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Johnny Depp 回来了：他演一个没有朋友的坏老头
Johnny Depp Is Back, Playing a Mean Old Man With No Friends
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 2 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 8 key vocabulary words such as 电影、喜欢、知道 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.
有一个人，很多很多人都知道他。
There's a person many, many people know.
他叫 Johnny Depp。
His name is Johnny Depp.
Johnny Depp，是一个很有名的人。
Johnny Depp is a very famous person.
很早的时候，他做了很多很多电影。
Long ago, he made many, many movies.
很多人都很喜欢看他的电影。
Many people loved watching his movies.
有很多年，他不做电影了。
For many years, he stopped making movies.
很多人都问：Johnny Depp，去哪里了？
Many people asked: Johnny Depp, where did you go?
现在，他回来了。
Now, he's back.
他做了一个新电影，很多人都想看。
He made a new movie, and many people want to see it.
在这个新电影里，Johnny Depp 是一个很不好的人。
In this new movie, Johnny Depp is a very bad man.
这个人，一个朋友也没有。
This man doesn't have a single friend.
他有很多很多钱。
He has a lot, a lot of money.
对谁，他都不好。
To everyone, he is unkind.
他不喜欢很多人，也不喜欢 Christmas。
He doesn't like many people, and he doesn't like Christmas.
Christmas，是一年里，很多人都很高兴的时候。
Christmas is the time of year when many people are happy.
很多人在一起，很高兴。
Many people together, so happy.
这个人不高兴，也不想和很多人在一起。
This man isn't happy, and doesn't want to be with people.
到了晚上，有一些你看不见的东西，来看他。
At night, some things you can't see come to see him.
这些东西，对他说话。
These things speak to him.
这些东西说：你这样，很不好。
These things say: the way you are is very bad.
你要做一个好人，要对很多人好。
You should be a good person, and be good to people.
后来，这个人，会不会好一点？
Later, will this man get a little better?
你去看这个电影，你会知道。
Go see this movie, and you'll find out.
你呢？
And you?
你喜欢 Johnny Depp 吗？
Do you like Johnny Depp?
他做了很多电影 = he made many movies.
很多人喜欢看他的电影 = many love his movies.
很多人都知道他 = many people know him.
现在，他回来了 = now he's back.
很多人都很高兴 = many are happy.
他有很多很多钱 = he has a lot of money.
一个很有名的人 = a very famous person.
到了晚上 = when night comes.
* beyond level超纲词
很多人都……
'Many people (all) …' — 都 stresses the whole group does it.
很多人都知道他。
对……不好
'is not good/unkind to (someone)'.
对谁，他都不好。
会不会……？
'Will (he) … or not?' — a yes/no question about the future.
后来，这个人，会不会好一点？
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