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Johnny Depp 回归：在新电影里，演一个讨厌 Christmas 的孤独老人
Johnny Depp Returns as a Lonely Old Scrooge Who Hates Christmas
This is an HSK 2 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、演员、回来 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.
你可能看过一个电影，里面有一个很有意思的海盗。
You may have seen a movie with a very fun pirate in it.
那个海盗，就是 Johnny Depp 演的。
That pirate was played by Johnny Depp.
Johnny Depp，是一个全世界都知道的演员。
Johnny Depp is an actor the whole world knows.
可是，有几年，他没有做大电影了。
But for a few years, he stopped making big movies.
这几年，他有很多麻烦的事情。
These past years, he had a lot of trouble.
很多人都问：他还会回来吗？
Many people asked: will he ever come back?
今年，他回来了。
This year, he came back.
他做了一个很大的新电影，叫 Ebenezer。
He made a big new movie, called Ebenezer.
这个电影，说的是一个老人的故事。
This movie is about an old man's story.
这个老人，Johnny Depp 演的，叫 Scrooge。
This old man, played by Johnny Depp, is named Scrooge.
Scrooge 有很多很多钱，可是他很不好。
Scrooge has a lot of money, but he's not a good man.
他一个朋友也没有，谁他都不喜欢。
He doesn't have a single friend, and likes no one.
他也很不喜欢 Christmas。
He also really dislikes Christmas.
你知道 Christmas 吗？
Do you know Christmas?
Christmas 的时候，大家在一起，很高兴，很温暖。
At Christmas, everyone gathers together, happy and warm.
可是 Scrooge 不一样，他一个人，冷冷的，谁都不理。
But Scrooge is different: he's alone, cold, ignoring everyone.
到了 Christmas 的晚上，有一些“鬼”，来看 Scrooge。
On Christmas night, some "ghosts" come to see Scrooge.
“鬼”，是死了的人。
"Ghosts" are people who have died.
你看不见他们，可是他们来了。
You can't see them, but they've come.
这些“鬼”，让 Scrooge 看他以前的事，也看他以后会怎么样。
These "ghosts" show Scrooge his past, and what will become of him.
Scrooge 看了，很怕，也很难过。
Scrooge watches, very afraid and very sad.
他想：我是不是，要做一个好人了？
He thinks: shouldn't I become a good person?
这个新电影，还有一点很特别。
This new movie has one more special thing.
做这个电影的人，以前是做“很吓人的电影”的。
The person who made it used to make "very scary movies."
所以，这个 Christmas 的故事，也有一点点吓人。
So this Christmas story is a little scary too.
对 Johnny Depp 来说，这是六年来，他第一个这么大的电影。
For Johnny Depp, this is his first movie this big in six years.
很多喜欢他的人都说：太好了，他回来了。
Many people who love him are saying: wonderful, he's back.
新电影，十一月十三号，就能看。
The new movie can be seen on November 13.
你呢？
And you?
你喜欢有一点吓人的故事吗？
Do you like stories that are a little scary?
他做了新电影 = he made a new movie.
他还会回来吗？ = will he come back?
很多喜欢他的人 = many who love him.
全世界都知道 = the whole world knows.
很高兴，很温暖 = happy and warm.
一个全世界都知道的演员 = an actor the world knows.
一些“鬼”来看他 = some ghosts come see him.
有一点点吓人 = a little scary.
* beyond level超纲词
是……演的
'was played/acted by …' — who performed it.
那个海盗，就是 Johnny Depp 演的。
是不是要……了？
'Isn't it time to …?' — musing about a change.
我是不是，要做一个好人了？
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