Once again, kudos for doing a recording and asking for honest advice. :) So here are my responses: 1) & 2) "All the little girls called me into the hall" is what I understood. What I honestly heard was "All the little girls cord me into the haw." Of course, my brain reconstructed what I heard into something I could understand. This is how a listener's brain works, even if the speaker's words are not entirely clear. Try to practice the endings of English words. We do pronounce them with a fair amount of weight and voice, compared to other languages. 3) Does your Chinese accent really matter? Well, I'm not sure what you mean by "really matter". If I said "no, it doesn't matter", would you use that as an excuse to stop practising? If that were the case, then I'd say "yes, it does matter" just to remind you to make an effort. A strong accent only matters if it causes you to mispronounce. However, you were clear enough to understand. If anything, that's the most important thing to know about your recording. So, good work. :) Everyone (even native speakers) can improve and develop, so I encourage you to keep practising. Playing with different accents is quite fun. 4) No, it doesn't reduce how intelligent you sound because I could understand you, and you were saying something logical and clear. I could also hear you were making a sincere effort. However, the intonation at the end of your last sentence made me think that you had something more to say. This is another thing to practise: vocally shaping your sentences.

Don't worry about your accent too much. I understood everything you said, and people will generally make an effort to understand you better since you're not a native speaker. Try not to think too much about what your accent sounds like, or you might try speaking like a native speaker and end up sounding kinda ridiculous. I've seen many people try to put on American accents, and it's pretty hilarious. Most people won't care about what you sound like. Sure, they might crack a few jokes at your expense sometimes, but just laugh along with them and they'll respect you all the more for it. At least, I think they will.

I listened to it twice and there are a couple of words that I could not understand. I am also confused why you pronounce the t's in matter ad d's. Your accent doesn't matter but it is absolutely essential that you speak clearly and if you pronounce matter as madder, I think personally it's a step in the wrong direction.

Speaking clearly is infinitely more important than speaking with any particular accent. Everyone has an accent of some sort - your's just happens to be Chinese, which is to be expected considering where you live. If you were French and spoke English with a Chinese accent, I might be a bit puzzled, but it wouldn't make any difference to how well you are understood. Personally, I had no difficulty with your audio.

I've listened to your audio and i can understand what you are saying. I'm am not an english native speaker but your english pronunciation seems to be good. Your chinese accent, from my point of view, doesn't matter that much becouse after a phrase or two the people will get used with your way of speaking.