Articles/Poems for you to practice tones of Chinese, and show how important tones and characters in Chinese language. You can paste it into Google translator to get the prononciation. I paste the full text here so you can copy and paste, and links are sample readings. All are found from the Internet. 3 articles/poems by 赵元任, a famous liguistics. 施式食狮史(See my previous post) This is the most well-known one, since it exists in textbooks of China Mainland. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLcSq8bO20w (read slowly with English translations, but a little mistakes at the last character of second to last sentence) https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Nm421j7n3/ 季姬击鸡记 季姬寂，集鸡，鸡即棘鸡。棘鸡饥叽，季姬及箕稷济鸡。鸡既济，跻姬笈，季姬忌，急咭鸡，鸡急，继圾几，季姬急，即籍箕击鸡，箕疾击几伎，伎即齑，鸡叽集几基，季姬急极屐击鸡，鸡既殛，季姬激，即记《季姬击鸡记》。 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFqFKnauVpY 熙戏犀 西溪犀，喜嬉戏。席熙夕夕携犀徙，席熙细细习洗犀。犀吸溪，戏袭熙。席熙嘻嘻希息戏。惜犀嘶嘶喜袭熙。 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/huQdJLfGGUA 侄治痔（何员外，a network writer） 芝之稚侄郅，至智，知製紙，知織幟。 芝痔，炙痔，痔殖，郅至芝址，知之，知芷汁治痔，至芷址执芷枝，豸至，躑，郅執直枝擲之，枝至豸趾，豸止。 郅執芷枝致芝，芝執芷治痔，痔止。 芝炙脂雉肢致郅。 https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BE%84%E6%B2%BB%E7%97%94 (No sample reading, but with pinyin marked) 羿裔熠邑彝(unnamed authors) 羿裔熠，邑彝，义医，艺诣。 熠姨遗一裔伊，伊仪迤，衣旖，异奕矣。 熠意伊矣，易衣以贻伊，伊遗衣，衣异衣以意异熠，熠抑矣。 伊驿邑，弋一翳，弈毅。 毅仪奕，诣弈，衣异，意逸。 毅诣伊，益伊，伊怡，已臆毅矣，毅亦怡伊。 翌，伊亦弈毅，毅以蜴贻伊，伊亦贻衣以毅。 伊疫，呓毅，癔异矣，倚椅咿咿，毅亦咿咿。 毅诣熠，意以熠，议熠医伊，熠懿毅，意役毅逸，毅以熠宜伊，翼逸。 熠驿邑以医伊，疑伊胰痍，以蚁医伊，伊遗异，溢，伊咦。 熠移伊，刈薏以医，伊益矣。 伊忆毅，亦呓毅矣，熠意伊毅已逸，熠意役伊。 伊异，噫，缢。 熠癔，亦缢。 Sample readings for all above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p0Wr46pe6Y&t=150s