This is pretty cool.

歌词:
一个人开门，三个人进门，
六个人对着电脑不觉得闷，
九个人对着电视机不觉得闷。
两个人坐着，四个人走着，
八个人站在桥上拥抱亲吻，
十个人看着别人拥抱亲吻。
一个人睡了，两个人累了，
三个人隔着墙壁听鼾声，
五个人隔着玻璃听哭声。
数数的手臂酸了，
数数的眼睛疼了，
数数没有以前好玩了，
数数是无聊的孤独的。
一二三四五六七，
几个人没坐过飞机，
几个人在商店里偷过东西，
几个人的口袋里藏着武器。
十九八七六五四三二一。
几个人正在伤心，
几个人正在高兴，
几个人在大街上迷失了自己，
几个人在梦里找回了自己。
一二三四，几个人刷牙吃饭。
一二三四，几个人甘愿平淡。
一二三四，几个人出门带伞。
一二三四，几个人阳光灿烂。
一二三四，几个人神情慌乱。
一二三四，几个人正在腐烂。

I'm currently trying to understand the mandarin voice commands on my tomtom satnav and I found a program that breaks it down into individual audio files.

Here is a zip file of the audio files in ogg format.

# '2ndLeft.ogg' => 'Take the second left' - 第二个路口请左转
# '2ndRight.ogg' => 'Take the second right' - 第二个路口请右转
# '3rdLeft.ogg' => 'Take the third left' - 第三个路口请左转
# '3rdRight.ogg' => 'Take the third right' - 第三个路口请右转
# '50.ogg' => '50' - 五十
# '80.ogg' => '80' - 八十
# '100.ogg' => '100' - 一百
# '200.ogg' => '200' - 二百
# '300.ogg' => '300' - 三百
# '400.ogg' => '400' - 四百
# '500.ogg' => '500' - 五百
# '600.ogg' => '600' - 六百
# '700.ogg' => '700' - 七百
# '800.ogg' => '800' - 八百
# 'AhExit.ogg' => 'Exit ahead' - 前方有出口
# 'AhExitLeft.ogg' => 'ahead, Exit left' - 请走前方左车出口驶出
# 'AhExitRight.ogg' => 'ahead, Exit right' - 请走前方右左车出口驶出
# 'AhFerry.ogg' => 'Ferry ahead' - 请在前方传连渡
# 'AhKeepLeft.ogg' => 'Ahead, keep left' - 前方请靠左侧行驶
# 'AhKeepRight.ogg' => 'Ahead, keep right' - 前方请靠右侧行驶
# 'AhLeftTurn.ogg' => 'Left turn ahead' - 上后请准备左转
# 'AhRightTurn.ogg' => 'Right turn ahead' - 上后请准备右转
# 'AhUTurn.ogg' => 'U-turn ahead' - 前方到路可以掉头
# 'Arrive.ogg' => 'You have reached your destination' - 前方已到达目的地
# 'BearLeft.ogg' => 'Bear left' - 请上左行驶
# 'BearRight.ogg' => 'Bear right' - 请上右行驶
# 'Charge.ogg' => 'Congestion charge' - 前方有受费站
# 'Depart.ogg' => 'Depart' - 出发
# 'KeepLeft.ogg' => 'Keep left' - 请靠左行驶
# 'KeepRight.ogg' => 'Keep right' - 请靠右行驶
# 'LnLeft.ogg' => 'Stay in the left lane' - 请保车在左侧车到行驶
# 'LnRight.ogg' => 'Stay in the right lane' - 请保车在右侧车到行驶
# 'Meters.ogg' => 'Metres' (after) - 米后
# 'MwEnter.ogg' => 'Take the motorway' - 请上高速公路
# 'MwExit.ogg' => 'Leave the motorway' - 请从前方路口驶路
# 'MwExitLeft.ogg' => 'Leave motorway at exit on left' - 请从前方路口左撤驶路
# 'MwExitRight.ogg' => 'Leave motorway at exit on right' - 请从前方路口右撤驶路
# 'RbBack.ogg' => 'Go around the roundabout' - 请沿环岛绕行
# 'RbCross.ogg' => 'Cross the roundabout' - 请沿环岛
# 'RbExit1.ogg' => 'First exit' - 在第一个出口驶去环岛
# 'RbExit2.ogg' => 'Second exit' - 在第二个出口驶去环岛
# 'RbExit3.ogg' => 'Third exit' - 在第三个出口驶去环岛
# 'RbExit4.ogg' => 'Fourth exit' - 在第四个出口驶去环岛
# 'RbExit5.ogg' => 'Fifth exit' - 在第五个出口驶去环岛
# 'RbExit6.ogg' => 'Sixth exit' - 在第六个出口驶去环岛
# 'RbLeft.ogg' => 'Go left on the roundabout' - 请游环岛口左行驶
# 'RbRight.ogg' => 'Go right on the roundabout' - 请游环岛口右行驶
# 'RoadEnd.ogg' => 'At the end of the road' - 在前方道路的终点
# 'SharpLeft.ogg' => 'Sharp left' - 请上左后方转弯
# 'SharpRight.ogg' => 'Sharp right' - 请上右后方转弯
# 'Straight.ogg' => 'Go straight on' - 请直行
# 'TakeFerry.ogg' => 'Take the ferry' - 清乘轮渡
# 'Then.ogg' => 'Then' - 然后
# 'TryUTurn.ogg' => 'Turn around when possible' - 请在适当的路转掉头
# 'TurnLeft.ogg' => 'Turn left' - 请左转
# 'TurnRight.ogg' => 'Turn Right' - 请右转
# 'UTurn.ogg' => 'Make a U-turn' - 请掉头
# 'Yards.ogg' => 'Yards' (after) - 码后

Is there any site for chinese news in an audio form. Maybe RSS or podcast? CCTV?

Following is a really good website for better Mandarin pronunciation:

www.speakchineseonline.com

I've been looking for a site like this for a while.  What's so great about it is that it describes each pinyin initial and final, using animation with sound, step-by-step description (with visual of what the lips, mouth, tongue, etc. do), and video/audio of an actual native speaker.

It's similar to CPod's Pinyin Chart, but with video and better description of what the mouth does.  There's other good info. on this site as well.

I'm currently on a basic subscription, and so I can't download for example the "dialogue review" mp3 from the podcast pages on the site. One peculiar thing though, is that despite the options to receive the "lesson review" and "dialogue review" are grayed out in my RSS preferences, I am still receiving them through my feeds.

The dialogue reviews are much more convenient than importing the lesson into a sound editor and extracting them that way (for the record I think basic subscribers should have access to them, since it's not new material like the review tools, just a more convenient way to get what is already available to us in the lesson podcasts), but I think the topic should be brought up nevertheless: is this a glitch or intentional?

Thanks!

Chris

Hi,

I like the Google translation tool. However still an audio tool is not included so that I cannot hear the Chinese in order to exercise and master the correct pronounciation. Is there a software or website available where I can ideally translate whole sentences and will get also the PINYIN including audio support???

With Google the sentence "i like chinese food" gives the right translation "wǒ xǐ huan zhōng guó shí pǐn". It would also help if I could now copy the PINYIN into a software or Online Tool to hear the pronounciation. Is something like this availble???

http://translate.google.com/translate_t?hl=en&safe=off&q=i%20like%20chinese%20food&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wT#