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一个新的运动比赛
HYROX — A New Running and Fitness Race Friends Are Doing Together
HSK 1 Chinese listening practice. A simple story about HYROX — a new running and fitness race that friends in Asia are doing together.
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 7 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 18 key vocabulary words such as 运动、跑步、朋友 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.
HSK 2. 喜欢运动 = like sports. 做运动 = do exercise. The whole episode is about a new kind of 运动.
HSK 2. 跑 (run) + 步 (step). 去跑步 = go running. Both verb and noun.
HSK 1. 我的朋友 = my friend. The episode is built around two friends, 小明 and 小红.
HSK 1. 想 + verb = want to V. 我想试试 = I want to try. Also means 'think'.
HSK 1. 做运动 = do exercise. 做动作 = do a movement. Very general verb.
HSK 1. 我们一起做 = let's do it together. The episode's recurring word — HYROX is something to do 一起.
HSK 1. 什么意思 = what does it mean? 什么比赛 = what kind of race? Used a lot for asking.
HSK 1. 好啊 = okay! 好的 = sure. Used as a one-word reply.
HSK 3 but introduced inline. The whole episode revolves around a 比赛.
HSK 4. 动 (move) + 作 (make). 做动作 = do a movement. Used for fitness moves.
HSK 3. 都是简单的动作 = all are simple movements. Opposite is 复杂 / 难.
HSK 3. 先练习 = practice first. The mom-and-friend dynamic of the episode is built around 练习.
Beyond. 健身 (fitness) + 房 (room). Where you go to exercise on machines.
HSK 5. 受 (receive) + 伤 (injury). Glossed inline as '身体不好了'.
HSK 3. 比赛的票 = race ticket. 卖完了 = sold out. The episode mentions sell-outs as a sign of popularity.
HSK 4. 卖 (sell) + 完 (finish). Resultative verb. 一下子就卖完了 = sold out in no time.
HSK 3. 他们决定开始练习 = they decided to start practicing. Both verb and noun.
HSK 2-3. 没准备 = without preparation. 准备好 = ready. The episode keeps repeating this.
* beyond level超纲词
想 + Verb (want to V)
Modal of desire: 想 + verb = want to V. Subject + 想 + verb.
我有一个想法。
我想试试。
他们想做。
X 比 Y + Adj (comparison)
A 比 B + adjective = A is more X than B. To say 'by how much,' add a measure phrase after the adjective.
比以前多了一倍。
比前年多了三倍。
因为 + reason
'Because + reason.' At HSK 1 level often used alone (without 所以).
因为可以一起跑。
因为它简单。
X 也 Y / 也 + Verb
也 = also. Comes BEFORE the verb. Adds a parallel idea.
她也喜欢运动。
也可以拍照片。
三十多岁的人也做。
都 (all)
Adverb meaning 'all'. Comes BEFORE the verb. The subject must already include 'all/multiple' for 都 to refer to.
现在世界上很多国家都有。
都是简单的动作。
大家都做。
先 ... 再 ...
'First ... then ...' Used to sequence two actions clearly.
要先去健身房。
要先跑步。
再做一个动作。
越来越 + Adj
'More and more X.' Describes a state changing in one direction.
越来越火。