I have to look up ...

Afterwork Pomodoro session--continuing with 盲人国