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从音乐圈顶端到监狱：Diddy 这几年发生了什么
From the Top of Music to Prison: What Happened to Diddy
A medium Chinese listening story on Diddy: acquitted of the most serious charges but convicted on two prostitution counts, sent to a New Jersey prison, and thrown in solitary after a fight, while his lawyers appeal.
This is an HSK 3-4 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 13 key vocabulary words such as 音乐、结果、安排 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.
在美国的音乐圈里，Diddy 曾经是最有名、最有钱的人物之一。
In America's music world, Diddy was once one of the most famous and richest figures.
他做音乐，也帮很多歌手出名，手里的钱多到数不清。
He made music, helped many singers become famous, and had more money than he could count.
可是这两年，他从最高的地方，一步一步跌了下来。
But over the past two years, he fell, step by step, from the very top.
去年，法院开庭审他。
Last year, the court put him on trial.
最重的那几个罪，他被判无罪；但还有两个和"介绍卖淫"有关的罪，他被判有罪。
On the most serious charges he was found not guilty; but on two counts tied to "arranging prostitution" he was found guilty.
最后，法官让他坐牢四年多，把他送进了新泽西州的一所监狱。
In the end, the judge sentenced him to over four years and sent him to a prison in New Jersey.
这所监狱管得不算很严，可对他来说，日子一样很难过。
The prison isn't especially strict, but for him the days are hard all the same.
上个星期，事情又变糟了。
Last week, things took another turn for the worse.
在监狱里，他和另一个犯人打了起来。
Inside the prison, he got into a fight with another inmate.
听说是那个人先骂了他，两个人才动手。
Word is the other man cursed him first, and only then did they come to blows.
打完以后，监狱把他一个人关进了一间很小的屋子，这在监狱里叫"单独关押"。
After the fight, the prison shut him alone in a tiny room — what prisons call "solitary confinement."
在那间小屋里，他见不到别人，也不能随便出来。
In that little room he can't see anyone and can't come out as he pleases.
另一边，他的律师一直在为他上诉，说当年判得太重，想让他早点出去。
Meanwhile, his lawyers keep appealing, arguing the sentence was too harsh and that he should get out sooner.
到现在，法院还没有给出结果。
So far, the court still hasn't ruled.
按照现在的安排，他要到二零二八年，才能真正走出监狱的大门。
As things stand, he won't actually walk out of the prison gates until 2028.
从万人追捧，到一个人待在小屋里，Diddy 的这几年，像是从天上掉到了地上。
From adored by millions to sitting alone in a small cell, Diddy's last few years are like a fall from the sky to the ground.
在音乐圈里 = in the music world.
法院还没有给出结果 = the court hasn't given a result.
按照现在的安排 = as things are arranged now.
日子一样很难过 = the days are hard all the same.
事情又变糟了 = things took a turn for the worse.
手里的钱多到数不清 = more money than he could count.
去年 = last year; 四年多 = over four years.
他的律师一直在为他上诉 = his lawyers keep appealing for him.
送进了新泽西州的一所监狱 = sent to a prison in New Jersey.
被判无罪 = found not guilty; 判他坐牢四年多 = sentenced to over four years.
两个……有关的罪 = two related counts; 无罪 = not guilty.
为他上诉 = to appeal on his behalf.
和另一个犯人打了起来 = got into a fight with another inmate.
* beyond level超纲词
被判 + 无罪/有罪
被判 + 无罪/有罪 = to be found not guilty / guilty.
最重的那几个罪，他被判无罪。
先……才……
先 A 才 B = "A happens first, and only then B".
是那个人先骂了他，两个人才动手。
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