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美国环保局：为什么不管污染了？
America's EPA: Why Did It Stop Fighting Pollution?
HSK 1 Chinese listening practice. A simple story about Trump's EPA letting pollution lawsuits pile up as fewer workers manage the dirty cases.
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 10 key vocabulary words such as 现在、还有、水 and walks through 5 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.
这里有水
Here is water
水很脏
The water is very dirty
这是污染
This is pollution
污染 means pollution
'Wūrǎn' means pollution
谁做的
Who did it
是大公司
It is big companies
政府要管
The government needs to manage it
政府 means government
'Zhèngfǔ' means government
但是现在不管
But now they do not manage it
官司很少
Lawsuits are very few
官司 means lawsuit
'Guānsi' means lawsuit
还有特朗普
Also there is Trump
特朗普 means Trump
'Tèlǎngpǔ' means Trump
他是总统
He is the president
他不告公司
He does not sue companies
所以污染很多
So pollution is a lot
To pile up or accumulate. Used here to describe cases that are not finished.
A noun referring to a law case or a specific file to be handled. Measure word: 个 (gè).
Contamination of the environment. Can be a noun or a verb.
A legal battle or court case. Often used with '打' (dǎ) meaning 'to force a lawsuit'.
The group of people with the authority to govern a country or state.
HSK 1. now.
HSK 1. also / in addition.
HSK 1. water. 这里有水 = there is water here.
HSK 1. who. 谁做的 = who did it?
HSK 1. to do. 谁做的 = who did it?
Simple description of a noun. '很' (hěn) is often used as a linker, not always meaning 'very'.
水很脏
官司很少
人很少
A pattern used in this script to define new terms in English for the listener.
污染 means pollution
积压 means backlog