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蜘蛛侠回来了，钢铁侠却"变坏"了：漫威今年的两部大片
Spider-Man Returns, Iron Man Turns “Bad”: Marvel’s Two Big Movies This Year
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Spider-Man Returns, Iron Man Turns “Bad”: Marvel’s Two Big Movies This Year. 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 演、坏人、喜欢 and walks through 2 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
Today, we're talking about something a lot of people have been waiting for.
“漫威” is Marvel in English.
For Marvel, this year is a big year.
Because Marvel has two very big new movies.
One is Spider-Man, one is the Avengers.
蜘蛛侠 is Spider-Man.
复仇者联盟 is the Avengers.
Let's talk about Spider-Man first.
The new Spider-Man movie can be watched on July 31st.
Right this month.
The actor who plays Spider-Man is called Tom Holland.
A lot of people really like him.
This time, things are a little different.
Spider-Man lives alone, in a very big place.
But the people there have all forgotten him.
Being a hero all by himself, he's a bit tired, and a bit down.
Okay, let's talk about the Avengers now.
In the Avengers, there are many, many heroes.
Spider-Man is a hero, and Iron Man is a hero too.
Iron Man is called 钢铁侠 in Chinese.
The new Avengers movie won't come until December 18th.
A few days ago, this movie showed everyone a little bit first.
Many people watched it and didn't expect it.
Why?
Because Iron Man is back!
But this time, Iron Man is not a good guy.
This time, he's a bad guy.
The actor who plays Iron Man — someone many people know — is called Robert Downey Jr.
Before, he played the hero everyone loved most.
Now, he plays a bad guy.
The same person — once playing a good guy, once a bad guy.
This makes a lot of people both happy and a little sad.
There's one more thing that's also interesting.
Many people noticed: Iron Man is back, but Spider-Man isn't there.
It's the Avengers — how is there no Spider-Man?
That question, we'll talk about next time.
And you?
Of these two movies, which one do you want to see first?
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇这一次，钢铁侠是一个坏人。
很多人都很喜欢 Tom Holland。
那里的人，都忘了他。
他一个人做英雄，有一点累。
很多人发现，蜘蛛侠不在。
演蜘蛛侠的，叫 Tom Holland。
复仇者联盟里，有很多英雄。
Avengers 的中文名。
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法因为……
"because" — gives the reason.
因为钢铁侠回来了！
可是……
"but" — marks a turn/contrast (spoken).
可是这一次，钢铁侠不是好人了。
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