Guest realmayo Posted November 23, 2013 at 08:09 PM Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 at 08:09 PM Episode #1 2013 年11月4日Translator photoshopped out of the photo of Zhou Enlai and Nixon shaking hands Episode #2 2013 年10月8日 Our countrymen live frugally at home but when they're abroad buy luxury items to give their bosses. Episode #3 2013 年12月5日 People swear oaths as easily as farting Episode #4 2013 年12月5日 Weixin, and The DWT Prettiest Presenter Prize Episode #5 2013 年12月17日 Tough Living Conditions Episode #6 2013 年01月22日 It wasn’t a mistake for Wan Jiawei to pick Zhou Benshan for The Grandmaster Episode #7 2011 年08月22日 The Smurfs Movie is not popular in Hong Kong Episode #8 2013 年03月15日 Male Models: Ma Ying-jeou’s son-in-law isn’t a handsome guy, he actually looks more like a thief. Episode #9 2014 年04月24日 Gabriel García Márquez and Magical Realism Episode #10 1999年 Peng Liyuan Episode #11 2014 年06月17日 The World Cup Episode #12 2013 年10月25日 Chinese language Episode #13 2014 年08月06日 Who wants to see their spouse every day Episode #14 2014 年09月29日 Deng on TV, also Meng Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest realmayo Posted November 23, 2013 at 08:12 PM Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 at 08:12 PM New transcripts link: http://phtv.ifeng.com/listpage/677/1/list.shtml Older transcripts link: http://phtv.ifeng.com/program/qqsrx/list_0/0.shtml Programme's homepage: http://phtv.ifeng.com/program/qqsrx/ Youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/qqsrxofficial Unofficial 'overseakids' links: http://www.overseakids.com/ (see below) Beginner's guide to QQSRX on Slow Chinese I enjoy listening to the TV show 锵锵三人行 (QQSRX) on Phoenix TV. Episodes are quickly put up on the TV channel's website, as are transcripts.The format is simply three people sat down talking in the studio. The host, in the middle, is always the same. The other two are usually from a roster of core guests who I think are presenters of other programmes on Phoenix TV. The host has nice (for a northerner ) putonghua. The guests come from different parts of Greater China.I'm not sure how to describe what they talk about. Calling it 'current affairs' makes it sound too dry. And whatever the topic might be there's nothing to stop them going off piste and chatting about anything else. Result: a steady supply of engaging and topical chat, with a broad mix of accents. Twenty minutes at a time. With transcripts! I tend to watch 2 or 3 a week, while recording the audio and making an mp3. I listen to the mp3s while walking to or from work. I'll go into the transcript to make sure I understand the gist of what they're talking about, and if there are a handful of words that they keep using that seem vital to the conversation, I'll dig them out. Once a week I try to pick one of the more interesting ones and go through the transcript much more thoroughly.For my level of Chinese, there's still lots that I don't understand when listening to these for the first time. But despite not doing much else to improve my Chinese recently, listening to these once or twice a day for the last few weeks really seems to have improved how much I can understand. Relistening to them quite often has been extremely helpful too.Given I'm already doing this, I reckon it makes sense to put post the fruits of my very modest labours on chinese-forums, in case anyone else finds it useful. I'm hoping to put up one a week. Any contributions or discussions or explanations are extremely welcome. If anyone else fancies putting up an episode, of course that'd be great.For the first one I've provided links, a quick summary, some vocab, and a very loose and poor translation of the first few minutes for anyone who wants a helping hand to ease them into the episode or don't yet feel comfortable working at this stuff without some kind of translation. Please feel extremely free to correct my mistakes & misunderstandings. ********************* To download from http://www.overseakids.com/ , which I think is an unofficial source: Search for 锵锵三人 on http://www.overseakids.com/ Near the bottom of the page, you get a list of options: [视频][HD][音频][64K] These are video; HD video; audio only; better quality audio Click on one of those options. From the list of episodes, right-click on the episode you want, select "save as" or equivalent. You're then asked for a user name and password. User name: Guest [need the capital G] For the password, go to http://www.overseakids.com/?node=532 At the bottom there's a yellow box with a bit of blue peeking out the bottom. Click on the blue box and drag it so that the letters/numbers in white in the blue box are visible. This is the password, which will expire in a few minutes. Alternatively, you can pay USD4 for audio-only or USD16 for audio + video, via paypal or card I think, to get a proper permanent password to the whole website. I'll confirm if paying for it still actually works. http://www.overseakids.com/?node=532 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruben von Zwack Posted November 23, 2013 at 09:21 PM Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 at 09:21 PM Great idea! Imron pointed me to those and I really enjoy them too. They are still way above my current level, but not so much that I'd completely drown. I also like your routine. Looking deeper into one per week sounds manageable. Might copy that routine from you Are you planning to post episode by episode? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted November 23, 2013 at 10:21 PM Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 at 10:21 PM Imron pointed me to those And I found out about them from another person on the forums I actually ignored checking them out for quite a while when I first heard about them, it was only when I saw the name popping up several times over the course of several months that I decided to have a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tysond Posted November 24, 2013 at 12:55 AM Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 at 12:55 AM I tend to watch 2 or 3 a week, while recording the audio and making an mp3. What's the easiest way to get the audio from these? If I can get a flv or mp4 I can easily convert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruben von Zwack Posted November 24, 2013 at 01:22 AM Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 at 01:22 AM I downloaded those from their youtube channel: qqsrxofficial Looks like it has all 2013 episodes so far, even in playlists, and it seems they upload new episodes just as fast as to the TV station's website. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted November 24, 2013 at 02:48 AM Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 at 02:48 AM Upvote for pointing out their official youtube channel! The video player on their site always requires loads of buffering for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest realmayo Posted November 24, 2013 at 07:30 AM Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 at 07:30 AM Are you planning to post episode by episode? (Not quite sure what you mean.) I'll be picking new or recent ones that I find interesting enough to spend extra time on. I have to admit that a decent proportion of them will propbably have the Taiwanese presenter 竹幼婷 cos she is lovely and I like the mainland versus Taiwan jokey chat they often get going, the host inveitably leaning over at one point to say 'Now look here Taiwan Meimei, see how cunning we Mainlanders are....'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest realmayo Posted November 24, 2013 at 07:35 AM Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 at 07:35 AM What's the easiest way to get the audio from these? For me this simply involves having Audacity open, pressing record (stereo mix enabled) and then playing the video; then telling audacity to convert it to an mp3. This also means I'm more likely to actually watch each episode rather than just listen. And depending on your level of Chinese, watching rather than juts listening to the interaction and interplay helps with following the to-and-froing of their chat, and to getting used to the people on the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebear Posted November 24, 2013 at 08:33 AM Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 at 08:33 AM You can also find them in iTunes podcasts (which will update the audio whenever a new show comes out) by searching for 锵锵三人行. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted November 25, 2013 at 03:10 PM Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 at 03:10 PM Excellent stuff. I'm very keen to see this continue, so will make an effort to drop in and solve any problems I can. Imron, can you remember who first mentioned this show in here? I suspect it was wushijiao, but not sure. May have been carlo or gato... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted November 25, 2013 at 08:49 PM Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 at 08:49 PM I suspect it was wushijiao, but not sure. May have been carlo or gato... I'm not sure, but quite likely one of those three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted November 25, 2013 at 09:09 PM Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 at 09:09 PM Hmm, could it actually have been me? I honestly didn't remember that. Also - massive podcast nostalgia. Antiwave! Princess Remy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest realmayo Posted November 25, 2013 at 10:03 PM Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 at 10:03 PM Ah you availed yourself of your own google search function I see. Antiwave was always too difficult for me. But I loved Remy! Ah..... She never said goodbye did she? Hope she's ok..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest realmayo Posted November 27, 2013 at 09:20 PM Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 at 09:20 PM Added a second one. http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/42532-qqsrx-2-chinese-tourists-%E9%94%B5%E9%94%B5%E4%B8%89%E4%BA%BA%E8%A1%8C/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanchong Posted December 6, 2013 at 09:24 AM Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 at 09:24 AM Am I the only one who finds Dou Wentao a little loud and shouty? Regulars like Liang Wendao might speak less standard Mandarin, but I much prefer listening to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted December 6, 2013 at 09:45 AM Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 at 09:45 AM I know what you mean. A lot of the time I think his role is to say slightly daft things that the other guests then have to rebut. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest realmayo Posted December 6, 2013 at 09:58 AM Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 at 09:58 AM Well, he keeps things moving along. The guests usually have a bit more time to think about what they're going to say & sometimes it shows! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest realmayo Posted December 9, 2013 at 08:52 PM Report Share Posted December 9, 2013 at 08:52 PM #3 up http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/42639-qqsrx-3-oaths-%E9%94%B5%E9%94%B5%E4%B8%89%E4%BA%BA%E8%A1%8C/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest realmayo Posted December 18, 2013 at 06:56 PM Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 at 06:56 PM I've added an alternative source of these episodes, including audio-only in decent quality, to post #2 above, copied below too. This 'login' information was first explained somewhere else on the forums years ago, I was a bit surprised to see it still works. To download from http://www.overseakids.com/ , which I think is an unofficial source: Search for 锵锵三人 on http://www.overseakids.com/ Near the bottom of the page, you get a list of options: [视频][HD][音频][64K] These are video; HD video; audio only; better quality audio Click on one of those options. From the list of episodes, right-click on the episode you want, select "save as" or equivalent. You're then asked for a user name and password. User name: Guest [need the capital G] For the password, go to http://www.overseakids.com/?node=532 At the bottom there's a yellow box with a bit of blue peeking out the bottom. Click on the blue box and drag it so that the letters/numbers in white in the blue box are visible. This is the password, which will expire in a few minutes. Alternatively, you can pay USD4 for audio-only or USD16 for audio + video, via paypal or card I think, to get a proper permanent password to the whole website. I'll confirm if paying for it still actually works. http://www.overseakids.com/?node=532 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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