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太阳给我们电
The Sun Gives Us Electricity — China Pushes More Solar and Clean Power
HSK 1 Chinese listening practice. A simple story about how the sun and water make electricity, and why China wants to use more clean energy.
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 11 key vocabulary words such as 太阳、水、知道 and walks through 4 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.
A common noun for the sun. The measure word is 个 (gè).
A basic noun for water. It is uncountable, but can be quantified with measure words like 杯 (bēi, cup) or 瓶 (píng, bottle).
A fundamental verb meaning to know a fact or have information about something.
An adjective used to describe a temporary state of happiness or gladness.
A basic verb used to express fondness for a person, thing, or action.
An adjective phrase meaning 'more'. '更' acts as an adverb of degree meaning 'even more'.
Can be used as a noun (a plan) or a verb (to plan). In this text, it is used as a noun.
A formal noun referring to sources of power such as solar, wind, or fossil fuels.
An adjective meaning clean or neat. Here it is used metaphorically for 'clean energy' (pollution-free).
A verb indicating a transformation from one state or thing into another.
A compound noun formed by '太阳' (sun) and '能' (energy/power).
* beyond level超纲词
This structure is used to indicate existence, meaning 'There is/are [Object] at [Place]'.
小明的家有电。
上面有太阳能的东西。
那边有很大的东西。
This pattern indicates the origin of something or someone, translating to 'comes from [Place]'.
电从哪里来？
The auxiliary verb '会' (huì) can indicate a future possibility or a natural tendency for something to happen.
风来了，它会动。
我们的能源会很干净。
This structure expresses the effect or attitude of A towards B. It translates to 'A is [Adjective] for/to B'.
干净的能源对大家都好。