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基因编辑的树能救佛罗里达的柑橘吗?

Could Gene-Edited Trees Save Florida's Citrus Industry From Greening?

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Florida growers lose their citrus to a disease, then wait to see whether a company's new gene-edited trees can bring the fruit back. HSK 2 Chinese listening practice.

This is an HSK 2 Chinese listening episode that runs about 4 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 12 key vocabulary words such as 水果、看、人 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.

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在佛罗里达,很多人种水果。
这里的水果很好。
2003年,这里的水果很多。
很多人有钱。
2005年,一种病来了。
这种病很小。
人看不见。
这种病会飞。
一种小虫会飞。
小虫让树生病。
病在这棵树里。
病也在那棵树里。
树病了,水果不好。
水果不好,人没有钱。
很多树没有了。
2015年,一个人的公司没有了。
他的家,种水果很多年。
他的爸爸种水果,他也种水果。
他的爸爸的爸爸也种水果。
这里的很多人,知道他们。
他们说,他们的水果很好。
2003年,他们的水果很多。
2015年,他们的公司没有了。
他看着树一年一年不好。
他很不高兴。
他的工作也没有了。
现在,他在这里工作。
这里有很多新树。
这些树,是公司的新树。
2026年,美国说:可以。
美国的一家公司做了这些新树。
公司的人说:这种树不怕病。
他看这些树,看了很多年。
一些树很大,叶子很多。
一些树很小,叶子是黄的。
他说,你看这里的树。
这里的树,叶子很大。
旁边的树很小。
旁边的树,叶子是黄的。
他说,这种病,在旁边的树里。
这种病,在树里,人看不见。
这种病,没有药。
树不能好。
这种病,人不能帮树。
叶子黄了,是病。
新树的叶子不黄。
新树的叶子多。
旁边的树叶子少。
水果不好看。
水果的颜色不好。
树几年后没有了。
新树不怕这种病。
公司的人说,新树很好。
但是,新树要很多年。
水果要很多年。
一年,两年,很多年。
十年,树有水果。
十年,我们才知道。
十年后,水果好不好?
水果好不好吃?
现在,树很好。
水果好不好,没有人知道。
这家公司叫 Soilcea。
这个人叫 Ron English。
他在这里看树,也看叶子。
十年后,人能吃这些水果吗?
他说,我们要看很多年。
佛罗里达的人,也要看很多年。
这些树,能让佛罗里达的水果好吗?
十年后,佛罗里达会有水果吗?
十年,长不长?
English transcript reference

In Florida, many people grow fruit.

The fruit here is very good.

In 2003, there was a lot of fruit here.

Many people had money.

In 2005, a disease came.

The disease is very small.

People cannot see it.

The disease can fly.

A small insect can fly.

The small insect makes the trees sick.

The disease is in this tree.

The disease is also in that tree.

The trees are sick, and the fruit is bad.

When the fruit is bad, people have no money.

Many trees were gone.

In 2015, one man's company was gone.

His family had grown fruit for many years.

His father grew fruit, and he grew fruit too.

His father's father also grew fruit.

Many people here knew them.

They said their fruit was very good.

In 2003, they had a lot of fruit.

In 2015, their company was gone.

He watched the trees get worse year after year.

He was very unhappy.

His job was gone too.

Now he works here.

There are many new trees here.

These trees are the company's new trees.

In 2026, the United States said yes.

An American company made these new trees.

The company's people say these trees are not afraid of the disease.

He has looked at these trees for many years.

Some trees are big, with many leaves.

Some trees are small, with yellow leaves.

He says, look at the trees here.

The leaves on the trees here are very big.

The tree beside it is small.

The tree beside it has yellow leaves.

He says the disease is in the tree beside it.

The disease is inside the tree, where people cannot see it.

There is no medicine for this disease.

The tree cannot get better.

People cannot help the tree with this disease.

Yellow leaves mean disease.

The new trees' leaves are not yellow.

The new trees have many leaves.

The tree beside them has few leaves.

The fruit looks bad.

The fruit's color is bad.

After a few years, the tree is gone.

The new trees are not afraid of this disease.

The company's people say the new trees are very good.

But the new trees need many years.

The fruit needs many years.

One year, two years, many years.

At ten years, the tree has fruit.

Only at ten years will we know.

After ten years, will the fruit be good?

Will the fruit taste good?

Now the trees are good.

No one knows whether the fruit will be good.

This company is called Soilcea.

This man is called Ron English.

He looks at the trees and the leaves here.

After ten years, will people be able to eat this fruit?

He says they need to watch for many years.

The people of Florida also need to watch for many years.

Can these trees make Florida's fruit good again?

After ten years, will Florida have fruit?

Is ten years a long time?

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What vocabulary does this episode teach?

词汇
shuǐguǒfruit

HSK 1. 水果 is the general word for fruit; here it means Florida's citrus crop.

kànto look at; to watch

HSK 1. 看树 can mean to look at the trees or to look after them.

rénperson; people

HSK 1. 很多人 = many people.

hǎogood

HSK 1. 水果很好 = the fruit is very good.

xīnnew

HSK 1. 新树 = new trees.

xiǎosmall

HSK 1. 小虫 = a small insect.

niányear

HSK 1. 很多年 = many years.

gōngzuòwork; job

HSK 1. 他的工作也没有了 = his job was gone too.

bìngdisease; illness

Beyond HSK 1. The disease in the story is citrus greening.

yàomedicine; spray

Beyond HSK 1. Here it means the sprays growers use against pests and disease.

gōngsīcompany

Beyond HSK 1. Soilcea is the company in the story.

chónginsect; bug

Beyond HSK 1. 小虫 = the tiny insect that spreads the disease.

* beyond level超纲词

What grammar patterns appear in this episode?

语法

有 + 宾语

有 means 'have' or 'there is'. 很多人有钱 = many people had money.

很多人有钱。

会 + 动词

会 before a verb means 'can' or 'will'. 这种病会飞 = the disease can fly.

这种病会飞。

一种小虫会飞。

要 + 时间

要 plus a length of time means something needs that much time.

新树要很多年。

水果要很多年。

没有 + 名词

没有 means 'not have' or 'there is no ...'.

水果不好,人没有钱。

这种病,没有药。

Proper nouns

专有名词
佛罗里达FóluólǐdáFlorida美国MěiguóUnited StatesSoilceaSoilcea (Florida citrus company)Ron EnglishRon English (Florida citrus grower)

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