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《挽救计划》：一个人在太空
Project Hail Mary: One Man in Space
About this story
A simple story about Project Hail Mary, a famous movie by Andy Weir, with Ryan Gosling as a man and his friend in space. HSK 1 Chinese listening practice.
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 3 minutes. The full Mandarin script is shown with tap-for-pinyin and a line-by-line English translation, so you can listen and read at once — comprehensible input in the sense of Stephen Krashen's i+1 theory. It teaches 10 key vocabulary words such as 电影、朋友、有名 and walks through 3 grammar patterns, each explained in English with examples. The same news story is retold at 4 difficulty levels — use the level selector above to find the version that is challenging but still understandable for you.
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English transcript reference
There is a new movie.
This movie is very good.
Many people went to see it.
What is this movie called?
It's called Project Hail Mary.
The English name is Project Hail Mary.
In the movie there is a man.
His name is Grace.
He woke up.
Where is he?
He is in space.
Space is a very high place.
Above the Earth.
Very far away.
He doesn't know where he is.
He forgot.
He forgot everything.
How did he get here?
Don't know.
Why is he here?
Also don't know.
He is very scared.
But he is very smart.
He is a teacher.
What does he teach?
He teaches science.
Science is the study of things.
Like stars.
Like the sun.
Later he remembered.
Earth has a problem.
What problem?
The sun is sick.
The sun is not as hot.
Earth will get cold.
People will die.
So he went to space.
He needs to save Earth.
Is he alone?
At first he was alone.
He was very lonely.
But later he met a friend.
This friend is not a person.
Not from Earth.
It's an alien.
An alien is a creature from another planet.
This alien is very nice.
They can't talk.
But they learned how.
They work together.
They think of ideas together.
They save Earth together.
Who acts in this movie?
A very famous person.
His name is Ryan Gosling.
He acts very well.
Everyone says good.
The director is also very famous.
The movie came out March 20.
Many people went to see it.
It made a lot of money.
148 million dollars.
Many people say it's the best movie this year.
Why does everyone like it?
Because the story is good.
There is science.
There is friendship.
Friendship is the feeling between friends.
A person and an alien.
They became good friends.
This is very touching.
Touching means it makes you want to cry.
But it's happy crying.
If you like watching movies.
You should go see this one.
Very good.
This is the story of Project Hail Mary.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇A story shown on a big screen. This is a new movie.
Someone you like and trust. They became good friends.
Known by many people. Ryan Gosling is very famous.
HSK 1. they; them.
HSK 1. what.
The area above Earth. He went to space to save Earth.
Feeling fear. He was very scared when he woke up.
Good at thinking. He is very smart.
The study of how things work. He teaches science.
Feeling alone. He was very lonely in space.
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What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法Proper nouns
专有名词Sources
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