My cell phone has a service number that you call to get your account balance or to recharge your account. You press 1 for in Mandarin, 2 for English. Today for the first time I pressed 1. It reminded me of being 9 and going into the adult section of the library for the first time. I looked at a few books. They were full of words I didn’t know. Likewise, I didn’t understand a word of the Mandarin I heard. But I can listen to it again and again.
I think your learninng is progressing steadily. At least you are willing to face the challenges directly now : ) As you know, Chinese is almost the most difficult language to master all over the world.
Good Luck!
btw: is the problem of the movie settled?
Using the calling cards to call my wife when she is Taiwan from the us is challenging since all the phone voice instructios card menu is in mandarin. Please enter the card. And then the part of enter the phone along with how many minutes you have left. I guess After 20 years of marriage and bringing up our daughter bilingual I know enough with some guesses to call successful