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厄尔尼诺来了：为什么天气会变？
El Niño Is Here: Why Is the Weather Changing?
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 3 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 10 key vocabulary words such as 天气、热、冷 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.
今天，我们说天气。
Today, let's talk about the weather.
天气，会变。
The weather changes.
有的时候，天气很热。
Sometimes, the weather is very hot.
有的时候，天气不热。
Sometimes, the weather is not hot.
有的时候，下很多雨。
Sometimes, it rains a lot.
有的时候，不下雨。
Sometimes, it doesn't rain.
天气怎么会变呢？
Why does the weather change?
有很多很多原因。
There are many, many reasons.
今天，我们说一个。
Today, we'll talk about one.
在很远很远的地方，有一个大海。
Far, far away, there is a big sea.
这个大海，很大很大。
This sea is very, very big.
海里，有很多很多水。
In the sea, there is a lot of water.
有的时候，海里的水，是冷的。
Sometimes, the water in the sea is cold.
有的时候，海里的水，会变热。
Sometimes, the water in the sea gets warm.
现在，海里的水，变热了。
Right now, the water in the sea has gotten warm.
海里的水一热，天气也会变。
When the sea water gets warm, the weather changes too.
海水变热，有一个名字。
The sea water getting warm has a name.
名字叫厄尔尼诺。
The name is El Niño.
厄尔尼诺，是什么？
What is El Niño?
大海里的水，变热了。
The water in the sea has gotten warm.
海水变热，天气也会变。
When the sea water gets warm, the weather changes too.
海水变热，很多地方的天气都会变。
When the sea water gets warm, the weather in many places changes.
有的地方，会下很多很多雨。
Some places get a lot of rain.
下很多雨，水，太多了。
With so much rain, there's too much water.
有的地方，天气会很热很热。
Some places get very, very hot.
还有的地方，水会很少。
And in other places, there's very little water.
水太少，也不好。
Too little water is also bad.
有的地方，雨太多。
Some places get too much rain.
雨太多，家里也会有水。
With too much rain, there's even water in the house.
还有的地方，一点雨也没有。
And in other places, there's no rain at all.
没有雨，人和东西，都没有水。
With no rain, people and things have no water.
天气一不好，吃的东西也会少。
When the weather goes bad, there's less food too.
所以，大家都要看天气。
So everyone has to watch the weather.
现在的厄尔尼诺，很大。
This El Niño is big.
所以现在，天气会很不一样。
So the weather now will be very different.
很多地方，都会很热。
Many places will be very hot.
地球，也会很热。
The Earth will be very hot too.
很多年前，也有厄尔尼诺。
Many years ago, there were El Niños too.
但是这一次，特别大。
But this one is especially big.
科学家说：大家要小心。
Scientists say: everyone should be careful.
天气一变，人要小心。
When the weather changes, people should be careful.
天太热，人要多喝水。
When it's too hot, people should drink more water.
雨太多，也要小心。
When there's too much rain, be careful too.
厄尔尼诺，不是不好的东西。
El Niño is not a bad thing.
厄尔尼诺，是天气的一个变化。
El Niño is a change in the weather.
但是厄尔尼诺一来，天气会变。
But when El Niño comes, the weather changes.
我们知道了这个，可以做好。
Knowing this, we can prepare well.
好，今天我们说了厄尔尼诺。
Okay, today we talked about El Niño.
海水变热，天气也变。
The sea water gets warm, and the weather changes.
这一次，厄尔尼诺很大。
This time, El Niño is big.
大家都要多多小心。
Everyone should be very careful.
HSK 1. weather. 天气会变 = the weather changes.
HSK 1. hot. 天气很热 = the weather is very hot.
HSK 1. cold. 海里的水是冷的 = the sea water is cold.
HSK 1. water. 海里有很多水 = there is a lot of water in the sea.
HSK 1. to watch. 大家都要看天气 = everyone must watch the weather.
HSK 1. to drink. 天太热，人要多喝水 = when it is hot, drink more water.
The topic. 海水变热，叫厄尔尼诺 = warming sea water is called El Niño.
Rain. 有的地方会下很多雨 = some places get a lot of rain.
A change. 厄尔尼诺是天气的一个变化 = El Niño is a change in the weather.
The Earth. 地球也会很热 = the Earth gets hot too.
* beyond level超纲词
一 + 动词/形容词，就/也...
"As soon as / once..." — one thing immediately brings another.
海里的水一热，天气也会变。
天气一变，人要小心。
有的...还有的...
"Some... and others..." — contrasts different cases.
有的地方会下很多雨。还有的地方，水会很少。
要 + 动词
"Should / need to" do something.
大家要小心。
人要多喝水。