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以后要 iPhone？Apple 想让你"租"手机，不用买
Want an iPhone Later? Apple Wants You to Lease Your Phone, Not Buy It
A simple beginner Chinese listening story: Apple has a new way to get an iPhone. Instead of buying the phone, you lease it and pay a little each month, but the phone is never really yours.
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 10 key vocabulary words such as 喜欢、想、买 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.
Apple 是一个很大的公司。
Apple is a very big company.
Apple 做手机，叫 iPhone。
Apple makes phones, called the iPhone.
很多人都很喜欢 iPhone。
Many people really like the iPhone.
很多人都想要新的 iPhone。
Many people want a new iPhone.
你要 iPhone，你去买。
If you want an iPhone, you go buy one.
你买了，手机是你的。
Once you buy it, the phone is yours.
现在，Apple 有一个新的东西。
Now, Apple has a new thing.
你不买 iPhone，你"租"手机。
You don't buy the iPhone; you "lease" the phone.
"租"是什么？
What is "leasing"?
手机不是你的。
The phone isn't yours.
每个月，你给 Apple 一点钱。
Every month, you give Apple a little money.
有的人很喜欢：他们想常常有新手机。
Some people love it: they want to have a new phone often.
有的人不喜欢：手机不是你的，是 Apple 的。
Some people don't: the phone isn't yours, it's Apple's.
你想要哪一个？
Which one would you want?
很多人都喜欢 iPhone = many people like the iPhone.
想要新的 iPhone = want a new iPhone.
你去买 = you go buy one.
给 Apple 一点钱 = give Apple a little money.
每个月 = every month.
新的 iPhone = a new iPhone.
一个很大的公司 = a very big company.
你"租"手机 = you "lease" the phone.
你"租"手机 = you lease the phone.
你给 Apple 一点钱 = you give Apple a little money.
* beyond level超纲词
……是你的
noun + 是你的 = "the noun is yours".
你买了，手机是你的。
每个 + noun
每个 + noun = "every / each …".
每个月，你给 Apple 一点钱。
有的人……，有的人……
有的人 A，有的人 B = "some people A, others B".
有的人很喜欢……有的人不喜欢。
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