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AI 很大
AI Is So Big It Makes Computers, Phones and Workers Hard to Find
HSK 1 Chinese listening practice. A simple story about how the AI boom makes phones, computers and skilled workers expensive and hard to find.
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 1 minute. 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 12 key vocabulary words such as 钱、贵、少 and walks through 5 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.
你好。
Hello.
大家好。
Hello everyone.
我是主持人。
I am the host.
今天说 AI。
Today we speak about AI.
AI 是什么？
What is AI?
AI 是电脑。
AI is a computer.
电脑很聪明。
Computers are smart.
像人一样。
Just like people.
这是 AI。
This is AI.
第一点。
Point one.
AI 很大。
AI is very big.
AI 要钱。
AI needs money.
要很多钱。
Needs a lot of money.
钱是什么？
What is money?
钱是 Money。
Money is 'Money'.
公司有钱。
Companies have money.
公司买 AI。
Companies buy AI.
用了大钱。
Used big money.
很多很多钱。
Many many money.
钱去哪里？
Where does money go?
钱去买 AI。
Money goes to buy AI.
大家都在买。
Everyone is buying.
AI 很大。
AI is very big.
AI 要钱。
AI needs money.
还有什么？
What else?
第二点。
Point two.
现在有问题。
Now there are problems.
什么问题？
What problems?
东西不够。
Things are not enough.
东西是什么？
What are things?
东西是 Things。
Things are 'Things'.
人也不够。
People are also not enough.
人是什么？
What are people?
人是 People。
People are 'People'.
工人很少。
Workers are very few.
工人是 Worker。
Workers are 'Worker'.
电工很少。
Electricians are very few.
电工修电。
Electricians fix electricity.
找电工很难。
Finding electricians is hard.
因为人少。
Because people are few.
还有手机。
Also mobile phones.
手机是什么？
What are mobile phones?
手机是 Phone。
Mobile phones are 'Phone'.
手机很贵。
Mobile phones are expensive.
贵是什么？
What is expensive?
贵是 Expensive。
Expensive is 'Expensive'.
手机会更贵。
Mobile phones will be more expensive.
因为 AI 大。
Because AI is big.
AI 用了钱。
AI used the money.
别的没有钱。
Others have no money.
这很难。
This is very hard.
这是 AI。
This is AI.
AI 很大。
AI is very big.
谢谢大家。
Thank you everyone.
再见。
Goodbye.
Noun. Currency or wealth. Common collocation: 很多钱 (hěn duō qián - a lot of money).
Adjective. High price. Opposite of 便宜 (piányi - cheap).
Adjective. Not many. Used here to describe shortages of workers.
Noun. A person who does manual labor. Measure word: 个 (gè).
Noun. Literally 'hand machine'. Measure word: 部 (bù) or 个 (gè).
Noun. Literally 'electric brain'. Measure word: 台 (tái).
Verb. Used here in the context of electricians fixing things.
Verb. Searching for something or someone.
Adjective/Phrase. 够 (gòu) means enough, 不 (bù) makes it negative.
Adjective. Describing intelligence, used here to explain AI.
Noun. General objects. Literally 'East West'.
Phrase. Describing a difficult situation.
Simple description. '很' (hěn) is often used to link a noun and an adjective, even if not strictly translating to 'very'.
AI 很大 (AI is [very] big)
手机很贵 (Phones are [very] expensive)
工人很少 (Workers are [very] few)
Equating two things, similar to 'A is B'.
AI 是电脑 (AI is a computer)
钱是 Money (Money is Money)
手机是 Phone (Mobile phone is Phone)
Comparison pattern meaning 'Subject is like Object'.
像人一样 (Just like people)
Expressing non-possession or non-existence, 'Subject does not have Object'.
别的没有钱 (Others do not have money)
Present continuous tense, indicating an action is happening now.
大家都在买 (Everyone is buying)