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41 岁的 LeBron James：为了再赢一次，只要很少的钱去了 76ers
LeBron Joins 76ers at 41 for One More Title
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LeBron Joins 76ers at 41 for One More Title. HSK 2 Chinese listening practice.
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 喜欢、钱、一起 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
You've surely heard the name LeBron James.
In many people's minds, he's the best basketball player there is.
He's forty-one this year.
Forty-one is already quite old for a basketball player.
But he's still playing, and still playing well.
This year, he did something no one saw coming.
Before, he played eight years of ball in LA.
Everyone assumed he'd stay in LA and play until he couldn't anymore.
But this time, he left.
He went to a new city: Philadelphia.
In Philadelphia, there's a basketball team called the 76ers.
Even more surprising is the money.
LeBron is an extremely rich man.
But this time, he asked for very, very little money.
Why?
Because he isn't doing it for the money.
What he wants is to win one more time.
In basketball, the hardest and best thing is to finish first.
LeBron has won a few times before, but he still wants to win again.
In Philadelphia there are two other great players: Embiid and Maxey.
LeBron wants to win once more, together with them.
This Philadelphia team hasn't finished first in many, many years.
LeBron said: I still love basketball, and I have a lot left to give.
A forty-one-year-old willing to give up money to win one more time — that's LeBron.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇他很喜欢篮球 = he loves basketball.
他不是为了钱 = not for the money.
和他们一起 = together with them.
LeBron 以前赢过 = LeBron won before.
你一定听过 = you've surely heard.
最会打篮球的人 = the best basketball player.
他想再赢一次 = he wants to win again.
两个很厉害的球员 = two formidable players.
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