A Chinese podcast · Same story, 4 levels
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《穿 Prada 的女魔头》回来了：20 年后，杂志正在死去
The Devil Wears Prada Is Back 20 Years Later, and Now the Magazines Are Dying
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.
Read the complete story in Chinese. Reveal pinyin and English only when you need them.
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?
Try it without the transcript and notice what sounds clearer.
这个电影，很多人都看过 — many people have seen this movie.
大家都看手机 — everyone looks at their phone.
都是很漂亮的衣服 — it's all beautiful clothes.
这本书里，都是漂亮的衣服 — the book is full of beautiful clothes.
很多人不买这本书了 — many people don't buy this book anymore.
现在，大家都看手机 — now everyone looks at their phone.
* beyond level超纲词
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？
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