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Why LeBron Joined the 76ers: 41, $8M, All for One More Title. HSK 3 Chinese listening practice.

This is an HSK 3-4 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 决定、普通、答案 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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一个问题一个已经几次冠军十一岁为什么拼命篮球
今年夏天LeBron James 一个决定大家答案
很多篮球
今年十一岁正在自己二十四篮球历史从来没有过
一般人篮球打到三十五六岁差不多
可是现在还是联盟最好的几个球员之一
过去八年一直在 LA 湖人
大家几乎觉得 LA 一直打到退役
结果今年做了一个整个篮球震惊决定
离开 LA也没有以前 Cavs Heat最后去了 Philadelphia 76
吃惊
LeBron 名气本来可以一份很高工资
可是签了一份八百万美元合同
普通来说八百万当然是很大笔钱
可是 LeBron 这个级别来说几乎就是
为什么这么
答案很简单想再一个冠军
Philadelphia 这个已经十多年没拿冠军
还有年轻球员Embiid Maxey
LeBron 他们一起再去一个冠军
一句很多记住我还是真心篮球还有很多可以
一个十一岁传奇宁可很多也要再赢一次
本身可能任何比赛感动
English transcript reference

Let me start with a question: a man who's already made enough money and won several championships, at forty-one, why is he still fighting so hard on the court?

This summer, LeBron James gave everyone an answer with one decision.

Many call him "the King of basketball."

He's forty-one, playing his 24th season — something that's never happened in basketball's history.

Ordinary players are about done by thirty-five or thirty-six.

But even now, he's still one of the best players in the league.

For the past eight years, he was with the Lakers in LA.

Almost everyone figured he'd stay in LA and play until he retired.

But this year, he made a decision that stunned the whole basketball world.

He left LA, didn't return to his old Cavs or Heat, and finally went to the Philadelphia 76ers.

Even more shocking is the money.

With LeBron's fame, he could have taken a very high salary.

But he signed only a two-year, eight-million-dollar small contract.

For an ordinary person, eight million is a huge amount;

But for a star of LeBron's level, it's almost "playing for free."

Why did he do this?

The answer is simple: he wants one more championship.

This Philadelphia team hasn't won a title in over forty years.

The team also has two strong young players: Embiid and Maxey.

LeBron wants to lead them on one more run at a championship.

He said something many people remembered: "I still truly love basketball, and I have a lot left to give."

A forty-one-year-old legend who'd rather take far less money just to win once more,

that itself may move you more than any single game.

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What vocabulary does this episode teach?

词汇
juédìngdecision / to decide

他做了一个决定 = he made a decision.

pǔtōngordinary

对普通人来说 = for an ordinary person.

dá'ànanswer

答案很简单 = the answer is simple.

jìzhùto remember

很多人都记住了 = many remembered it.

àito love

我真心爱着篮球 = I truly love basketball.

guànjūnchampion / championship

再拿一个冠军 = win one more championship.

lánqiúbasketball

拼命打篮球 = fights hard at basketball.

sàijìseason (sports)

第二十四个赛季 = his 24th season.

* beyond level超纲词

What grammar patterns appear in this episode?

语法

为什么还要……?

'why does he still …?' — asking a motive.

四十一岁了,为什么还要拼命打篮球?

对……来说

'for / as for (someone)'.

对普通人来说,八百万是很大一笔钱。

宁可……也要……

'would rather … just to …' — sacrificing one thing for another.

宁可少拿很多钱,也要再赢一次。

Proper Nouns

专有名词
湖人Húrénthe Lakers费城FèichéngPhiladelphia

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