A Chinese podcast · Same story, 4 levels
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香港机场：七百万黄金被抢，内鬼是身边人
Hong Kong Airport: $7M in Gold Stolen by an Insider
HSK 1 Chinese listening practice. A true Hong Kong crime story told slowly: a man's gold is robbed at the airport — but how did the robbers know? An inside man (a 'mole') betrayed him. A simple, suspenseful story about trust.
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 4 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 钱、我们、他们 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.
Read the complete story in Chinese. Reveal pinyin and English only when you need them.
Today,
we'll tell a
true story.
A story
about money.
A lot of money.
There was a man,
and he had
a lot of money.
Other people
also wanted
his money.
Some bad people
badly wanted
his money.
So,
these bad people
did
a very bad thing.
They
took his money
and robbed it away.
This
sounds
very simple.
Bad people rob money —
right?
But
this thing
is not simple at all.
Inside it,
there is
a frightening
big problem.
This problem,
we'll
tell slowly.
Okay,
let's begin.
This thing
happened
right near us.
It happened in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong
is, in China,
a big city.
There was a man
who took a plane
and arrived in Hong Kong.
In his bag,
there was something very important.
What was it?
It was gold.
Gold,
as you know,
is very, very expensive.
The gold in his bag
was worth a great deal of money.
How much?
Seven million.
This man,
after getting off the plane,
went to get his car.
But
he didn't know
that someone
was already there,
waiting for him.
It was three bad men.
Their faces
were all covered up.
You couldn't see
who they were.
In their hands,
they held knives.
These three
rushed forward,
hit the man,
and with their knives,
wounded him.
Then,
they snatched away
the bag.
The gold in the bag,
just like that,
was gone.
The three bad men
got into a car,
and quickly,
drove off.
Now,
here's the question.
This man
had just gotten off the plane.
How did those three bad men
know
he was carrying gold?
How did they know
where he was?
You see,
this is
the big problem
I mentioned at the start.
There must be someone
who knew about this.
And then
he
told the bad people.
This person,
we call
a 'mole'.
A mole
is someone close to you,
but
who helps the bad people
harm you.
The good news is,
the police were fast.
In less than a day,
they
caught
seven people.
Finally,
I want to ask you:
your things
you can lock away.
But
your secrets —
who
will you tell?
Try it without the transcript and notice what sounds clearer.
HSK 1 考纲词. 一件，说钱的事 = a story about money. Repeated to anchor the opening.
HSK 1. we; us.
HSK 1. they; them.
HSK 1. what.
HSK 1. today.
HSK 1. now.
有一些坏人，很想要他的钱 = some bad people badly wanted his money. 坏 = bad.
把他的钱，抢走了 = robbed his money away. The central crime.
HSK 3. 听上去很简单 = it sounds simple; 一点也不简单 = not simple at all.
有一个，让人害怕的，大问题 = a frightening big problem.
它发生在香港 = it happened in Hong Kong.
他的包里…是黄金 = in his bag was gold. 黄 = yellow, 金 = gold/metal.
* beyond level超纲词
把 + Object + Verb 走/好 (disposal)
Foregrounds what is done to the object.
把他的钱，抢走了。
你的东西，可以放好。
一点也不 + Adj (not at all)
Emphatic negation.
这件事，一点也不简单。
让人 + Adj (makes one feel...)
Describes the effect something has on people.
有一个，让人害怕的，大问题。
怎么会知道 ...？(how could they know...?)
A rhetorical question expressing the mystery.
那三个坏人，怎么会知道：他带着黄金？
一定有 ... (there must be...)
Expresses a confident inference.
一定有一个人，他知道这件事。
不到 + Time + 就 ... (in less than..., already...)
Stresses how quickly something happened.
不到一天，他们就，抓住了，七个人。
你会告诉谁呢？(whom would you tell?)
A reflective question for the close.
你的秘密，你会，告诉谁呢？
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