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[kongli]

Hello all!

I looked through the below post on improving upper intermediate speaking and listening, as well as imron's post on his personal 'technique',

However I could only find this http://www.pthxx.com/01ld/index.htm link, but not sure were to go to find the corresponding audio.

Also any other sites with audio/transcripts would be greatly appreciated!

Right now I would say my level is upper intermediate, but still need to work more on my tones and listening comprehension. I have studied Chinese for three years, one of which was in China, however it was in the south and so now I seem to have picked up some of their 'bad habits'. I am totally fine in daily conversation and can express myself on a wide range of topics. The main problem seems to be i can express my feelings on advanced concepts but with intermediate vocab.

example being (when speaking)

I might say something like 文化的革命的时候毛泽东批评了刘少奇和邓少平

instead of 文化大革命的时候刘少奇和邓少平被打为“走资派”

anyway any helpful links or advise would be appreciated.

谢谢!

[imron]

Audio for those articles can be found here. There are plenty of recommendations and suggestions for audio and listenting materials on the forums. A search for podcast or transcripts should turn up plenty. If you're looking for native level material, you might also consider looking at the first episode project.

[kongli]

Thanks! That link was just what I was looking for. Yea I have checked out the 'first episode project' definitely helpful, but the main problem is that I really can't stand Chinese t.v. shows, I'm even picky when it comes to American ones. I enjoy some Chinese movies like 'beijing bastards' and 'suzhou river' but those are not the majority in Chinese mainstream,

Anyway thanks again.

K

[imron]

I really can't stand Chinese t.v. shows

They're not *all* the same - some of them are even quite good

[wrbt]

I recently stumbled across this, short videos for listening practice that come with transcripts.

http://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/Mll/Chinese/BBVideo/

[kongli]

Sorry. how do you download the audio clips from that site so as to load them into audacity?