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他花了一百块钱买到了一幅画
He Spent 100 Dollars and Got a Picasso — Ari Hodara Wins a Painting in Paris
HSK 1 Chinese listening practice. A man named Ari Hodara paid 100 dollars in Paris. He won a famous Picasso painting. He was very lucky.
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 6 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 抽奖、毕加索、真迹 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.
说到运气好，我们来说一个超级好运的故事。
Speaking of good luck, let me tell you a super lucky story.
有一个人。
There was a person.
他住在法国。
He lives in France.
法国在欧洲。
France is in Europe.
他五十八岁。
He is fifty-eight years old.
他叫Ari。
His name is Ari.
他喜欢看画。
He likes looking at paintings.
他喜欢艺术。
He likes art.
但是他不是画家。
But he is not a painter.
他是一个工程师。
He is an engineer.
有一天他在一个餐厅吃饭。
One day he was eating at a restaurant.
吃饭的时候他看到了一个消息。
While eating he saw a piece of news.
消息说有一个抽奖。
The news said there was a raffle.
抽奖是什么？
What is a raffle?
抽奖就是你买一张票。
A raffle is when you buy a ticket.
然后如果你的票被选中了。
Then if your ticket is selected.
你就赢了。
You win.
你可以赢到一个东西。
You can win something.
什么东西呢？
What thing?
一幅画。
A painting.
一幅很有名的画。
A very famous painting.
是一个很有名的画家画的。
Painted by a very famous artist.
这个画家叫毕加索。
This artist is called Picasso.
毕加索是谁？
Who is Picasso?
毕加索是世界上最有名的画家之一。
Picasso is one of the most famous painters in the world.
他已经去世了。
He has already passed away.
但是他的画还在。
But his paintings are still here.
他的画非常值钱。
His paintings are extremely valuable.
有的画值几百万。
Some are worth millions.
有的画值几千万。
Some are worth tens of millions.
甚至几亿。
Even hundreds of millions.
这幅画叫《女人头像》。
This painting is called "Head of a Woman."
是毕加索一九四一年画的。
Picasso painted it in 1941.
画的是一个女人的脸。
It's a painting of a woman's face.
这幅画值多少钱？
How much is this painting worth?
一百万美元。
One million dollars.
一百万。
One million.
但是这个抽奖的票多少钱？
But how much is the raffle ticket?
一百块。
One hundred dollars.
不是一百万。
Not one million.
是一百块。
One hundred dollars.
一百欧元。
One hundred euros.
大概一百一十七美元。
About one hundred and seventeen dollars.
你花一百块。
You spend one hundred dollars.
有可能赢到一百万的画。
And you might win a million-dollar painting.
这个抽奖是做什么用的？
What is this raffle for?
是为了帮助生病的人。
It's to help sick people.
有一种病叫老年痴呆症。
There is a disease called Alzheimer's.
老年痴呆症就是人老了以后。
Alzheimer's is when people get old.
会忘记很多东西。
They forget many things.
忘记你是谁。
Forget who you are.
忘记你的家人。
Forget your family.
这个病很可怕。
This disease is very scary.
这个抽奖赚的钱都用来研究这个病。
The money from this raffle goes to research this disease.
帮助生病的人。
To help sick people.
一共有十二万张票。
There were 120,000 tickets total.
十二万。
120,000.
都卖完了。
They all sold out.
十二万个人都想赢那幅画。
120,000 people wanted to win that painting.
抽奖在一个很有名的地方进行。
The raffle was held at a very famous place.
叫佳士得。
Called Christie's.
佳士得是世界上最有名的拍卖行。
Christie's is the world's most famous auction house.
就是卖贵东西的地方。
A place that sells expensive things.
然后他们开始抽。
Then they started drawing.
十二万张票里面选一张。
Picking one from 120,000 tickets.
谁被选中了？
Who was selected?
Ari被选中了。
Ari was selected.
他赢了。
He won.
他花了一百块。
He spent one hundred dollars.
赢了一幅价值一百万美元的毕加索。
And won a Picasso worth one million dollars.
他高兴吗？
Was he happy?
他当然高兴。
Of course he was happy.
他说他不敢相信。
He said he couldn't believe it.
他说他是因为在餐厅里偶然看到这个消息。
He said it was because he happened to see the news at the restaurant.
才决定买一张票的。
That he decided to buy a ticket.
他不是一个收藏家。
He is not a collector.
他不是一个有钱人。
He is not a rich person.
他只是一个喜欢画的普通人。
He is just an ordinary person who likes paintings.
现在他有了一幅毕加索。
Now he has a Picasso.
一幅真的毕加索。
A real Picasso.
不是假的。
Not fake.
不是复制品。
Not a copy.
是毕加索用手画的。
Painted by Picasso's own hands.
一九四一年画的。
Painted in 1941.
八十多年前的画。
A painting from over eighty years ago.
现在在他家里。
Now in his home.
这个故事告诉我们什么？
What does this story tell us?
运气有时候很奇怪。
Luck is sometimes very strange.
你不知道它什么时候来。
You don't know when it will come.
也许你在吃饭。
Maybe you're eating.
也许你在看手机。
Maybe you're looking at your phone.
然后你看到了一个东西。
Then you see something.
你花了一百块。
You spend one hundred dollars.
然后你的人生就变了。
Then your life changes.
不是每个人都有这种运气。
Not everyone has this kind of luck.
但是这个故事让人开心。
But this story makes people happy.
因为好事有时候会发生。
Because good things sometimes happen.
在你最不期待的时候。
When you least expect them.
对了我还想说一些事。
By the way I want to say some more things.
这幅画画的是谁？
Who is the woman in this painting?
是一个女人。
She is a woman.
她叫Dora Maar。
Her name is Dora Maar.
她是毕加索的好朋友。
She was Picasso's close friend.
毕加索给她画了很多很多画。
Picasso painted her many many times.
这幅画是在一九四一年画的。
This painting was made in 1941.
那一年有战争。
That year there was a war.
法国被别的国家占了。
France was occupied by another country.
但是毕加索没有走。
But Picasso didn't leave.
他留在了巴黎。
He stayed in Paris.
在战争里面画画。
Painting during the war.
八十多年以后。
Over eighty years later.
这幅画到了Ari的家里。
This painting came to Ari's home.
一百块钱。
One hundred dollars.
一幅真的画。
A real painting.
一幅很老很老的画。
A very very old painting.
这个故事还有一个好的地方。
This story has another good part.
这个抽奖的钱不是给一个公司的。
The raffle money doesn't go to a company.
是给医生的。
It goes to doctors.
是给科学家的。
It goes to scientists.
他们用这些钱来研究一种病。
They use this money to research a disease.
老年痴呆。
Alzheimer's.
就是人老了以后什么都忘了。
When old people forget everything.
一千四百万美元。
Fourteen million dollars.
全部用来研究这个病。
All used to research this disease.
所以买票的人都做了好事。
So everyone who bought a ticket did a good thing.
就算没有赢到画。
Even if you didn't win the painting.
你的钱也帮了别人。
Your money helped others.
这就是一个好的故事。
This is a good story.
从头到尾都是好的。
Good from beginning to end.
没有坏的地方。
Nothing bad about it.
Good fortune that happens by chance.
An event where tickets are drawn randomly to determine a winner.
One of the most famous painters in history. Spanish, 1881-1973.
A genuine artwork painted by the artist themselves.
A company that sells valuable items through bidding.
Giving money or help to those in need.
A brain disease that causes memory loss.
A person who collects valuable items.
The chance of something happening.
Something that happens without planning.
A copy of an original artwork.
Having high monetary value.
* beyond level超纲词