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北京半马：机器人也来跑步
Beijing Half-Marathon: Robots Run Too
HSK 1 Chinese listening practice. A Chinese robot called Lightning ran a long race in Beijing. The robot was very fast — faster than many people.
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 6 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 12 key vocabulary words such as 机器人、我们、什么 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.
说到跑步，我们来说一个很特别的比赛。
Speaking of running, let me tell you about a very special race.
你跑过步吗？
Have you ever run before?
跑步很累。
Running is very tiring.
跑一百米就很累了。
Running just a hundred meters is already tiring.
如果跑二十一公里呢？
What about running twenty-one kilometers?
二十一公里！
Twenty-one kilometers!
那是很远很远。
That is very very far.
这个叫"半马拉松"。
This is called a "half marathon."
半就是一半。
Half means one half.
马拉松是一种很长的跑步比赛。
A marathon is a very long running race.
全程四十二公里。
The full distance is forty-two kilometers.
半马拉松就是二十一公里。
A half marathon is twenty-one kilometers.
很多人跑半马拉松。
Many people run half marathons.
要跑一两个小时。
It takes one to two hours.
有些人跑得很快。
Some people run very fast.
世界上最快的人跑半马拉松。
The fastest person in the world running a half marathon.
用了多少时间？
How much time did they use?
五十七分钟。
Fifty-seven minutes.
五十七分钟跑二十一公里。
Fifty-seven minutes for twenty-one kilometers.
很快。
Very fast.
这个人叫Kiplimo。
This person is called Kiplimo.
他来自非洲。
He is from Africa.
他是世界纪录。
He holds the world record.
没有人比他快。
Nobody is faster than him.
但是。
But.
昨天。
Yesterday.
在中国北京。
In Beijing, China.
有一个新的比赛。
There was a new race.
这个比赛不只是人跑。
This race wasn't just for people.
机器人也跑。
Robots also ran.
是的。
Yes.
机器人。
Robots.
机器人就是那种像人一样的机器。
Robots are machines that look like people.
有头。
They have a head.
有手。
They have hands.
有脚。
They have feet.
可以走。
They can walk.
可以跑。
They can run.
有一个机器人叫"闪电"。
There was one robot called "Lightning."
闪电是什么？
What is lightning?
闪电就是天上打雷的时候那个光。
Lightning is the flash of light when thunder comes.
很快。
Very fast.
非常快。
Extremely fast.
这个机器人也很快。
This robot is also very fast.
它是红色的。
It is red.
有多高？
How tall?
一米六九。
One meter sixty-nine.
跟一个普通人差不多高。
About the same height as an ordinary person.
它是谁做的？
Who made it?
一个中国公司做的。
A Chinese company made it.
这个公司叫荣耀。
This company is called Honor.
荣耀是一个做手机的公司。
Honor is a company that makes phones.
对，做手机的。
Yes, makes phones.
但是它也做机器人。
But it also makes robots.
这个机器人用了一种手机上用的技术。
This robot used a technology from phones.
叫"液冷"。
Called "liquid cooling."
液冷就是用液体来让机器凉快。
Liquid cooling means using liquid to keep the machine cool.
就像你的电脑太热了要散热一样。
Just like when your computer gets too hot and needs to cool down.
比赛开始了。
The race started.
机器人和人分开跑。
Robots and people ran separately.
不在一起。
Not together.
因为怕撞到。
Because they were afraid of collisions.
机器人在一条路上。
Robots on one track.
人在另一条路上。
People on another track.
然后闪电开始跑。
Then Lightning started running.
跑啊跑。
Running and running.
跑了二十一公里。
Ran twenty-one kilometers.
用了多少时间？
How much time did it use?
五十分钟二十六秒。
Fifty minutes and twenty-six seconds.
五十分钟！
Fifty minutes!
比人类世界纪录快了差不多七分钟。
About seven minutes faster than the human world record.
七分钟。
Seven minutes.
这是很多的。
That is a lot.
跑得最快的人也输了。
Even the fastest person lost.
输给了一个机器人。
Lost to a robot.
但是不是所有机器人都跑得好。
But not all robots ran well.
有三百多个机器人参加。
Over three hundred robots participated.
有的跑得很好。
Some ran very well.
有的就不太好了。
Some not so well.
有一个机器人刚刚开始跑。
One robot had just started running.
跑了大概六十米。
After about sixty meters.
就摔倒了。
It fell down.
脸朝下摔的。
Fell face-first.
摔在了地上。
Fell on the ground.
然后怎么办？
Then what happened?
技术人员跑过来。
The technicians ran over.
用胶带把它粘好。
Used packing tape to stick it back together.
胶带就是那种粘东西的带子。
Packing tape is that sticky tape for taping things.
然后这个机器人继续跑。
Then this robot kept running.
用胶带粘着跑完了比赛。
Ran the whole race held together with tape.
太搞笑了。
So funny.
还有一个机器人。
There was also another robot.
跑到终点了。
It ran to the finish line.
过了终点线。
Crossed the finish line.
然后它不知道怎么停。
Then it didn't know how to stop.
直接跑到了旁边的树丛里。
It ran straight into the bushes nearby.
摔进了一个灌木丛。
Fell into a bush.
也很搞笑。
Also very funny.
还有一个很小的机器人。
There was also a very small robot.
只有六十厘米高。
Only sixty centimeters tall.
像一个小孩子一样。
Like a small child.
它叫"小派"。
It's called "Xiao Pai."
它跑的时候手里拿着一个奶瓶。
When it ran it was holding a baby bottle.
奶瓶！
A baby bottle!
就是婴儿喝奶的那种瓶子。
The kind babies drink milk from.
它一边跑一边摇摇晃晃。
It ran while bouncing up and down.
非常可爱。
Very cute.
这个比赛是第二年了。
This race is in its second year.
去年是第一次。
Last year was the first time.
去年跑得最快的机器人用了多少时间？
Last year the fastest robot took how long?
两个小时四十分钟。
Two hours and forty minutes.
今年呢？
This year?
五十分钟。
Fifty minutes.
从两个小时四十分钟到五十分钟。
From two hours forty minutes to fifty minutes.
一年时间。
In one year.
快了三倍。
Three times faster.
这个进步太大了。
This improvement is too big.
中国现在有一百五十多家做机器人的公司。
China now has over a hundred and fifty robot-making companies.
一百五十多家。
Over a hundred and fifty.
政府也在支持。
The government is also supporting them.
给钱给技术。
Giving money and technology.
也许有一天。
Maybe one day.
机器人不只会跑步。
Robots won't just run.
还会做很多别的事。
They'll do many other things.
帮你搬东西。
Help you carry stuff.
帮你送快递。
Help you deliver packages.
帮你打扫房间。
Help you clean rooms.
这一天可能不远了。
That day might not be far away.
但是现在。
But right now.
最重要的是。
The most important thing is.
昨天有一个机器人。
Yesterday a robot.
用五十分钟跑完了半马拉松。
Ran a half marathon in fifty minutes.
比任何人都快。
Faster than any person.
还有一个机器人摔了以后用胶带粘好继续跑。
And another robot fell down and finished the race held together with tape.
这就是二零二六年的世界。
This is the world of 2026.
机器人在跑步。
Robots are running.
有的跑得很快。
Some run very fast.
有的摔了。
Some fell down.
有的跑进了树丛里。
Some ran into the bushes.
还有一个拿着奶瓶。
And one was holding a baby bottle.
A machine that looks and moves like a human.
HSK 1. we; us.
HSK 1. what.
HSK 1. time / moment.
HSK 1. now.
HSK 1. China.
A 21-kilometer running race.
The best performance ever achieved globally.
When a robot finds its own path without human control.
Using liquid to cool down electronics or machines.
Controlling something from a distance.
Adhesive tape used to stick things together.
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