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阿尔忒弥斯二号：四个人绕着月亮飞
Artemis II: Four People Flew Around the Moon
HSK 1 Chinese listening practice. A simple story about four astronauts from the US and Canada who flew to the Moon and came home to the sea near San Diego.
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 6 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 月亮、天、火箭 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.
说到月亮，我们来说一个好故事。
Speaking of the moon, let me tell you a good story.
你晚上看天。
You look at the sky at night.
你看月亮吗？
Do you see the moon?
月亮很大。
The moon is big.
月亮很亮。
The moon is bright.
月亮很远。
The moon is far.
月亮离我们很远很远。
The moon is very very far from us.
但是有四个人。
But there are four people.
他们去看了月亮。
They went to see the moon.
真的去看了。
They really went.
他们坐一个很大的东西去的。
They went on a very big thing.
这个东西叫火箭。
This thing is called a rocket.
火箭是什么？
What is a rocket?
火箭就是一个很大很大的机器。
A rocket is a very very big machine.
它可以飞。
It can fly.
飞得很高。
Fly very high.
飞到天上面。
Fly up into the sky.
飞到月亮那里。
Fly to where the moon is.
这四个人是美国人。
These four people are Americans.
不对，其中一个是加拿大人。
No wait, one of them is Canadian.
他们是什么人？
What kind of people are they?
他们叫"宇航员"。
They are called "astronauts."
宇航员就是去太空的人。
Astronauts are people who go to space.
太空就是天上面最高的地方。
Space is the highest place above the sky.
比飞机还高。
Higher than airplanes.
比云还高。
Higher than clouds.
比你能看到的任何东西都高。
Higher than anything you can see.
他们去了十天。
They went for ten days.
十天。
Ten days.
不长，但是也不短。
Not long, but not short either.
他们坐着火箭去。
They went in a rocket.
飞啊飞。
Flying and flying.
飞到月亮那里。
Flying to where the moon is.
然后围着月亮转了一圈。
Then they circled around the moon.
转了一圈以后。
After going around.
他们回家了。
They went home.
他们的"家"就是地球。
Their "home" is Earth.
我们都住在地球上。
We all live on Earth.
对，回家的路很长。
Yes, the way home is long.
但是他们没有睡觉睡过头。
But they didn't oversleep.
今天他们到家了。
Today they arrived home.
他们是今天回来的。
They came back today.
他们没有落在地上。
They didn't land on the ground.
他们落在了海里。
They landed in the sea.
对，海里。
Yes, in the sea.
为什么落在海里？
Why land in the sea?
因为海里比较软。
Because the sea is softer.
比地上软。
Softer than the ground.
他们的"车"从天上掉下来的时候。
When their "car" came down from the sky.
速度非常快。
The speed was very fast.
非常非常快。
Very very fast.
每小时四万公里。
Forty thousand kilometers an hour.
这个数字很大吧。
That's a big number, right?
所以他们需要软的地方来停。
So they needed a soft place to stop.
海水就是软的。
Sea water is soft.
他们的车落在了加州的海里。
Their car landed in the sea near California.
加州在美国。
California is in America.
有一艘大船在海上等他们。
There was a big ship waiting for them on the sea.
大船把他们接上来。
The big ship picked them up.
四个人都没事。
All four people were fine.
都很开心。
All very happy.
他们说："我们回来了。
They said: "We're back.
他们说："我们看到月亮了。
They said: "We saw the moon.
他们说："月亮很美。
They said: "The moon is beautiful.
你知道一个很重要的事吗？
Do you know something very important?
很多很多年以前，也有人去过月亮。
Many many years ago, people also went to the moon.
那是五十四年前。
That was fifty-four years ago.
五十四年。
Fifty-four years.
很久很久了。
A very long time ago.
你的爸爸妈妈那时候可能还没有出生。
Your mom and dad may not have been born yet then.
后来就没有人去了。
After that, nobody went.
这些年没有人去月亮。
All these years, nobody went to the moon.
直到这一次。
Until this time.
这一次是五十四年来的第一次。
This is the first time in fifty-four years.
所以这个故事很重要。
So this story is very important.
人们又开始去月亮了。
People are starting to go to the moon again.
为什么要去月亮？
Why go to the moon?
因为人想知道很多事。
Because people want to know many things.
人想知道月亮是什么样的。
People want to know what the moon is like.
人想知道月亮上有什么。
People want to know what's on the moon.
人想知道有一天我们能不能住在月亮上。
People want to know if one day we can live on the moon.
这听起来像一个梦。
This sounds like a dream.
但是梦有时候会变成真的。
But dreams sometimes come true.
这四个人只是开始。
These four people are just the beginning.
下一次会有别的人去。
Next time, other people will go.
下一次，人会真的站在月亮上。
Next time, people will really stand on the moon.
不只是看月亮。
Not just look at the moon.
是站在月亮上。
But stand on the moon.
用脚站。
Stand with their feet.
就像你站在家里一样。
Just like you standing at home.
那个时候还没有到。
That time hasn't come yet.
但是快了。
But it's coming soon.
可能再过几年就有了。
Maybe in a few more years.
想一想。
Think about it.
在月亮上走路。
Walking on the moon.
看地球像一个小蓝球。
Seeing the Earth like a small blue ball.
这是很多人的梦。
This is the dream of many people.
现在这个梦又开始了。
Now this dream is starting again.
从今天这四个人回家开始。
Starting from these four people coming home today.
欢迎回家。
Welcome home.
你们做得很好。
You did a great job.
对了，说一下他们落在哪里。
By the way, let me say where they landed.
他们落在加州的海里。
They landed in the sea near California.
加州是美国的一个地方。
California is a place in America.
在美国的西边。
On the west side of America.
圣地亚哥是一个城市。
San Diego is a city.
在圣地亚哥的海边。
By the sea near San Diego.
他们落下来的时候。
When they came down.
有一艘大船在等着。
There was a big ship waiting.
这个船是美国海军的。
This ship is a U.S. Navy ship.
船上的人把他们从海里接上来。
The people on the ship picked them up from the sea.
他们从飞船里走出来。
They walked out of the spacecraft.
一个一个地走出来。
One by one they walked out.
都是自己走的。
All walked out on their own.
没有人抬他们。
Nobody had to carry them.
这说明他们身体很好。
This shows their bodies are very healthy.
医生看了他们。
A doctor looked at them.
医生说他们都很健康。
The doctor said they are all very healthy.
很开心。
Very happy.
然后他们被送到船上的医务室。
Then they were taken to the ship's medical room.
好好休息。
To rest well.
他们吃了饭。
They ate food.
喝了水。
They drank water.
打了电话给家人。
They called their families.
"我回来了，"他们说。
"I'm back," they said.
家人都哭了。
The families all cried.
因为太开心了。
Because they were so happy.
谁不会为自己的家人担心呢。
Who wouldn't worry about their own family?
去太空是很危险的事。
Going to space is a very dangerous thing.
他们回来了就是最好的新闻。
Them coming back is the best news.
The moon in the sky at night.
The sky above or one calendar day.
回 (return) + 家 (home).
A large body of salt water.
大 (big) + 船 (ship/boat).
In good physical condition.
To feel anxious about something.
火 (fire) + 箭 (arrow). A rocket that goes to space.
A person who travels into space for work.
The area beyond Earth's atmosphere.
Our planet. 地 (ground) + 球 (ball).
Something that could cause harm.
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