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ID: 0157
Intermediate
With more and more “laowai” coming to the People’s Republic, more and more find themselves in conversations about the occasional frustration one finds at that point in Mandarin where you’re good enough to get by, but are far from fluent. In this podcast, Ken, Jenny and Aggie discuss the aforementioned, and teach you to cry the language blues using Mandarin Chinese. Please be assured that we at ChinesePod are devoted to helping you get through this difficult period.
Jenny, Ken, Aggie
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 困扰 | kūnrǎo | disturbed | |
| 目标 | mùbiāo | goal | |
| 流利 | liúlì | fluent | |
| 词汇量 | cíhuìliàng | vocabulary |
下个礼拜我将开始上中文课我很困扰因为我来中国已经半年了但是还是不能和本地人用中文交流
xià ge lǐbài 下个礼拜wǒ 我jiāng 将kāishǐ 开始shàng 上zhōngwénkè 中文课wǒ 我hěn 很kūnrǎo 困扰yīnwèi 因为wǒ 我lái 来Zhōngguó 中国yǐjīng 已经bànnián 半年le 了dànshì 但是háishì 还是bùnéng 不能hé 和běndìrén 本地人yòng 用Zhōngwén 中文jiāoliú 交流
Next week I’m going to enroll in a Chinese course. I’m frustrated because I’ve been living in China for six months, yet I still can’t communicate with the local people.
可是你的日常对话已经很好了
kěshì 可是nǐ de 你的rìcháng 日常duìhuà 对话yǐjīng 已经hěn 很hǎo 好le 了
But your Chinese is good enough for daily living.
我的目标是两年内说流利的中文现在我的听力和语法还可以但是我的词汇量有限同时我还需要改善我的发音
wǒ de 我的mùbiāo 目标shì 是liǎngnián nèi 两年内shuō 说liúlì 流利de 的Zhōngwén 中文xiànzài 现在wǒ de 我的tīnglì 听力hé 和yǔfǎ 语法háikěyǐ 还可以dànshì 但是wǒ de 我的cíhuìliàng 词汇量yǒuxiàn 有限tóngshí 同时wǒ 我hái 还xūyào 需要gǎishàn 改善wǒ de 我的fāyīn 发音
My goal is to speak Chinese fluently in the next two years. Right now my listening and grammar is okay. However, my vocabulary is limited. Meanwhile, I still need to improve my pronunciation as well.
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