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American Airlines 的电脑坏了，飞机都飞不了
American Airlines' Computers Broke, and the Planes Couldn't Fly
A simple beginner Chinese listening story: American Airlines' computers broke, so its planes couldn't fly, passengers were stuck, and everyone was frustrated until it was fixed.
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 8 key vocabulary words such as 电脑、飞机、坐 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.
American Airlines，是一个很大的美国公司。
American Airlines is a very big American company.
American Airlines 有很多很多飞机。
American Airlines has a great many planes.
很多人，都要坐 American Airlines 的飞机。
Every day, many people fly on American Airlines' planes.
有一回，公司的电脑，坏了。
One time, the company's computers broke.
电脑坏了，飞机都不能飞。
With the computers broken, none of the planes could fly.
很多人，在机场，走不了。
Many people at the airport couldn't go anywhere.
他们想坐飞机，飞机不飞。
They wanted to fly, but the planes weren't flying.
大家都要等，都很不高兴。
Everyone had to wait, and everyone was upset.
现在，电脑好了。
Now, the computers are fixed.
飞机能飞了。
The planes can fly again.
很多人的飞机，都晚了。
Many people's flights were late.
坐飞机的人，都不高兴。
The people flying were all unhappy.
公司的电脑坏了 = the company's computers broke.
有很多飞机 = has many planes.
坐飞机 = to take a plane.
走不了 = couldn't go.
他们想坐飞机 = they wanted to fly.
一个很大的美国公司 = a big American company.
大家都要等 = everyone had to wait.
很多人的飞机都晚了 = many flights were late.
* beyond level超纲词
都不能……
都不能 + verb = "none can / all cannot".
飞机都不能飞。
想 + verb
想 + verb = "want to (do)".
他们想坐飞机，飞机不飞。
又……了
又 … 了 = "… again".
飞机能飞了。
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