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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.
Fri Jun 09 2006 | Jenny, Ken, Aggie
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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 ，wǒ jiāng kāishǐ shàng zhōngwénkè 。wǒ hěn kūnrǎo ，yīnwèi wǒ lái Zhōngguó yǐjīng bànnián le ，dànshì háishì bùnéng hé běndìrén yòng Zhōngwén jiāoliú 。
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 nǐ de rìcháng duìhuà yǐjīng hěn hǎo le 。
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 mùbiāo shì liǎngnián nèi shuō liúlì de Zhōngwén 。xiànzài ，wǒ de tīnglì hé yǔfǎ háikěyǐ 。dànshì ，wǒ de cíhuìliàng yǒuxiàn 。tóngshí ，wǒ hái xūyào gǎishàn wǒ de fāyīn 。
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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