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Project Hail Mary — Ryan Gosling and Andy Weir's New Film Tops Rotten Tomatoes
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Project Hail Mary, with Ryan Gosling and based on Andy Weir's novel, lands huge on Rotten Tomatoes — beats The Martian. HSK 2 Chinese listening practice.
This is an HSK 2 Chinese listening episode that runs about 3 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 厉害、为什么、问题 and walks through 5 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
There is a really popular movie recently.
Everyone is talking about it.
This movie is called Project Hail Mary.
The English name is Project Hail Mary.
It was adapted from a novel.
The author of the novel is Andy Weir.
He wrote The Martian before.
That was also a very famous space movie.
Project Hail Mary was released on March 20.
Released means the cinema started showing it.
In just five days it made 148 million dollars.
Very impressive.
The reviews are also very high.
On a website called Rotten Tomatoes.
95 percent of people said it was good.
The audience score is even higher, 96 percent.
What is the movie about?
There is a teacher named Grace.
He teaches science.
One day he wakes up.
He finds himself on a spaceship.
He can't remember anything at all.
His memory is gone.
He doesn't know why he's in space.
Slowly he starts to remember.
It turns out the sun has a problem.
A strange thing is eating the sun's energy.
If this problem isn't solved.
The sun will get dimmer and dimmer.
Earth will get colder and colder.
Humans might die out.
So he was sent to space to find answers.
He is alone on the spaceship.
Very lonely.
But later he meets an alien.
This alien also has the same problem.
Their sun is also being eaten by that thing.
So the two decide to work together.
Even though they look completely different.
And speak different languages.
But they slowly learned to communicate.
In the end they became very good friends.
This movie stars Ryan Gosling.
He is a very famous actor.
Everyone says he acted really well.
The directors are Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.
They directed the Spider-Man animated movie before.
The movie is two and a half hours.
A bit long.
But everyone says it's not boring.
Because the story is too captivating.
There is scientific knowledge.
There is a tense plot.
And there is touching friendship.
Many people cried after watching.
If you like sci-fi movies.
You definitely should go see this.
It's still showing in cinemas now.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇Very good. Making that much money is impressive.
HSK 1-2. why.
HSK 1-2. problem / question.
HSK 1-2. meaning / interest.
HSK 1-2. hour.
HSK 1-2. to start / to begin.
When a movie starts showing in cinemas.
To change a book into a movie. This movie was adapted from a novel.
What you remember. His memory was completely gone.
A creature from another planet.
To work together. They decided to work together.
To share ideas. They slowly learned to communicate.
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法Proper Nouns
专有名词Sources
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