A Chinese podcast · Same story, 4 levels
格陵兰安全协议还没签，主权不变
Greenland Deal Unsigned; Sovereignty Stays
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Greenland, Denmark and the US may sign an Arctic security agreement next week. The agreement remains unsigned, and Greenland has not been sold. HSK 1 Chinese listening practice.
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 10 key vocabulary words such as 好、家、说 and walks through 2 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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English transcript reference
The US did not buy Greenland.
The people of Greenland still live in their own homes.
Next week, Greenland, Denmark, and the US may sign a security agreement.
An agreement is something everyone agrees to do together.
Security means everyone wants to live well at home.
They want to do security things together.
Right now, the agreement has not been signed.
Next week, it may be signed, or it may not.
Even if it is signed, everyone still has to agree before the agreement can start.
They still need to meet to see if the agreement is good.
Denmark says the people of Greenland can decide their own affairs.
The US wants to do security things together.
The US did not buy Greenland.
A security agreement is not buying a place.
Today, the agreement has not been signed.
Next week, we will see whether they sign it.
If someone wanted to come to where you live to do security things, what would you say?
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇The parties still need to agree that the plan is good.
Greenland is home to Greenlanders.
The governments and people still have a say.
The proposed agreement concerns doing security work together.
The proposed signing is next week.
The US has not bought Greenland.
The subject of the proposed agreement.
A shared plan that has not yet been signed.
The proposed next step, not a completed action.
Greenlanders retain the right to decide their future.
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What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法还没有……
Says a planned action has not happened yet.
现在，协议还没有签。
可能……也可能不……
Keeps an expected event uncertain.
下星期，可能签，也可能不签。
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