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Giant Pandas Ping Ping and Fu Shuang Land in Atlanta as Panda Diplomacy Returns — episode cover art
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大熊猫平平和福双抵达亚特兰大:熊猫外交又一次登场

Giant Pandas Ping Ping and Fu Shuang Land in Atlanta as Panda Diplomacy Returns

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Days after Xi Jinping's White House visit, giant pandas Ping Ping and Fu Shuang flew overnight from Chengdu on a panda-painted FedEx plane to begin a 10-year stay at Zoo Atlanta, bringing America's panda count to six. From Pat Nixon's 1972 request to today's tense summitry, what panda diplomacy does — and doesn't — do. Chinese listening practice at four levels. HSK 1 Chinese listening practice.

This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 2 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 喜欢、漂亮、飞机 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.

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你喜欢熊猫吗?
熊猫是中国的。
很多人都喜欢熊猫,我也很喜欢熊猫。
熊猫很大,也很漂亮。
今天,我们说两只熊猫。
一只熊猫叫平平,一只熊猫叫福双。
平平和福双都是六岁。
九月二十七号,平平和福双坐飞机,去了美国。
飞机上没有人坐,有两只熊猫,也有它们喜欢吃的东西。
它们去了美国的一个动物园。
这个动物园在亚特兰大。
平平和福双要在这个动物园住十年。
现在,大家还不能看它们。
平平和福双要先休息一个月。
为什么中国给美国熊猫呢?
上个星期,中国的习近平去了美国。
习近平和美国的特朗普说了很多。
习近平说:熊猫是中国和美国的朋友。
中国给美国熊猫,这不是第一次。
一九七二年,美国的尼克松去了中国。
尼克松太太说,她很喜欢熊猫。
那个时候,中国给了美国两只熊猫。
很多很多美国人,都去看这两只熊猫。
一个大学老师说:美国人喜欢熊猫,也会喜欢中国。
亚特兰大的这个动物园,以前也有熊猫。
二零二四年,那些熊猫回中国了。
现在,平平和福双来了。
一个妈妈和她的小女儿,来了动物园。
她说:我们今天不能看熊猫,可是我们知道,熊猫在这里!
现在,美国有六只熊猫。
你想去看熊猫吗?
English transcript reference

Do you like pandas?

Pandas come from China.

Lots of people like pandas, and I like pandas a lot too.

Pandas are big, and they're beautiful too.

Today we're talking about two pandas.

One panda is called Ping Ping, and the other is called Fu Shuang.

Ping Ping and Fu Shuang are both six years old.

On September 27, Ping Ping and Fu Shuang took a plane to America.

There were no passengers on the plane, just the two pandas and the food they like.

They went to a zoo in America.

The zoo is in Atlanta.

Ping Ping and Fu Shuang will live at this zoo for ten years.

For now, people can't see them yet.

Ping Ping and Fu Shuang have to rest for a month first.

Why is China giving America pandas?

Last week, China's Xi Jinping went to America.

Xi Jinping and America's Trump talked a lot.

Xi Jinping said: pandas are friends of China and America.

This isn't the first time China has given America pandas.

In 1972, America's Nixon went to China.

Mrs. Nixon said she loved pandas.

At that time, China gave America two pandas.

Lots and lots of Americans went to see those two pandas.

A university teacher said: when Americans like pandas, they'll like China too.

This zoo in Atlanta used to have pandas too.

In 2024, those pandas went back to China.

Now Ping Ping and Fu Shuang have arrived.

A mother and her little daughter came to the zoo.

She said: we can't see the pandas today, but we know the pandas are here!

Now there are six pandas in America.

Would you like to go and see the pandas?

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What vocabulary does this episode teach?

词汇
xǐhuanto like

HSK 1. 你喜欢熊猫吗?

piàoliangbeautiful

HSK 1. 熊猫很大,也很漂亮.

fēijīplane

HSK 1. 平平和福双坐飞机,去了美国.

péngyoufriend

HSK 1. 熊猫是中国和美国的朋友.

lǎoshīteacher

HSK 1. 一个大学老师说.

nǚ'érdaughter

HSK 1. 一个妈妈和她的小女儿.

xióngmāopanda

熊 (bear) + 猫 (cat): a "bear-cat".

dòngwùyuánzoo

动物 (animal) + 园 (garden).

zhī(measure word for animals)

两只熊猫 — animals take 只, not 个.

tāmenthey (animals, things)

它们喜欢吃的东西.

xiūxito rest

要先休息一个月.

dàxuéuniversity

大 (big) + 学 (school).

* beyond level超纲词

What grammar patterns appear in this episode?

语法

要在 + place + 住 + time

Will live somewhere for a length of time.

平平和福双要在这个动物园住十年。

这不是第一次

This isn't the first time.

中国给美国熊猫,这不是第一次。

……,可是……

…, but… — sets up a contrast.

她说:我们今天不能看熊猫,可是我们知道,熊猫在这里!

Proper Nouns

专有名词
中国ZhōngguóChina平平PíngpingPing Ping福双FúshuāngFu Shuang美国Měiguóthe United States亚特兰大YàtèlándàAtlanta习近平Xí JìnpíngXi Jinping特朗普TèlǎngpǔDonald Trump尼克松NíkèsōngRichard Nixon

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