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Diddy 有很多钱，现在一个人在小房间里
Diddy Had Money and Friends. Now He's Alone in a Tiny Cell
A simple beginner Chinese listening story about Diddy, the famous American who had money and friends but now sits alone in a small prison cell after a fight.
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 1 minute. 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 11 key vocabulary words such as 谁、知道、钱 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.
Diddy 是谁？
Who is Diddy?
他是一个美国人。
He's an American.
很多美国人都知道他。
A lot of Americans know him.
他有很多钱，也有很多朋友。
He has a lot of money and a lot of friends.
现在，他不能回家。
Now, he can't go home.
他住在一个很不好的地方。
He's living in a very bad place.
这个地方，很多人都不想去。
It's a place a lot of people never want to go.
上个星期，在那里，他和一个人打了。
Last week, there, he got into a fight with someone.
那个人说他不好，他们两个人打了。
That person said bad things about him, and the two of them fought.
现在，他一个人，住在一个很小的房间。
Now he's alone, living in a very small room.
他一个人在那里，朋友也不能来。
He's alone in there, and even his friends can't come.
Diddy 有很多钱，也有很多朋友。
Diddy has a lot of money and a lot of friends.
现在，他一个人，在一个很小的房间。
Now he's alone, in a very small room.
他很想回家，现在不能回家。
He really wants to go home, but right now he can't.
Diddy 是谁？ = Who is Diddy?
很多人都知道他 = a lot of people know him.
很多钱 = a lot of money.
很多朋友 = a lot of friends.
不能回家 = can't go home.
很想回家 = really wants to go home.
住在一个很小的房间 = living in a very small room.
很多人都不想去 = a lot of people don't want to go.
他和一个人打了 = he got into a fight with someone.
一个很小的房间 = a very small room (his cell).
一个很不好的地方 = a very bad place.
* beyond level超纲词
……是谁？
是谁？asks "who is …?", a basic identity question.
Diddy 是谁？
有 A，也有 B
也 ("also/too") links two things that are both true.
他有很多钱，也有很多朋友。
不能 + verb
不能 = "cannot / is not able to".
现在，他不能回家。
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