我在公园认识了我的女朋友

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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.

在休息日，可能有些人会和朋友一起去bar玩儿，但我很讨厌太吵的地方，所以我会去一些公园玩儿，因为公园里人少也不吵。我和我的女朋友就是在某个公园认识的。那天，我的其他朋友都出去玩儿了，我一个人来到公园，然后我听到了一个很好听的声音，我一看发现说话的人是一个美女。我很快走上去问了她电话号码，然后我们就开始联系了。后来，她成了我女朋友。

Top-Down Words

地方 dìfang - place
所以 suóyǐ - so
声音 shēngyīn - sound
就  jiù - (expressing condition “then”)
都 dōu - all
到 dào - to arrive
号码 hàomǎ - number
就  jiù - exactly, just
后来 hòulái - afterwards
成 chéng - to become, to prove to be

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.

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