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Free Mandarin Audio - Free Bonus 50 mp3 useful Mandarin Audio Recordings With the "1,000 Chinese Characters" Daily Course

50 useful dialogues recorded on MP3 files and written with both characters and pin-yin, so that you can focus your attention on Chinese pronunciation.

You'll listen what to say when:

meeting someone;
making an acquaintance;
making an inquiry about places, dates, time, family members, jobs...
asking for directions;
going shopping;
on the bus;
at the post office;
...

With the "1,000 Chinese Characters" Daily Course you'll learn first the most frequently used words and characters, saving time and effort!

For example, consider the following Chinese text (the characters belonging to the list of 1,000 most commonly used Chinese characters are highlighted in yellow -
for the list of the most frequently used Chinese characters click here):

对工作怀有敬虔的看法。有些人是工作狂，只顾工作，不理会其他事情。有些人则盼着一天赶快结束，早早下班回家去。怎样才是平衡的观点呢？圣经回答说：“一掌盛满安歇，胜过双手抓满辛劳捕风的事。”（传道书4：6）工作过劳过长其实是得不偿失，只是“辛劳捕风”而已。为什么呢？因为这会妨碍我们得到最大的快乐，包括我们跟家人朋友的关系，我们的灵性、身体，甚至生命。（提摩太前书6：9，10）平衡的观点是，尽管物质东西不多，只要生活基本上安定，我们就会知足。这总比“双手”辛劳捕风好。圣经鼓励人怀有这个平衡看法，不是要叫人懒惰。（箴言20：4）懒惰的人会失去自尊和别人的尊重，更甚的是，会损害跟上帝的关系。圣经清楚表明，人不肯工作，就不该白吃别人的饭。（帖撒罗尼迦后书3：10）他应该改过自新，勤力工作，自食其力，照顾家人。他辛勤工作的话，还可以帮助有需要的人。圣经鼓励人要这样做。（箴言21：25，26；以弗所书4：28）

The text above is composed by a total of 318 characters. 280 of them (88%), highlighted in yellow, belong to the list of 1,000 most commonly used Chinese characters -
for the list of the most frequently used Chinese characters click here.

English translation:

Cultivate a Godly Work Ethic. Some people are workaholics, putting their job before all else. Others live for day’s end when they can quit work and go home. What is the balanced view? The Bible answers: "Better is a handful of rest than a double handful of hard work and striving after the wind." (Ecclesiastes 4:6) Working too hard or too long is, in fact, counterproductive—a vain "striving after the wind." Why so? Because we may well do injury to the very things that are responsible for our greatest happiness: our relationship with family and friends, our spirituality, our health, and even our longevity. (1　Timothy 6:9,　10) The balanced view is to be content with less material gain along with a reasonable measure of peace rather than be loaded down with a double dose of work along with strife and misery. In encouraging such a balanced view, the Bible does not endorse laziness. (Proverbs 20:4) Laziness corrodes self-respect and the respect others may have for us. Worse still, it damages our relationship with God. The Bible frankly states that the person who refuses to work does not deserve to eat at the expense of others. (2　Thessalonians 3:10) Rather, he should change his ways and work hard, thus providing honorably for himself and his dependents. Through hard work he may even be able to help those who are truly in need—a practice God’s Word encourages.—Proverbs 21:25,　26; Ephesians 4:28.

List of different Chinese characters contained in the text above:

对工作怀有敬虔的看法些人是狂只顾不理会其他事情则盼着一天赶快结束早下班回家去怎样才平衡观点呢圣经答说掌盛满安歇胜过双手抓辛劳捕风传道书长实得偿失而已为什么因这妨碍我们到最大乐包括跟朋友关系灵性身体甚至生命提摩太前尽管物质东西多要活基本上定就知足总比好鼓励个叫懒惰箴言自尊和别重更损害帝清楚表明肯该白吃饭帖撒罗尼迦后应改新勤力食照话还可以帮助需做弗所

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