Walk in the park?! I've got 汉字 to study!

How to Use This Lesson

Step One

Watch the video here on the course platform. Feel free to take as much time as you'd like to understand the content, but don't feel obligated to understand the text right now fully. You'll download the video and return to it later. 

Step Two

Download the zip file from the sidebar (desktop/laptop) or below this description (Mobile APP). That zip file contains the following:

• Text tracking video(s) MP4 file(s)
• Audio MP3 file(s)
• Image file of the text & top-down words for your reference

Dialogues contain one text-tracking video file at 80% speed followed by native speed. 

Opinions & Short Stories contain two text tracking video files, one female voice, and one male voice. Both start at 80% speed, followed by native speed.

Step Three

At a time of your choosing, use the video files to practice shadowing. If you need a reminder, this lesson explains how to shadow. These video files are ideal for shadowing, especially if you download them to your phone because you can walk around while doing it.

Click Here to Navigate to All Phase 4 Dialogues, Opinions & Stories

Text

Note: The text is pasted here in case you want to copy/paste one of the words into a dictionary app, but the above video and zip file download are best inputting the content as they have audio and text-tracking.

A: 小元，今天天气很好，我们一起去公园玩儿吧！

B: 公园？哪儿有公园？

A: 就在那家中国银行的后面。

B: 太远了，我不去。

A: 不远不远， 坐两元的公交车就到了。

B: 我还是不去了，因为今天学的汉字我还没写完。

A: 你不是早就写完了吗？

B: 写得不完美，我又写了一次。

A:  那如果你还是觉得不完美，你又要写一次吗？

B: 对！我一定要写得很完美。

A: 好吧！我觉得我说服不了你，那我自己去公园玩儿了。你写完了的话，也可以过来和我一起玩儿。

Top-Down Words

家 jiā - measure word for a shop, bank, etc.
后面 hòumiàn - behind
就 jiù- exactly, just
公交车 gōngjiāochē - bus
到 dào - （verb complement) to reach, to succeed in the preceding verb
写 xiě - to write
就 jiù - (grammatical particle) in this case meaning “as soon as” or “right after
一次 yícì - one time
如果 rúguǒ - if
觉得 juéde - to feel, to think
好吧 hǎoba - ok!

Member Comments from 2019-mid-2020

Do you also want to leave a comment? You can do so below！

Alex Sumray

It's rather addicting this shadowing thing isn't it!?
Thanks again for a crackin' course.

MB Team

Here's the link to where Phil & Luke talked about this comment in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTyzKONer7o&t=2328s

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Tristan Knotts

Wow, what a feeling to follow along with long form content and being able to understand. I listened to it all the way through and I was thinking "yeah this totally makes sense", and then I looked back realized there was no pinyin or translation, just Chinese characters. Very cool!

MB Team

Here's the link to where Phil and Luke talked about this comment in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3ucqY6X-FM&t=56s