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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 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.
Read the complete story in Chinese. Reveal pinyin and English only when you need them.
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?
Try it without the transcript and notice what sounds clearer.
这个电影，二十年以后回来了。
很少有人买杂志了 — very few people buy magazines anymore.
因为大家都想知道 — because everyone wants to know.
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一个做时尚杂志的公司 — a company that makes a fashion magazine.
时尚杂志 — a fashion magazine.
Miranda 非常厉害 — Miranda is extremely formidable.
Andy 是 Miranda 的助手 — Andy is Miranda's assistant.
* beyond level超纲词
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。
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