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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The Greenland security agreement is expected next week but is not signed. Denmark says Greenlandic self-determination and sovereignty remain central. HSK 2 Chinese listening practice.
This is an HSK 2 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 10 key vocabulary words such as 一起、地方、因为 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
Greenland has not been sold to the United States.
Denmark, Greenland, and the United States want to do security things together.
They want to sign a security agreement.
An agreement means agreeing on how everyone will work together in the future.
Right now, this agreement has not been signed.
Denmark says it may be signed next week.
People from the three places will meet at a big conference that many countries attend.
At the conference, they may meet and put their names on the agreement.
But even after signing, it does not start right away.
They still have to go back and meet to decide whether they want this agreement.
Only when everyone agrees does the agreement start.
Hearing about the agreement, some people worry: Will Greenland be given to the United States?
Because the United States wants to do more security things there.
But doing things together and buying a place are two different things.
Denmark says Greenland is still the Greenlandic people's place.
The Greenlandic people live there and also want to decide their own future.
The people of Greenland also say that everyone has heard what they have to say.
Today, you cannot say the agreement has been signed, because it has not been yet.
You also cannot say the United States has bought Greenland, because this is not selling something.
Next week, if it is signed, everyone still has to meet and agree.
When you see the name "Greenland agreement," would you first ask whether it has been signed, or first ask what the Greenlandic people say?
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇The three parties want to cooperate.
The story distinguishes security work from buying a place.
Introduces why some readers worry.
The signing is expected, not certain.
Greenland remains Greenlanders’ home.
Some worry that security cooperation could change ownership.
The proposed agreement concerns regional security.
Not yet signed.
The parties may sign next week.
Greenlanders retain a say in their future.
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What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法因为……
Gives the reason for a concern.
因为美国想在那里做更多安全的事。
如果……还要……
Shows that signing would not finish the process.
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