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一个人在海上四十多天：Kai Sato 活着回来了
Forty Days Alone at Sea: Kai Sato Came Back Alive
A simple beginner Chinese listening story about Kai Sato, an American whose boat broke at sea, who survived alone for over a month eating fish, until a big ship found and rescued him.
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 1 minute. 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 喜欢、水、吃 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.
Kai Sato 是一个美国人。
Kai Sato is an American.
他很喜欢船。
He loves boats.
有一天，他一个人，开船去海上。
One day, all alone, he sailed a boat out to sea.
他的船，坏了。
His boat broke.
船坏了，他不能回家。
With the boat broken, he couldn't get home.
一个月，两个月，他都一个人在海上。
One month, two months, he was alone at sea the whole time.
海上没有水，也没有很多吃的。
At sea there was no water, and not much to eat.
他很怕，也很想家。
He was scared, and he missed home.
他没有走，他要活下来。
But he didn't give up; he wanted to survive.
他吃海里的鱼，喝一点点水。
He ate fish from the sea and drank tiny sips of water.
一天一天，他都一个人。
Day after day, he was all alone.
有一天，一个很大的船，来了。
Then one day, a very big ship came.
大船上的人，看见了他。
The people on the big ship saw him.
他们救了他。
They saved him.
现在，Kai Sato 好了，他回家了。
Now Kai Sato is okay, and he has gone home.
他很喜欢船 = he loves boats.
海上没有水 = at sea there was no water.
他吃海里的鱼 = he ate fish from the sea.
也很想家 = he missed home.
不能回家 = couldn't get home.
他的船坏了 = his boat broke.
一个人在海上 = alone at sea.
船坏了 = the boat broke.
他们救了他 = they saved him.
吃海里的鱼 = ate fish from the sea.
* beyond level超纲词
一个人
一个人 = "alone / by oneself".
他一个人，开船去海上。
要 + verb
要 + verb = "is going to / wants to (do)".
他没有走，他要活下来。
一天一天
一天一天 = "day after day".
一天一天，他都一个人。
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