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Google 买了很多电脑，用的钱太多了
Google Bought a Mountain of Computers, and Spent Too Much
A simple beginner Chinese listening story about Google, the giant American company that bought a huge number of expensive computers for AI and, this time, spent too much money.
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 8 key vocabulary words such as 知道、钱、电脑 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.
你知道 Google 吗？
Do you know Google?
Google 是一个很大的美国公司。
Google is a very big American company.
很多很多年，Google 都有很多钱。
For many, many years, Google has had a lot of money.
Google 的钱，比很多公司都多。
Google has more money than a lot of companies.
这一回，Google 买了很多很多电脑。
This time, Google bought a huge number of computers.
这些电脑都很新，要很多很多钱。
These computers are all new, and cost a huge amount of money.
Google 想用这些电脑，做 AI。
Google wants to use these computers to build AI.
买这些电脑，Google 用了太多钱。
Buying these computers, Google spent too much money.
Google 用的钱，比 Google 有的钱多。
The money Google spent was more than the money it had.
很多人看到，有一点不明白：
A lot of people saw this and were a little puzzled:
Google 买了很多电脑，对吗？
Google bought a lot of computers — is that right?
Google 说：AI 很好，我要做。
Google says: AI is great, I'm going to do it.
Google 很大，也有很多钱。
Google is huge, and it has a lot of money.
这一回，Google 用的钱，太多了。
But this time, Google spent too much.
你知道 Google 吗？ = Do you know Google?
有很多钱 = has a lot of money.
买了很多电脑 = bought a lot of computers.
Google 买了很多电脑 = Google bought a lot of computers.
想用这些电脑做 AI = wants to use these computers for AI.
做 AI = to build AI.
用了太多钱 = used (spent) too much money.
一个很大的美国公司 = a very big American company.
* beyond level超纲词
A 比 B 多
比 compares two things: A 比 B 多 = "A is more than B".
Google 的钱，比很多公司都多。
想 + verb
想 + verb = "want to / plan to do".
Google 想用这些电脑，做 AI。
太……了
太 + adjective + 了 = "too …".
这一回，Google 用的钱，太多了。
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