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《穿 Prada 的女魔头》时隔二十年出续集,杂志却已经没什么人看了。

Devil Wears Prada Sequel Targets Print Media

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Devil Wears Prada Sequel Targets Print Media. HSK 2 Chinese listening practice.

This is an HSK 2 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 8 key vocabulary words such as 电影、买、因为 and walks through 3 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,我们说一个很有名的电影,它二十年以后,回来了。
二十年前,有一个电影,叫 The Devil Wears Prada。
这个电影,说的是一个做时尚杂志的公司。
公司里最大的人,是 Miranda。
Miranda 非常厉害,也非常可怕,公司里的人都怕她。
Andy 是一个年轻人,是 Miranda 的助手。
她帮 Miranda 做很多很多事,每天都非常累。
二十年过去了,现在,这个电影回来了。
还是 Miranda,还是 Andy,还是那些很有名的演员。
但是这一次,事情很不一样。
二十年前,很多很多人买杂志,看杂志。
现在呢?
大家都用手机,很少有人买杂志了。
以前,大家都买杂志、看杂志;现在,大家都看手机,很少看杂志了。
所以,Miranda 的杂志公司,越来越难做。
这个最厉害的人,现在也要想很多办法,让公司好好活下去。
电影一出来,很多人都去看。
因为大家都想知道:二十年以后,Miranda 和 Andy,现在都怎么样了?
这个电影,一开始在电影院里,现在,手机上也能看了。
很多人一边看,一边想起了二十年前的自己。
你呢?
你还看杂志吗,还是你也只看手机了?
English transcript reference

Today we're talking about a very famous movie that, twenty years later, has come back.

Twenty years ago, there was a movie called The Devil Wears Prada.

This movie is about a company that makes a fashion magazine.

The top person at the company is Miranda.

Miranda is extremely formidable, and also terrifying; everyone at the company fears her.

Andy is a young person, Miranda's assistant.

She helps Miranda with a great many things, and every day she's exhausted.

Twenty years have passed, and now this movie has come back.

It's still Miranda, still Andy, still those famous actors.

But this time, things are very different.

Twenty years ago, huge numbers of people bought magazines and read magazines.

And now?

Everyone uses a phone; very few people buy magazines anymore.

Before, everyone bought and read magazines; now, everyone looks at a phone and rarely reads magazines.

So Miranda's magazine company is getting harder and harder to run.

This most formidable person now has to think of many ways to keep the company alive.

The moment the movie came out, many people went to see it.

Because everyone wants to know: twenty years on, how are Miranda and Andy doing now?

The movie started in theaters; now you can watch it on your phone too.

Many people watched it and thought back to who they were twenty years ago.

And you?

Do you still read magazines, or do you only look at your phone now?

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What vocabulary does this episode teach?

词汇
diànyǐngmovie

这个电影,二十年以后回来了。

mǎito buy

很少有人买杂志了 — very few people buy magazines anymore.

yīnwèibecause

因为大家都想知道 — because everyone wants to know.

piàoliangbeautiful

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zázhìmagazine

一个做时尚杂志的公司 — a company that makes a fashion magazine.

shíshàngfashion

时尚杂志 — a fashion magazine.

lìhaiformidable, fierce

Miranda 非常厉害 — Miranda is extremely formidable.

zhùshǒuassistant

Andy 是 Miranda 的助手 — Andy is Miranda's assistant.

* beyond level超纲词

What grammar patterns appear in this episode?

语法

越来越……

"more and more ...". 越来越难做 = harder and harder to run.

Miranda 的杂志公司,越来越难做。

还是……?

"or ...?" in a question.

你还看杂志吗,还是你也只看手机了?

一边……一边……

"doing A while doing B".

很多人一边看,一边想起了二十年前的自己。

Proper nouns

专有名词
MirandaMirandathe fearsome magazine boss (Meryl Streep)AndyAndyher young assistant (Anne Hathaway)The Devil Wears PradaThe Devil Wears Pradathe 2006 original film

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