A Chinese podcast · Same story, 4 levels
新的 Avatar 来了：一个被大家害怕的英雄女孩
Avatar: Seven Havens Turns Hero Into Villain
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Avatar: Seven Havens Turns Hero Into Villain. HSK 1 Chinese listening practice.
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 2 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 8 key vocabulary words such as 喜欢、知道、看见 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
Many people want to see a new story.
This story is called Avatar.
Avatar — so many people love it.
Now, a new Avatar is coming.
This new Avatar is about a person.
She is very young, a girl.
Listen: in many stories, there are heroes.
A hero is a very, very good person.
Heroes are good to people, and people love heroes too.
This girl is also a new hero.
But many people don't like her.
Many people, when they see her, run away.
They think: she's not good, she's not a good person.
She's having a hard time too.
She doesn't know who she is.
She's alone, with no family.
When she was little, there was someone who was her family too.
But that person, when they were very little, was gone.
She really wants to see that person again.
Alone, she walks around, wondering: who am I?
Fans of Avatar have wanted a new one for many, many years.
Now, they're all very happy.
And you?
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇很多人都喜欢 = many people love it.
她不知道自己是谁 = she doesn't know who she is.
看见她就跑 = see her and run.
他们都很高兴 = they're all happy.
她没有家人 = she has no family.
一个新故事 = a new story.
她是新的英雄 = she's the new hero.
她是个女的 = she's a girl.
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法A，是B。
The simplest 'A is B' — name something, then say what it is.
英雄，是很好的人。
看见……就……
'as soon as (they) see …, (they) …' — one action triggers the next.
很多人看见她，都跑。
一个人
'alone / by oneself' — literally 'one person'.
她一个人，没有家人。
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