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环保局减少了执法
US EPA Cuts Enforcement — Fewer Fines, Slower Cases and More Pollution Risk
HSK 2 Chinese listening practice. The US EPA hands out fewer fines and lets pollution cases pile up, raising health risks across communities.
This is an HSK 2 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 环保局、污染、保护 and walks through 4 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.
Noun. The government department responsible for environmental protection. Measure word: 个 (gè).
Noun or Verb. Contamination of the environment. Common phrase: 空气污染 (air pollution).
Verb. To keep safe from harm. Common phrase: 保护环境 (protect the environment).
Noun. A legal matter or lawsuit. Measure word: 个 (gè) or 件 (jiàn).
Noun. A plan or course of action by a government. Measure word: 个 (gè).
Verb/Noun. To comply with regulations. Literally 'match the rules'.
Verb or Noun. Money paid as punishment. Literally 'punish money'.
Noun. A professional who practices law. Measure word: 位 (wèi) or 个 (gè).
Adjective or Noun. Not safe.
Noun or Adjective. The state of being free from illness.
Used to compare two things. It means 'A is more [adjective] than B'.
比以前少了很多 (Much less than before)
A conditional structure meaning 'If [condition], then [result]'.
如果没有警察管，坏事就会变多 (If no police to manage, bad things will increase)
Indicates a future possibility or something that is likely to happen.
公司可能会乱排污 (Companies might pollute randomly)
空气和水会变脏 (Air and water will become dirty)
Contrasting the past with the present.
以前它会告很多公司...但是现在情况变了 (Before it sued many companies... but now the situation changed)