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电影《穿 Prada 的女魔头》二十年后拍了续集:现在,杂志越来越没人看了。

Devil Wears Prada Sequel Targets Print Media

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Devil Wears Prada Sequel Targets Print Media. HSK 1 Chinese listening practice.

This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 2 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 6 key vocabulary words such as 电影、看、漂亮 and walks through 2 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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今天,我们说一个电影。
这个电影,很多人都看过。
电影里,有一个人,她叫 Miranda。
很多人和 Miranda 一起工作。
在这里,Miranda 最大,大家都听她的。
Miranda 做一本书。
这本书里,都是很漂亮很漂亮的衣服。
很多很多人,都喜欢看这本书。
Miranda 这个人,不太好。
和她一起工作的人,都有一点不高兴。
这个电影,有二十年了。
现在,这个电影回来了。
现在的电影,也是 Miranda,也是这些人。
现在,很多东西,都和以前不一样了。
以前,很多人买 Miranda 的书。
现在,很多人不买这本书了。
现在,大家都看手机。
手机里,东西很多,也很漂亮。
看 Miranda 书的人,一天一天,少了。
看这本书的人,越来越少。
Miranda 很不高兴。
她想:大家不看我的书了,我要做什么?
这个新电影,就是说这个。
现在,很多很多人,都在看这个电影。
你呢?
你喜欢看书,还是喜欢看手机?
English transcript reference

Today, we're going to talk about a movie.

This movie — many people have seen it.

In the movie, there's a person; her name is Miranda.

Many people work together with Miranda.

Here, Miranda is the top one; everyone listens to her.

Miranda makes a book.

In this book, it's all very, very beautiful clothes.

Huge numbers of people love to look at this book.

Miranda, as a person, is not very nice.

The people who work with her are all a little unhappy.

This movie is twenty years old.

Now, this movie has come back.

The new movie is also Miranda, also these same people.

Now, many things are different from before.

Before, many people bought Miranda's book.

Now, many people don't buy this book anymore.

Now, everyone looks at their phone.

On the phone there's a lot of stuff, and it's beautiful too.

The people who read Miranda's book, day by day, grow fewer.

Fewer and fewer people read this book.

Miranda is very unhappy.

She thinks: people don't read my book anymore — what should I do?

This new movie is about exactly that.

Now, huge numbers of people are watching this movie.

And you?

Do you like reading books, or looking at your phone?

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What vocabulary does this episode teach?

词汇
diànyǐngmovie

这个电影,很多人都看过 — many people have seen this movie.

kànto look, to read, to watch

大家都看手机 — everyone looks at their phone.

piàoliangbeautiful, pretty

都是很漂亮的衣服 — it's all beautiful clothes.

yīfuclothes

这本书里,都是漂亮的衣服 — the book is full of beautiful clothes.

mǎito buy

很多人不买这本书了 — many people don't buy this book anymore.

shǒujīmobile phone

现在,大家都看手机 — now everyone looks at their phone.

* beyond level超纲词

What grammar patterns appear in this episode?

语法

越来越……

"more and more ...". 越来越少 = fewer and fewer.

看这本书的人,越来越少。

A,还是 B?

"A, or B?" — offering a choice.

你喜欢看书,还是喜欢看手机?

Proper nouns

专有名词
MirandaMirandathe fearsome magazine boss (Meryl Streep)

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