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美国跑者靠健身房跑步机训练，首次跑马拉松就夺冠
A Runner Trains on a Gym Treadmill and Wins His First Marathon
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Vinny Mauri, 25, trains on a Planet Fitness treadmill and wins first place in his first marathon in April. 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 12 key vocabulary words such as 跑、冷、快 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.
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English transcript reference
There is a person named Vinny Mauri.
He is twenty-five years old and lives in the United States.
He likes running and likes marathons.
A marathon requires running a very long distance.
In April, he ran a marathon for the first time and got first place.
He runs very fast.
Where does he run?
He runs at the gym.
In the gym, there are people running.
He runs on a treadmill.
A treadmill is a thing in the gym.
If you turn on the treadmill, you can run on it.
His gym is called Planet Fitness.
Many times, he runs in the gym.
In winter, it is very cold outside, but not cold inside.
It is too cold outside, so Vinny Mauri can go to the gym and run inside.
The treadmill is fast, and he also runs fast.
The treadmill is slow, and he also runs slow.
He got first place, so this year he can run at the gym without paying money.
Think about it: when it is very cold outside, where would you run?
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇HSK 1. Common verb; appears in 跑步 (to run/jog) and 跑马拉松 (run a marathon).
HSK 1. Used in 外面很冷 (it's very cold outside) and 不冷 (not cold).
HSK 1. Appears in 跑得很快 (runs very fast) and 跑步机快 (the treadmill is fast).
HSK 1. Used in 就可以在上面跑步 (can run on it) and 可以去健身房 (can go to the gym).
HSK 1. Appears in 他喜欢跑步 (he likes running).
HSK 1. Used in 他在哪里跑？ (where does he run?) and 你会在哪里跑步？ (where will you run?).
A place for exercise; appears many times, e.g. 他在健身房跑 (he runs at the gym).
A machine for running indoors; appears in 他在跑步机上跑 (he runs on the treadmill).
A long-distance race; appears in 喜欢马拉松 (likes marathons) and 跑马拉松 (run a marathon).
Ranking term; appears in 得了第一名 (got first place).
Season word; appears in 冬天，外面很冷 (in winter, it's cold outside).
Location word; appears in 外面很冷 (it's cold outside) and 外面太冷 (it's too cold outside).
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What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法有 + Person + 叫 + Name
Used to introduce someone's name: 'There is a person called...'
有一个人，叫 Vinny Mauri。
Expresses where an action takes place: 'He runs at the gym.'
他在健身房跑。
他在跑步机上跑。
Verb + 得 + Adverb
Describes how an action is performed: 'He runs very fast.'
他跑得很快。
Expresses excess: 'too cold.' Note: 了 is often omitted in casual speech.
外面太冷，Vinny Mauri可以去健身房，在里面跑步。
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