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成都：熊猫在吃竹子
Chengdu — The Panda Is Eating Bamboo
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Watch a Chengdu panda eat bamboo, then taste spicy hotpot and the numb feeling called má. HSK 1 Chinese listening practice.
This is an HSK 1 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 8 key vocabulary words such as 成都、熊猫、竹子, 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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Maya
小林，熊猫在哪里？小林
在那里。你看。Maya
好大！它看我们吗？小林
不看。它在吃。Maya
吃什么？小林
竹子。Maya
竹子。它一直吃。小林
对。它现在要吃。Maya
熊猫很大。家里的猫很小。小林
对。很大。Maya
它一直吃。小林
对。熊猫喜欢吃竹子。Maya
我要拍照。熊猫，看这里！小林
它不看你。Maya
那怎么拍？小林
它在吃。你拍这个也可以。Maya
可是我想要熊猫看我。小林
不行。它要吃竹子。Maya
好。我拍它吃。小林
拍好了？Maya
拍好了。可是它没看我。小林
照片也可以。熊猫在吃，也很好。Maya
我等它看我。小林
你看。它不吃了。Maya
它睡觉了？小林
对。吃了，睡觉。Maya
我等了，它睡觉了。小林
今天就是这样。我们走吧。Maya
去哪里？小林
去吃火锅。Maya
好红！这是火锅？小林
对。成都的火锅。你坐。Maya
很辣吗？小林
很辣。你吃一点。Maya
好。我吃。小林
慢一点。火锅很辣。Maya
嘴巴很辣。我还要吃。小林
可以。我来成都，也吃这个。Maya
我来成都，就是要吃辣的火锅。小林
那你吃。不要太快。Maya
小林，不对。小林
太辣了？Maya
辣。可是还有……嘴巴很奇怪。小林
麻了。Maya
麻？小林
对。嘴巴很奇怪。不是辣。Maya
我要的是辣。这个是麻。小林
成都的火锅有辣，也有麻。Maya
很多人说辣。没人说麻。小林
吃了才知道。Maya
我不要更辣的了。小林
那还吃吗？Maya
吃。我想知道：这是麻，还是辣。小林
好。你吃。Maya
这次是麻。奇怪。可是我喜欢。小林
那好。Maya
嘴巴还麻。小林
要水吗？Maya
不要。还麻，可是我喜欢。小林
熊猫没看你。你还喜欢吗？Maya
喜欢。照片也可以。它在吃竹子。小林
以后还来？Maya
来。还吃火锅。慢慢吃。小林
好。我们走。English transcript reference
Xiaolin, where is the panda?
Over there. Look.
It's so big! Is it looking at us?
No. It's eating.
Eating what?
Bamboo.
Bamboo. It just keeps eating.
Yes. It wants to eat now.
Pandas are big. Cats at home are small.
Yes. Very big.
It keeps eating.
Yes. Pandas like eating bamboo.
I want to take a photo. Panda, look here!
It's not looking at you.
Then how do I take the photo?
It's eating. You can take this one.
But I want the panda to look at me.
No. It wants to eat bamboo.
Okay. I'll take it eating.
Got it?
Got it. But it didn't look at me.
The photo is fine. A panda eating is good too.
I was waiting for it to look at me.
Look. It stopped eating.
Did it fall asleep?
Yes. Eat, then sleep.
I waited, and it went to sleep.
That's how today is. Let's go.
Where to?
To eat hotpot.
So red! Is this hotpot?
Yes. Chengdu hotpot. Sit down.
Is it very spicy?
Very spicy. Eat a little.
Okay. I'll eat.
Spicy! Too spicy!
Slow down. The hotpot is very spicy.
My mouth is very spicy. I still want more.
You can. When I come to Chengdu, I eat this too.
I came to Chengdu just to eat spicy hotpot.
Then eat. Don't go too fast.
Xiaolin, something's wrong.
Too spicy?
Spicy. But there's something else… my mouth feels strange.
That's má. Numb.
Má?
Yes. Your mouth feels strange. It's not spicy.
I wanted spicy. This is má.
Chengdu hotpot has spicy, and it has má.
A lot of people talk about spicy. Nobody talks about má.
You only know after you eat.
I don't want it even spicier.
Still eating?
Yes. I want to know: is this má, or spicy?
Okay. Eat.
This time it's má. Strange. But I like it.
Good.
My mouth is still numb.
Want water?
No. Still numb, but I like it.
The panda didn't look at you. Do you still like it?
I do. The photo is fine too. It's eating bamboo.
Come again later?
Yes. And eat hotpot again. Eat slowly.
Okay. Let's go.
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词汇Chengdu
panda
bamboo
hotpot
mouth
numbing
spicy
take a photo
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