[cameras on] intermediate (口语和书面) Mandarin listening comprehension study session

Participants should recognize and understand over one thousand words and be familiar with a variety of verb complements (不得了，到，好，起來，完). An ideal participant should be able to understand the use of 比 in comparisons, 把 in "disposal" constructions, and 被 to express passive voice. We will emphasize fairly standard Putonghua pronunciation but also work towards comprehending regional accents.

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During the meeting, please
[1] be in a distraction-free, quiet environment;
[2] use headphones to minimize audio feedback;
[3] pay close attention to melody, rhythm, and sounds.

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my favorite resources
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9:00 听力 listening / "comprehensible input" warm-up
大鹏说中文 Speak Chinese with Da Peng

Chinese Talk
Ep. 30 牛仔节
Speak Chinese 98 阿赛雷多
Ep. 31 压力是动力还是压力？
Speak Chinese 100 幸运内衣！
Ep. 31 手语
Ep. 32 台湾与大陆，不一样的中文
Ep. 33 请叫我 “地球人”
Ep. 34-1 华东 -vs- 大鹏
快来参加 “快问快答”
Ep. 34-2 谁最漂亮？
Speak Chinese 108 快问快答.1 小莲
Ep. 35 教授禁区

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9:15 发音 pronunciation/accent warm-up
紫 (zǐ; ㄗˇ) "purple"
指 (zhǐ; ㄓˇ) "finger"
词/詞 (cí; ㄘˊ) "word"
迟/遲 (chí; ㄔˊ) "late"
四 (sì; ㄙˋ) "four"
是 (shì; ㄕˋ) "to be"

tone pair practice

绕口令 (tongue twisters)

黑蝴蝶飞，
灰蝴蝶飞，
黑蝴蝶飞完，
灰蝴蝶飞。
Hēi húdié fēi,
Hūi húdié fēi,
Hēi húdié fēi wán,
Hūi húdié fēi.
The black butterfly flies
The gray butterfly flies.
After the black butterfly flies,
The gray butterfly flies.

知道就说知道，不知道就说不知道，
不要知道说不知道，也不要不知道说知道，
你知道不知道？
Zhīdào jiù shuō zhīdào, bùzhīdào jiù shuō bùzhīdào,
Bùyào zhīdào shuō bùzhīdào, yě bùyào bùzhīdào shuō zhīdào,
Nǐ zhīdào bùzhīdào?
If you know, just say you know; if you don’t know, just say you don’t know.
Neither know and say you don’t know, nor not know and say you know.
Do you know or don't ya?

这千字幕只是前年之前值钱。
Zhè qiān zìmù zhǐshì qiánnián zhīqián zhí qián.
These thousand subtitles were valuable only until the year before last.

这些是十四只紫色的狮子，各自想试试写四十个字，是不是？
Zhèxiē shì shísì zhǐ zǐsè de shīzǐ, gèzì xiǎng shìshì xiě sìshí gè zì, shì bùshì?
These are fourteen purple lions, (and) each wants to try to write forty characters, isn't that so?

我的印象是成都城市白天的长度会影响成都城市橙色的程度。
Wǒ de yìnxiàng shì Chéngdū chéngshì báitiān de chángdù huì yǐngxiǎng Chéngdū chéngshì chéngsè de chéngdù.
My impression is that the length of the day in the city of Chéngdū will affect the degree of orangeness in the city of Chéngdū.

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9:25 听力 listening / "comprehensible input" and study
瞎扯学中文 Convo Chinese
Ep. 17 加纳利岛上的爱情故事
Ep. 18 我也想要有一个小农场
Ep. 19 中国外国”职场文化“大不同
Ep. 20 在中国用Tinder是什么体验？
Ep. 21 插播一则征婚广告
Ep. 22 聊聊回国那些事儿
Ep. 23 四周隔离体验报告
Ep. 24 她是一名小网红

Princeton University Press
Eyes on China
All Things Considered
A Kaleidoscope of China
Anything Goes

Chillchat
putonghua
内卷，躺平 (anti-work)
春节
中文怪异
孤单
十二生肖
颜色
拿手菜 ("signature dish")
你最喜欢的中国菜
选择困难 ("decision fatigue")
极简主义 ("minimalism")
宇宙 (universe)
grammar

Eazy Mandarin
talkinchinese stories (HSK 4, HSK 5)
Yimin Chinese

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10:00 口语词汇 conversational vocabulary
Wǒde mā ya! "OMG"
Shénme guǐ? "What the hell?"

rénshānrénhǎi "people everywhere"
Nǐ xíng, nǐ shàng "Put up or shut up."
xiǎng dé měi "In your dreams!"; "Dream on!"
méimén; méimé'r "No way!"

huógāi (lit. “to live as deserved”) got what they deserve; serves them right
shuǎiguō (lit. "fling the pot") to "pass the buck" (compare: bēiguō "carry the pot"; take the blame)
wàng méi zhǐ kě (lit. “quench thirst by looking at plums") to satisfy one's desire only through one's imagination

Bù pà yīwàn, jiù pà wànyī. "Better (to be) safe than sorry."
Tàiyáng cóng xībian chūláile "when pigs fly"; "when Hell freezes over"

slang terms
10 20 30 Qz1 40 50 60 Qz2

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10:15 "comprehensible input" "cool down" and/or conversation
Excel Mandarin

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