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LeBron James 走了：他离开 LA，去了一个新地方打 basketball
LeBron James Leaves LA for a New Team
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 知道、喜欢、想 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 man that so many people know.
他叫 LeBron James。
His name is LeBron James.
他打 basketball，打得很好很好。
He plays basketball, and he plays it very, very well.
很多很多人，都很喜欢看他。
So many people love watching him.
他打 basketball，打了很多很多年了。
He's played basketball for many, many years.
现在，他四十一岁了。
Now, he's forty-one years old.
很多年，他都在 LA 打 basketball。
For many years, he played basketball in LA.
在 LA，他打了八年。
In LA, he played for eight years.
很多人想，他不会走，他会在 LA。
Many people thought he wouldn't leave, that he'd stay in LA.
可是，他走了。
But he left.
他去了一个新的地方，叫 Philadelphia。
He went to a new place, called Philadelphia.
在 Philadelphia，也有一个打 basketball 的队。
In Philadelphia, there's also a team that plays basketball.
很多人都问：为什么？
Many people asked: why?
LeBron 有很多很多钱。
LeBron has a lot, a lot of money.
这一次，他要的钱，很少很少。
This time, the money he asked for was very little.
他不想要很多钱。
He didn't want a lot of money.
他想要的，是别的东西。
What he wanted was something else.
你看：两个队，打 basketball。
Look: two teams play basketball.
一个队好，一个队不好。
One team is good, one team is not.
好的那个队，赢了。
The good team wins.
很早很早，LeBron 和他的队，赢了，他很高兴。
Long, long ago, LeBron and his team won, and he was very happy.
现在他四十一岁了，他也想，赢一回。
Now he's forty-one, and he wants to win once more.
LeBron 说：我很喜欢 basketball，我能打，我也想打。
LeBron says: I love basketball; I can play, and I want to play.
你呢？
And you?
你喜欢看 basketball 吗？
Do you like watching basketball?
很多人都知道他 = many people know him.
很喜欢看他 = love watching him.
他想再赢一次 = he wants to win again.
他有很多钱 = he has a lot of money.
他很高兴 = he was very happy.
打 basketball = play basketball.
好的那个队赢了 = the good team wins.
好的队，赢了 = the good team wins.
* beyond level超纲词
打得很好
'plays it very well' — 得 links a verb to how it's done.
他打 basketball，打得很好很好。
他会……吗
asking a yes/no question with 会 ('will he …?').
很多人想，他会一直在 LA。
想要的，是……
'what (he) wants is …' — highlights the real goal.
他想要的，是别的东西。
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