Chinese Short Stories
11 Simple Stories for Beginners Who Want to Learn Mandarin Chinese in Less Time While Also Having Fun
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If you want to learn Chinese in less time while also enjoying yourself, then keep reading....
What is the best way to learn Chinese? We should remember how we learned our own language when we were children. If we could learn a second language in the same way, it would not seem so difficult.
Think of what a child does; he or she listens to what people say and tries to copy the words. When he or she wants something, they have to ask for it. They are using the language, speaking it, and thinking in it all the time. Thus, if a second language is also used as frequently, it will be learned very quickly.
The main purpose of this audiobook is to provide you with a platform to improve your listening skills and your ability to use Chinese comprehensively so that you can easily listen and learn.
In Chinese Short Stories: 11 Simple Stories for Beginners Who Want to Learn Mandarin Chinese in Less Time While Also Having Fun, you will encounter rich and new but not too complex vocabulary, which is translated at the end of the section, avoiding the hassle of having to stop the rhythm to look up every word. Everything is translated, as well as the summary of the story, thus providing a clearer comprehension of each sentence, while trying to prevent the temptation that the listener might have, if discouraged, of giving up and listening the whole story in English.
So if you want to learn Chinese while having fun, get this audiobook today!
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Made me smile.
- By Lyvon Netherton on 04-13-24
By: Stan Hardy
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Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son Being the Letters Written by John Graham
- Head of the House of Graham & Company, Pork-Packers in Chicago
- By: George Horace Lorimer
- Narrated by: Alan Taylor
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
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George Horace Lorimer is best known as the editor of The Saturday Evening Post, where he was credited with promoting and discovering authors like Jack London. Lorimer compiled his life advice into the fictional letters from John "Old Gorgon" Graham to his son Pierrepont. John Graham is a Chicago-based pork and finance baron. In the letters Pierrepont receives advice for his different stages of life. Old Gorgon's advice is packed throughout the book, easy to understand, and still rings true today.
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Great but those were the times...
- By Harold on 08-20-18
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Cocaine Blues
- By: Kerry Greenwood
- Narrated by: Stephanie Daniel
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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It's the end of the roaring twenties, and the exuberant and Honourable Phryne Fisher is dancing and gaming with gay abandon. But she becomes bored with London and the endless round of parties. In search of excitement, she sets her sights on a spot of detective work in Melbourne, Australia. And so mystery and the beautiful Russian dancer, Sasha de Lisse, appear in her life. From then on it's all cocaine and communism until her adventure reaches its steamy end in the Turkish baths of Little Lonsdale Street.
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A series that just gets better
- By Barbara Kindle Customer on 02-01-11
By: Kerry Greenwood
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Pygmalion
- By: George Bernard Shaw
- Narrated by: Shannon Cochran, Nicholas Pennell, full cast
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
- Original Recording
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One of Shaw's most enduring works, Pygmalion is an insightful comedy of class relations and perceptions, as played out between a Cockney flower girl and the irascible speech professor who has taken her on as a pet project.
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Bilious Pidgeon
- By Chris on 05-14-03
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Nigger
- An Autobiography
- By: Dick Gregory, Dr. Christian Gregory - introduction, Robert Lipsyte
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi, Dr. Christian Gregory
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
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Fifty-five years ago, in 1964, an incredibly honest and revealing memoir by one of the America's best-loved comedians and activists, Dick Gregory, was published. With a shocking title and breathtaking writing, Dick Gregory defined a genre and changed the way race was discussed in America.
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PLEASE don't pass this book up!
- By D on 05-06-20
By: Dick Gregory, and others
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More Speak English Like an American
- Learn More Idioms & Expressions That Will Help You Speak Like a Native!
- By: Amy Gillett
- Narrated by: Lee Tyler
- Length: 34 mins
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More Speak English Like an American brings you another 300+ idioms and expressions you need to know for everyday life and for business success! If you liked Speak English Like an American, you're going to love More Speak English Like an American! In More Speak English Like an American, you'll follow the story of an American business as its employees come up with new product ideas, travel to China, throw themselves into office romances, and have exciting adventures.
By: Amy Gillett
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BUtterfield 8
- By: John O'Hara, Lorin Stein - introduction
- Narrated by: Gretchen Mol
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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A masterpiece of American fiction and a best seller upon its publication in 1935, BUtterfield 8 lays bare with brash honesty the unspoken and often shocking truths that lurked beneath the surface of a society still reeling from the effects of the Great Depression. One Sunday morning, Gloria wakes up in a stranger's apartment with nothing but a torn evening dress, stockings, and panties. When she steals a fur coat from the wardrobe to wear home, she unleashes a series of events that can only end in tragedy.
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Wildly Uneven
- By David P on 08-27-15
By: John O'Hara, and others
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Appointment in Samarra
- Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
- By: John O'Hara, Charles McGrath - introduction
- Narrated by: Christian Camargo
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
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In December 1930, just before Christmas, the Gibbsville, Pennsylvania, social circuit is electrified with parties and dances. At the center of the social elite stand Julian and Caroline English. But in one rash moment born inside a highball glass, Julian breaks with polite society and begins a rapid descent toward self-destruction.
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Quite good, but not a classic
- By Michael on 04-25-15
By: John O'Hara, and others
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- Raymond Schoonraad
- 01-31-20
Enjoyable and educational
HSK2+ Together with the book, I'm really enjoying the stories and improving my Mandarin much faster!
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- Joy
- 10-25-22
Narration is Horrific
The narration is horrific. I thought that perhaps it was that it was so slow. I sped it up, and it still sounds horrific. The tones sound flat for Chinese. The sentences sound unnatural. It sounds like someone is reading their Chinese homework for their Chinese teacher. The voice is grating. I can speak better.
I found the stories enjoyable. However, the material was not well organized. Again, I can do better.
I was really looking forward to listening to some Chinese short stories while driving in my car. Oh, well.
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- Cliente Kindle
- 10-03-22
Buenas historias, mal acento
Como narradora de las partes ingleses, fue genial. Me gustó las voces que dio a los personajes de la historia.
Sin embargo, no me gustaba su actuación en las partes chinas porque su acento inglés era extremadamente fuerte y no pronunció los tonos correctamente. En chino, los tonos son muy importantes porque pueden cambiar el significado de una palabra.
Si quieres estudiar chino, se puede comprar el libro en Kindle. No hace falta que compres este audiolibro.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-28-20
Really good tool!
I almost didn't buy this audio because of other reviews but this was perfect for me. It's a little challenging and I don't understand everything but there is plenty of English explanation. Any level of Chinese learner will benefit from this book.
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- D. Wann
- 01-02-20
no PDF?
This is probably fine if you already have acquired 1000 words or so, I imagine. If you are a beginner (like the title suggests this is for), you will be lost : no pictures, no words to follow along with; they give a verbal translation but not soon enough (I'd recommend after each short sentence). It's useless to me now. Maybe later. I can't recommend this to beginners. Plus the stories are for kiddies, not really interesting for adults who aren't entertained by stories of talking mice.
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- Sadies C.
- 02-08-22
Pronunciation isn’t correct, unfortunately
Unfortunately, I was very excited to listen and study as a language learner, but I was informed by a native speaker the pronunciation isn’t correct. The tones are wrong (or perhaps a non-standard regional variation) and will lead those trying to learn to have non-standard pronunciation, and newbies if trying to find some words using pinyin will not find the correct characters and meaning because the tones aren’t correct if just listening and searching Pleco.
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