Описание

Improve your Chinese reading and auralcomprehension skills with authentic blog entries from today'sChina. The app provides guided reading and vocabulary practice forthe intermediate and advanced learner using a selection of fivespecially curated texts about current social issues.

App features include:

* Phrase-by-phrase audio playback in a natural Chinese voice:Listen to a single phrase as many times as necessary to master itsmeaning and inflection patterns.

* Instant look-up of unfamiliar vocabulary: Touch on anyunfamiliar character to display pronunciation and meaning of thecharacter and the compound word in which it is used.

* Analytic dictionary functions: Display an expanded dictionaryentry for any character showing the analysis of the character intoits component parts and listing other related characters usingthose parts, as well as other compound words using the samecharacter.

* Automated flashcards: Every unfamiliar character you look upis automatically added to your personal flashcards list so you candrill yourself on the new vocabulary you've learned.

* Text details: Information provided about each text selectionincludes English language title and synopsis, author, and length,along with a link to an English-language translation of the fulltext.

The app is intended to complement the resources available on theMarco Polo Project website (http://marcopoloproject.org/), which describesthe project as follows:

"The Marco Polo Project is a not-for-profit organization thatuses the possibilities of online collaboration to improve culturaland linguistic understanding between China and the West.

Our website presents a diverse selection of new writing fromChina – non-fiction and social commentary from leadingintellectuals and independent bloggers - formatted for non-Mandarinnatives, with bilingual titles, tags, and author biographies. Ourselection reflects the diversity of Chinese writing today, and doesnot follow any political or ideological agenda.

This website is also a collaborative translation platform, whereyou can practice your translation skills on authentic material andreceive feedback on your translation from other, more advancedusers."