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大家最喜欢的好人，说错了一句话：一句话，能不能盖过很多年的好？
The Good Person Everyone Loved Misspoke Once: Can One Sentence Outweigh Years of Good? — A Beginner Story in Simple Chinese
HSK 1 Chinese listening practice. The beloved singer-philanthropist Han Hong said one careless sentence and faced a backlash, then apologized in tears — a simple story about trust, charity, and whether one wrong sentence can erase years of good.
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 3 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 韩红、相信、好事 and walks through 7 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.
今天我们说一个人。
Today we'll talk about a person.
她叫韩红。
Her name is Han Hong.
韩红是中国人。
Han Hong is Chinese.
很多人都知道她。
Many people know her.
很多人也都喜欢她。
And many people like her.
大家都很喜欢她，也很相信她。
Everyone likes her, and trusts her too.
在大家心里，她是一个好人。
In everyone's heart, she is a good person.
是一个很好很好的人。
A very, very good person.
这么多年，她做了很多好事。
Over the years, she has done many good deeds.
大家越来越喜欢她，也越来越相信她。
People liked her more and more, and trusted her more and more.
可这几天，出了一件事。
But these past few days, something happened.
很多喜欢她的人，现在有点不高兴了。
Many who liked her are now a little upset.
他们说，她好像变了。
They say she seems to have changed.
这是怎么回事？
What is going on?
我们慢慢说。
Let's take it slowly.
先说，韩红是做什么的。
First, what does Han Hong do?
她是一个歌手，唱歌唱得非常好。
She is a singer, and she sings beautifully.
但是大家喜欢她，还有一个更大的原因。
But people like her for an even bigger reason.
很多年来，她一直在做一件好事。
For many years, she has kept doing one good thing.
她用自己的钱和时间，去帮助别人。
She uses her own money and time to help others.
帮助那些没有钱、又生病的人。
Helping those who have no money and are sick.
她还常常自己跑到很远的地方，一个一个地帮。
She often travels to faraway places herself, helping people one by one.
所以，大家都很相信她。
So everyone trusts her.
大家觉得，她是一个真正的好人。
People feel she is a truly good person.
那么，最近到底出了什么事呢？
So, what exactly happened recently?
前几天，她去了一个活动。
A few days ago, she went to an event.
在很多人的面前，她说了一句话。
In front of many people, she said one sentence.
她想让大家，去看一部新的电影。
She wanted everyone to go see a new movie.
她说：北京有两千多万人，大家能不能帮帮我们？
She said: Beijing has over twenty million people — could you all help us out?
这句话，听起来好像没什么。
This sentence sounds like nothing much.
但是很多人听了，心里很不舒服。
But many people, hearing it, felt uneasy.
为什么呢？
Why?
大家觉得，她自己很有钱，住的房子也很大。
People felt she is rich herself, living in a big house.
她却让那些没有那么多钱的人，来帮她和她的朋友。
Yet she was asking people with far less money to help her and her friends.
这就让很多人，很不高兴。
This made many people unhappy.
慢慢地，事情越闹越大。
Slowly, the affair grew and grew.
有的人说，她变了，不再是以前那个好人了。
Some said she had changed, no longer the good person she once was.
还有的人，本来每个月都给她一点钱，去帮别人，现在也不给了。
Others, who used to give her a little money each month to help people, now stopped.
韩红知道以后，非常难过。
When Han Hong learned of it, she was very upset.
她站出来，跟大家说对不起。
She stepped forward and said sorry to everyone.
她说：我那句话，说得太急、太不对了。
She said: that sentence of mine was too hasty, too wrong.
说的时候，她哭了。
As she said it, she cried.
她还说，以后她会更小心，会踏踏实实地，接着做好事。
She also said she would be more careful from now on, and keep doing good, steadily.
说到这里，我想和你聊一聊。
At this point, I'd like to talk with you.
一个人，做了很多年的好事。
A person does good deeds for many years.
可是有一天，只说错了一句话。
But one day, she says just one wrong sentence.
那么，这一句话，能不能就把她前面所有的好，都盖过去呢？
So, can this one sentence wipe out all the good that came before?
最后我想问你。
Finally, I want to ask you.
如果是你，你会怎么看她呢？
If it were you, how would you see her?
HSK 1 考纲词. 去看一部新的电影 = to go see a new movie.
HSK 3 考纲词. 韩红知道以后，非常难过 = Han Hong was very upset.
HSK 1 考纲词. 跟大家说对不起 = said sorry to everyone.
她叫韩红 = her name is Han Hong. The subject of the episode.
大家都很喜欢她，也很相信她 = everyone likes her and trusts her — the key theme.
她做了很多好事 = she has done many good deeds.
她是一个歌手，唱歌唱得非常好 = she is a singer who sings beautifully.
还有一个更大的原因 = there's an even bigger reason.
去帮助别人 = to help others. 帮 = help.
没有钱、又生病的人 = people who have no money and are sick.
前几天，她去了一个活动 = a few days ago she went to an event.
心里很不舒服 = felt uneasy inside. 不舒服 = uncomfortable.
* beyond level超纲词
越来越 + Adj (more and more)
Marks gradual increase.
大家越来越喜欢她，也越来越相信她。
好像 + ... (seems...)
Expresses an impression.
他们说，她好像变了。
这句话，听起来好像没什么。
用 A 和 B，去 + Verb (use A and B to...)
States the means used for an action.
她用自己的钱和时间，去帮助别人。
能不能 + Verb？(could you...?)
A softened request or question.
大家能不能帮帮我们？
却 + Verb (yet / but)
Marks a turn contrary to expectation.
她却让那些没有那么多钱的人，来帮她。
越 + Verb + 越 + Adj (the more..., the more...)
Two things intensify together.
事情越闹越大。
能不能就把 X 都盖过去？(can it wipe out all of X?)
A rhetorical question with 把 — used in the reflective close.
这一句话，能不能就把她前面所有的好，都盖过去呢？