Listening stuff: Crazy Fun and Her Father

[againstwind]

It's surprising news which shocked many people in China. See http://www.asianbite.com/default.asp?Display=708. Or google it by yourself. And you can participated in discussion http://www.chinese-forums.com/showthread.php?p=103817

I made two short recordings of the news, the 1st is slow Chinese, while the 2nd is in normal speed. Hope it may be helpful for practising Chinese listening.

And I need indicate that I read them without emotion and dont know if it will works well. So any feedback and suggestion are appreciated.

疯狂女歌迷2.wma

疯狂女歌迷1.wma

[againstwind]

Here is the text of the news story:

1st:

香港日前发生一幕追星追至家破人亡的惨剧。狂追刘德华多年的兰州女歌迷杨丽娟２５日终于在香港同刘德华合影，但其父杨勤冀第二天凌晨却在香港跳海自杀。此事引发香港及内地社会的广泛讨论。

年近３０岁的甘肃省兰州市女子杨丽娟从１5岁开始痴迷刘德华，此后辍学开始疯狂追星。杨丽娟的父母多次劝阻女儿无效。出于对女儿的疼爱，他们最终从劝说变为支持，筹备资金供女儿两次到香港、六次到北京。杨丽娟的父亲为了让女儿能到香港见偶像一面，甚至不惜卖肾筹措旅费。去年内地媒体曾对杨丽娟的疯狂追星行为广泛报道。

2nd:

杨丽娟一家三口此次向亲友借了１．１万元，于３月１９日来到香港。２５日，在香港刘德华歌迷会工作人员的帮助下，他们参加了有刘德华参与的一场聚会，杨丽娟得以同偶像合影留念，但未能好好聊天。当晚，杨父趁妻子和女儿熟睡之际愤然留下遗书，之后跳海自杀。杨母伤心地说﹕“女儿用尽方法想见刘德华一面，现在导致家破人亡，但仍然为女儿骄傲，绝不后悔。”杨女则说﹕“父亲死得不值，但仍然想见刘德华一面，就算不公开，秘密见面都可以。”

就这件事，有专家认为，杨家三口人都有心理问题。

[HashiriKata]

Thanks againstwind! It sounds very good. I prefer your 2nd reading. (The 1st sounds a bit artificial because you tried to slow down your reading)

I don't quite understand this sentence in the 2nd passage:

"但仍然为女儿骄傲，绝不后悔。"

What does it mean? Does it mean "But for the sake of her (my daughter's) pride, we don't regret (of what we've done)" ?

(It could well be that what I don't understand is the logics behind the sentence, rather than the sentence itself.)

[imron]

为⋯⋯骄傲， means proud of ⋯⋯, so 为女儿骄傲, means "proud of my daughter" rather than "for the sake of my daughter's pride".

So, I would read the whole sentence as "but I'm still proud of my daughter, and don't have any regrets".

[HashiriKata]

Thanks, imron! I somehow missed that interpretation (and got instead this impression:为女儿的骄傲).

It's definitely clearer now!

Cheers,