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新的 Avatar 来了：一个被大家害怕的英雄女孩
Avatar's New Hero Is a Girl Everyone Fears
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.
很多人，都想看一个新故事。
Many people want to see a new story.
这个故事，叫 Avatar。
This story is called Avatar.
Avatar，很多很多人都很喜欢。
Avatar — so many people love it.
现在，有一个新的 Avatar，要来了。
Now, a new Avatar is coming.
这个新的 Avatar，说的是一个人。
This new Avatar is about a person.
她很小，是个女的。
She is very young, a girl.
你听：在很多故事里，都有英雄。
Listen: in many stories, there are heroes.
英雄，是很好很好的人。
A hero is a very, very good person.
英雄对很多人好，很多人也都很喜欢英雄。
Heroes are good to people, and people love heroes too.
这个女的，也是一个新的英雄。
This girl is also a new hero.
很多人不喜欢她。
But many people don't like her.
很多人看见她，都跑。
Many people, when they see her, run away.
他们想：她不好，她不是好人。
They think: she's not good, she's not a good person.
她也很不好。
She's having a hard time too.
她不知道，她是谁。
She doesn't know who she is.
她一个人，没有家人。
She's alone, with no family.
她很小的时候，有一个人，也是她的家里人。
When she was little, there was someone who was her family too.
那个人，很小很小的时候，不在了。
But that person, when they were very little, was gone.
她很想，看见那个人。
She really wants to see that person again.
她一个人，走来走去，想知道：我是谁？
Alone, she walks around, wondering: who am I?
喜欢 Avatar 的人，很多很多年，都想看新的。
Fans of Avatar have wanted a new one for many, many years.
现在，他们都很高兴。
Now, they're all very happy.
你呢？
And you?
你也喜欢这个故事吗？
Do you like this kind of story too?
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
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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