Fast speed Chinese

Fast Mandarin is where easy talk gets hard to catch, even if you studied a lot. Tones are still there, but they are hard to hear in fast talk. People drop small words, add English words like OK, and use new words that change fast in Taiwan. Taiwan talk shows like 94要客訴 go even faster, with people talking over each other, jokes, and quick questions and answers. News shows like SETNEWS, TVBS NEWS, and udn video use more correct Mandarin, but at full speed, with names and places you may not catch the first time. Watch once just to get the main idea. Then watch key seconds again. Slow the video down if you can, and write down the words you could not catch.