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松鼠打猫头鹰、驼鹿打喷嚏：2026年最好笑的野生动物照片入围名单出炉
A Squirrel Attacks an Owl and a Moose Sneezes: The Funniest Wildlife Photos of 2026 Are In
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A squirrel attacks an owl and a moose sneezes: the 2026 Comedy Wildlife Awards finalists. 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 16 key vocabulary words such as 喜欢、猫、狗 and walks through 6 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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原文Read the complete story in Chinese. Reveal pinyin and English only when you need them.
English transcript reference
Do you like cats?
Do you like dogs?
Cats and dogs are both animals.
Today, let's talk about animal photos.
A photo is something you take.
When you take a photo, you can look at it for many, many days.
There is a contest that wants very funny animal photos.
Laughing is how your face looks when you're very happy.
In 2026, many people took very funny animal photos.
More than 10,000 photos came to this contest.
The people who took the photos came from 112 countries.
China, America and Canada are all countries.
112 countries is a lot of countries.
Now, 56 photos are still in the contest.
Let's look at two photos.
One photo is from America.
In the photo, there is an owl.
猫头鹰 is owl.
The owl is big; it eats small animals.
In the photo, there is also a squirrel.
松鼠 is squirrel.
The squirrel is small and fast.
Owls eat squirrels.
The owl is big, the squirrel is small.
Squirrels are very afraid of owls.
But in this photo, the squirrel is not afraid of the owl.
The squirrel runs up and hits the owl!
The tiny squirrel hits the big owl.
The owl looks at the squirrel: what are you doing?
Aren't you afraid of me?
Tell me, is this photo funny?
Another photo is from Canada.
In the photo, there is a very, very big animal called a moose.
驼鹿 is moose.
This moose's nose isn't feeling good.
In one photo, there's water in the moose's nose.
In another photo, the moose goes: achoo!
In another photo, the moose smiles.
Look, isn't the moose a lot like a person?
When your nose isn't feeling good, you go: achoo! too.
On December 8th, the contest will say: this photo is very good, that photo is very good.
The people who take the photos say: we take funny animal photos because we want everyone to like animals.
When everyone likes animals, they'll take good care of animals and not let them disappear.
Think about it: does your cat or your dog ever do something funny?
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇HSK 1. 你喜欢猫吗？
HSK 1. 猫和狗，都是动物.
HSK 1. 你喜欢狗吗？
HSK 1. 你很高兴的时候.
HSK 1. 今天，我们说动物的照片.
HSK 1. 你的鼻子不好的时候.
HSK 1. 照片，是你拍的东西.
HSK 1. 照片里，还有一只松鼠.
动物的照片.
松鼠很小，很快.
猫头鹰很大.
猫和狗，都是动物.
拍照片.
有一个比赛.
松鼠很怕猫头鹰.
好好地照顾动物.
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法A 和 B，都是 C
A and B are both C.
猫和狗，都是动物。
是不是……？
Isn't it…? (yes/no).
你看，驼鹿是不是很像一个人？
有没有……？
Is there…? / Does it ever…?
你家里的猫，你家里的狗，有没有很好笑的时候？
……的时候
When….
笑，是你很高兴的时候，脸上的样子。
不 + verb + 吗？
Don't you…? (rhetorical).
你不怕我吗？
还有……
There is also….
照片里，还有一只松鼠。
Proper nouns
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