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佛罗里达：车顶上有一条鳄鱼
Florida: An Alligator on a Car Roof
HSK 1 Chinese listening practice. In Florida, two men put a big alligator on top of their car. They drove on the road. Many people saw it.
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 5 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 12 key vocabulary words such as 打电话、我们、你们 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.
说到动物，今天说一个很搞笑的事。
Speaking of animals, today let me tell you a very funny story.
在美国有一个地方叫佛罗里达。
In America there's a place called Florida.
佛罗里达很热。
Florida is very hot.
很多人去那里度假。
Many people go there for vacation.
佛罗里达有很多动物。
Florida has many animals.
有鸟。
There are birds.
有鱼。
There are fish.
还有鳄鱼。
There are also alligators.
鳄鱼是什么？
What is an alligator?
鳄鱼是一种很大的动物。
An alligator is a very big animal.
它住在水里。
It lives in water.
也可以在地上走。
It can also walk on land.
它有很大的嘴巴。
It has a very big mouth.
很多很多牙齿。
Many many teeth.
很吓人。
Very scary.
佛罗里达有很多很多鳄鱼。
Florida has many many alligators.
在河里有。
In the rivers.
在湖里有。
In the lakes.
有时候在你家门口也有。
Sometimes at your front door.
有时候在停车场也有。
Sometimes in the parking lot.
佛罗里达人已经习惯了。
Florida people are used to it.
但是今天的故事不是关于活的鳄鱼。
But today's story is not about a living alligator.
是关于死的鳄鱼。
It's about a dead alligator.
有两个男人。
There were two men.
他们不是佛罗里达人。
They are not from Florida.
一个来自纽约。
One is from New York.
一个来自田纳西。
One is from Tennessee.
他们是游客。
They are tourists.
去佛罗里达玩。
They went to Florida to have fun.
有一天他们开车。
One day they were driving.
看到路上有一条死鳄鱼。
They saw a dead alligator on the road.
死了的鳄鱼躺在路上。
A dead alligator lying on the road.
可能是被车撞死的。
It was probably hit by a car.
他们看到了。
They saw it.
他们想了一个主意。
They had an idea.
"我们把这个鳄鱼带回家吧。
"Let's take this alligator home."
"做成标本。
"Make it into a specimen."
标本是什么？
What is a specimen?
标本就是把死的动物做成跟活的一样。
A specimen is when you make a dead animal look like it's alive.
然后放在家里看。
Then put it in your home to look at.
有的人喜欢收集标本。
Some people like collecting specimens.
但是这个主意有问题。
But this idea had a problem.
在佛罗里达。
In Florida.
你不可以拿鳄鱼。
You cannot take an alligator.
不管是活的还是死的。
Whether it's alive or dead.
这是犯法的。
It's against the law.
鳄鱼是受保护的动物。
Alligators are protected animals.
但是这两个人不知道。
But these two men didn't know.
或者他们知道但是不在乎。
Or they knew but didn't care.
他们把鳄鱼搬到了车上。
They put the alligator on the car.
放在哪里？
Put it where?
不是放在车里面。
Not inside the car.
是放在车顶上。
On top of the car.
是的。
Yes.
车顶上。
On the roof.
绑在车顶上。
Tied to the roof.
一条大鳄鱼在车顶上。
A big alligator on top of the car.
你能想象吗？
Can you imagine?
然后他们开始开车。
Then they started driving.
在佛罗里达的高速公路上。
On the highway in Florida.
一辆车。
One car.
车顶上有一条鳄鱼。
With an alligator on the roof.
别人都看到了。
Other people all saw it.
别人觉得这太奇怪了。
Other people thought this was too strange.
有人打电话给警察。
Someone called the police.
"你好，我看到一辆车。
"Hello, I saw a car."
"车上面有一条鳄鱼。
"There's an alligator on top of it."
警察可能也觉得奇怪。
The police probably also thought it was strange.
但是他们去找了。
But they went to find them.
有人告诉这两个人。
Someone told these two men.
"你们不可以拿鳄鱼。
"You can't take an alligator."
"这是犯法的。
"It's against the law."
他们怎么做的？
What did they do?
他们没有把鳄鱼放回去。
They didn't put the alligator back.
他们用一块白布盖住了鳄鱼。
They covered the alligator with a white sheet.
就像给鳄鱼盖了一条被子。
Like putting a blanket on the alligator.
他们觉得盖住了别人就看不到了。
They thought if they covered it nobody would see.
但是一条鳄鱼的形状。
But the shape of an alligator.
就算盖了布。
Even covered with a sheet.
大家还是知道那是一条鳄鱼。
Everyone can still tell it's an alligator.
太明显了。
Way too obvious.
后来警察在另一个城市找到了他们。
Later the police found them in another city.
在Melbourne。
In Melbourne.
不是澳大利亚的Melbourne。
Not Melbourne in Australia.
是佛罗里达的Melbourne。
Melbourne in Florida.
警察问他们。
The police asked them.
"你们知道这是犯法的吗？
"Did you know this is illegal?"
他们说："知道。
They said: "Yes."
他们说有人告诉过他们了。
They said someone had already told them.
但是他们还是没有放回去。
But they still didn't put it back.
两个人都被逮捕了。
Both men were arrested.
他们要交五千块钱才能出来。
They had to pay five thousand dollars to get out.
他们四月二十八号还要去法院。
They have to go to court on April 28th.
这个故事很搞笑。
This story is very funny.
为什么搞笑？
Why is it funny?
因为你想一想那个画面。
Because think about that image.
一辆车。
A car.
在高速公路上开。
Driving on the highway.
车顶上绑着一条大鳄鱼。
With a big alligator tied to the roof.
然后他们用白布盖住它。
Then they cover it with a white sheet.
好像这样就没人看到了。
As if that means nobody will see it.
在佛罗里达。
In Florida.
什么事情都可能发生。
Anything can happen.
这种新闻人们叫它"佛罗里达人新闻"。
People call this kind of news "Florida Man news."
因为只有佛罗里达才会发生这种事。
Because only Florida would have this kind of thing.
但是这次。
But this time.
这两个人不是佛罗里达人。
These two men are not from Florida.
他们是游客。
They are tourists.
也许下次去佛罗里达。
Maybe next time they go to Florida.
他们会记住。
They'll remember.
不要带鳄鱼回家。
Don't take an alligator home.
HSK 1. to make a phone call.
HSK 1. we; us.
HSK 1. you (plural).
HSK 1. they; them.
HSK 1. what.
HSK 1. today.
A large reptile with big jaws living in water.
A US state known for heat, tourism, and bizarre news.
The top surface of a car.
A preserved dead animal made to look alive.
To do something illegal.
Legally guarded from harm.
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