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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.
中国有一个新的计划。
China has a new plan.
这个计划很大。
This plan is very big.
计划是关于能源的。
The plan is about energy.
什么是能源？
What is energy?
太阳是能源。
The sun is energy.
风也是能源。
The wind is also energy.
水也是能源。
Water is also energy.
这些是干净的能源。
These are clean energies.
干净的能源很好。
Clean energy is very good.
我们来说一个故事。
Let's tell a story.
小明住在一个小家。
Xiaoming lives in a small home.
小明的家很小。
Xiaoming's home is very small.
小明的家有电。
Xiaoming's home has electricity.
电从哪里来？
Where does electricity come from?
小明不知道。
Xiaoming doesn't know.
小明问妈妈。
Xiaoming asks his mom.
妈妈，电从哪里来？
Mom, where does electricity come from?
妈妈说，你看太阳。
Mom says, look at the sun.
太阳很大，很亮。
The sun is very big and very bright.
太阳给我们电。
The sun gives us electricity.
小明说，太阳给电？
Xiaoming says, the sun gives electricity?
妈妈说，对。
Mom says, correct.
你看我们家上面。
Look above our house.
上面有太阳能的东西。
There are solar energy things up there.
太阳的光来了。
The sun's light comes.
光变成了电。
The light becomes electricity.
小明很高兴。
Xiaoming is very happy.
太阳真好！
The sun is really good!
小明又问妈妈。
Xiaoming asks his mom again.
还有什么给电？
What else gives electricity?
妈妈说，风也给电。
Mom says, wind also gives electricity.
你看那边。
Look over there.
那边有很大的东西。
There is a very big thing over there.
风来了，它会动。
When the wind comes, it will move.
它动了，就有电了。
When it moves, there is electricity.
小明说，风也给电？
Xiaoming says, wind also gives electricity?
妈妈说，对，风也给电。
Mom says, correct, wind also gives electricity.
小明说，太好了！
Xiaoming says, that's great!
太阳给电，风也给电。
The sun gives electricity, and the wind also gives electricity.
妈妈说，水也给电。
Mom says, water also gives electricity.
大的水，很多的水。
Big water, a lot of water.
水动了，也有电。
When water moves, there is also electricity.
小明说，水也给电！
Xiaoming says, water also gives electricity!
太阳、风、水，都给电。
Sun, wind, and water all give electricity.
这些都是干净的能源。
These are all clean energies.
干净的能源不脏。
Clean energy is not dirty.
小明很高兴。
Xiaoming is very happy.
小明说，我喜欢干净的能源。
Xiaoming says, I like clean energy.
妈妈也很高兴。
Mom is also very happy.
妈妈说，中国也喜欢。
Mom says, China also likes it.
中国有一个大计划。
China has a big plan.
这个计划叫五年计划。
This plan is called the Five-Year Plan.
中国要用更多太阳能。
China wants to use more solar energy.
中国要用更多风能。
China wants to use more wind energy.
中国要用更多水能。
China wants to use more water energy.
中国已经有很多了。
China already has a lot.
但是中国还要更多。
But China still wants more.
中国的计划是到二零三五年。
China's plan is until the year 2035.
要有更多干净的能源。
To have more clean energy.
小明说，中国真好。
Xiaoming says, China is really good.
我们的能源会很干净。
Our energy will be very clean.
干净的能源对大家都好。
Clean energy is good for everyone.
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。