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两个有名的女作家，都做错了：她们的论文，是抄的
Two Famous Chinese Writers Caught Plagiarizing
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Two Famous Chinese Writers Caught Plagiarizing. HSK 1 Chinese listening practice.
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 10 key vocabulary words such as 老师、书、写 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.
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English transcript reference
Today, let's talk about two women writers.
They both love to write books.
They've written many, many books.
Lots of people read their books.
The two of them are both very famous.
One is called Jia Qianqian.
One is called Jiang Fangzhou.
When Jiang Fangzhou was very young, she wrote a book.
Back then, she was still a little kid.
Everyone liked her a lot.
People said: she's a real genius.
As for Jia Qianqian, her father is also a famous writer.
Her father wrote many famous books.
So the two of them are both very famous.
The two of them are both at universities.
They are both university teachers.
They both also wrote academic papers.
An academic paper is a very, very long thing.
At a university, writing good papers brings you fame.
But their papers had a big problem.
Someone read their papers.
This person said: the papers have a big problem.
Their papers were copied.
To copy means: you write someone else's stuff.
You write someone else's stuff and call it your own.
A good writer doesn't copy others.
A good teacher doesn't copy others either.
But they copied.
This is very bad, and very wrong.
Many people said: it's wrong.
Now, the two universities have both spoken.
The universities said: their papers have a problem.
The universities said: they can't be teachers anymore.
Some of what they had, the universities took back too.
One was on the 13th, one on the 15th.
Two famous writers both had a big problem.
Many people are talking about it.
Some say: they have fathers, money, and connections.
But if you did wrong, you did wrong.
And many people say: this is good, this is right.
No matter who you are, you can't copy.
No matter how famous you are, you can't copy.
Okay, today we talked about these two people.
One is a genius.
One is the daughter of a famous father.
They are both very smart.
But they both did wrong.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇HSK 1. teacher. 他们都是大学的老师 = they are both university teachers.
HSK 1. book. 他们写了很多书 = they have written many books.
HSK 1. to write. 好的作家，写自己的东西 = a good writer writes their own work.
HSK 1. father. 她的爸爸也是一个有名的作家 = her father is also a famous writer.
HSK 1. daughter. 一个有名爸爸的女儿 = the daughter of a famous father.
HSK 1. money. 他们有爸爸，有钱，也有背景 = they have fathers, money and connections.
The topic. 两个女作家 = two women writers.
A university. 他们两个，都在大学里 = both of them are at universities.
A paper. 他们的论文，是抄的 = their papers were copied.
To copy. 抄，就是写别人的东西 = to copy means to write someone else’s work.
* beyond level超纲词
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