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中国和日本：高市当选，生意变难了
China and Japan: Takaichi Wins, and Business Gets Harder
HSK 1 Chinese listening practice. A simple story about flying to Beijing, visiting a friend's home and buying clothes and a computer at a Chinese store.
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 1 minute. 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 14 key vocabulary words such as 朋友、漂亮、坐 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.
下面说一说去朋友家和买东西。
Next, let's talk about going to a friend's house and buying things.
我有一个朋友。
I have a friend.
他不在北京。
He is not in Beijing.
他也不在中国。
He is also not in China.
他的家很漂亮。
His home is very beautiful.
我们要坐飞机去他家。
We need to take a plane to go to his home.
现在，他的家有一个新人。
Right now, there is a new person in his home.
那个人说了很多字。
That person said many words.
我们不爱听。
We don't love listening.
我们都不高兴。
We are all unhappy.
飞机很少。
There are very few planes.
我们不坐飞机去。
We are not taking a plane to go.
大家都在家。
Everyone is at home.
然后，我们去商店。
Then, we go to the store.
商店里有很多东西。
Inside the store, there are many things.
那是朋友的东西。
Those are the friend's things.
东西很漂亮。
The things are very beautiful.
是电脑，还有衣服。
They are computers, and also clothes.
我们看电脑。
We look at the computers.
电脑很大，很好。
The computers are big and good.
我们想买。
We want to buy them.
我们有钱。
We have money.
我们不看那个人。
We don't look at that person.
我们喜欢朋友的东西。
We like the friend's things.
我们都买。
We buy them all.
还有，明天天气好。
Also, the weather is good tomorrow.
我们想去朋友家。
We want to go to the friend's house.
我们会坐飞机去。
We will take a plane to go.
我们去喝茶。
We go to drink tea.
我们去吃饭。
We go to eat.
我们很高兴。
We are very happy.
这就是买东西。
This is buying things.
A very common noun for friend. Can be used for casual acquaintances or close friends.
Used to describe people, scenery, or objects.
Used with vehicles (bus, plane, train) to indicate travel by that method.
Literally 'flying machine'. Measure word is 架 (jià).
Describes a temporary state of happiness or excitement.
A general term for a place that sells goods.
General term for physical objects. Note the neutral tone on 'xi'.
Literally 'electric brain'. Measure word is 台 (tái).
General term for clothing. Measure word is 件 (jiàn).
Used with the verb 花 (huā - to spend) or 赚 (zhuàn - to earn).
Often described as good (好) or bad (不好).
A common social activity in Chinese culture.
Refers to everybody in a group.
Used to add another item to a list or introduce a new point.
* beyond level超纲词
Expresses existence (there is/are). It indicates that something exists at a specific location.
现在，他的家有一个新人。
商店里有很多东西。
The standard way to describe a noun using an adjective. '很' (very) is often used as a connector even if the degree isn't strongly emphasized.
他的家很漂亮。
电脑很大，很好。
The adverb '都' means 'all' or 'both'. It appears before the verb or adjective.
我们都不高兴。
大家都在家。
我们都买。
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