5:12
Coachella：沙漠里的大音乐会
Coachella: A Giant Music Festival in the Desert
HSK 1 Chinese listening practice. Coachella is a big music festival in California. Sabrina Carpenter and Justin Bieber are singing in the desert.
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 5 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 12 key vocabulary words such as 音乐、我们、什么 and walks through 4 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.
说到音乐和跳舞，我们来说一个很大的事。
Speaking of music and dancing, let me tell you about something big.
美国有一个音乐会。
America has a music concert.
这个音乐会非常大。
This concert is very big.
非常非常大。
Very very big.
每年都有。
It happens every year.
在四月。
In April.
在沙漠里。
In the desert.
沙漠是什么？
What is a desert?
沙漠就是那种很热很干的地方。
A desert is a very hot and dry place.
没有水。
No water.
没有树。
No trees.
全是沙子。
All sand.
但是每年四月。
But every April.
很多人去这个沙漠。
Many people go to this desert.
不是去找水。
Not to find water.
是去听音乐。
But to listen to music.
这个音乐会叫Coachella。
This concert is called Coachella.
Coachella是一个名字。
Coachella is a name.
是加州的一个地方的名字。
It's the name of a place in California.
在洛杉矶东边。
East of Los Angeles.
每年几十万人去。
Hundreds of thousands of people go every year.
来自全世界。
From all over the world.
大家穿很好看的衣服。
Everyone wears very nice clothes.
戴很好看的帽子。
Wears very nice hats.
拍很多照片。
Takes many photos.
然后发到网上。
Then posts them online.
今年的Coachella有三天。
This year's Coachella was three days.
从星期五到星期天。
From Friday to Sunday.
每天都有很多人唱歌。
Every day many people sang.
最大的明星在晚上唱。
The biggest stars sang at night.
今年谁来了？
Who came this year?
第一天晚上是Sabrina Carpenter。
The first night was Sabrina Carpenter.
你听过她的歌吗？
Have you heard her songs?
她很年轻。
She is very young.
她唱流行歌。
She sings pop songs.
很多年轻人喜欢她。
Many young people like her.
她的表演很好看。
Her performance was very beautiful.
她换了很多衣服。
She changed many outfits.
一首歌一套衣服。
One outfit per song.
她还请了一个演电影的人来。
She also invited a movie actor to come.
这个人叫Will Ferrell。
This person is called Will Ferrell.
他很搞笑。
He is very funny.
大家都笑了。
Everyone laughed.
第二天晚上是Justin Bieber。
The second night was Justin Bieber.
Justin Bieber你一定听过。
You must have heard of Justin Bieber.
他很有名。
He is very famous.
从十二岁就开始唱歌。
He started singing at twelve years old.
现在他已经三十多岁了。
Now he is already in his thirties.
他唱了很多老歌。
He sang many old songs.
比如说Baby。
For example Baby.
Baby是他十二岁的时候唱的歌。
Baby is a song he sang when he was twelve.
全场的人一起唱。
The whole audience sang together.
几万人一起唱。
Tens of thousands of people singing together.
声音很大。
The sound was very loud.
他还做了一件很有意思的事。
He also did something very interesting.
他在台上放了一个电脑。
He put a computer on stage.
打开了YouTube。
Opened YouTube.
放他自己小时候的视频。
Played videos of himself when he was young.
然后跟着一起唱。
Then sang along with them.
大家觉得又好笑又感动。
Everyone thought it was both funny and touching.
因为他从一个小男孩变成了大明星。
Because he went from a little boy to a big star.
第三天晚上是Karol G。
The third night was Karol G.
Karol G是谁？
Who is Karol G?
她是一个哥伦比亚的歌手。
She is a singer from Colombia.
哥伦比亚在南美洲。
Colombia is in South America.
她唱的是西班牙语的歌。
She sings songs in Spanish.
她是第一个在Coachella当头号的拉丁女歌手。
She is the first Latina to headline at Coachella.
第一个。
The first one.
这很重要。
This is very important.
因为以前没有过。
Because it had never happened before.
她请了一群女人来拉小提琴。
She invited a group of women to play violin.
这些女人穿的是墨西哥的传统衣服。
These women wore traditional Mexican clothes.
她们叫Mariachi。
They are called Mariachi.
Mariachi就是穿着漂亮衣服拉琴唱歌的人。
Mariachi are people who play music and sing in beautiful costumes.
这个画面很美。
This scene was very beautiful.
大家都很感动。
Everyone was very moved.
还有一个很特别的事。
There was also something very special.
有一个菲律宾的女团来了。
A girl group from the Philippines came.
她们叫BINI。
They are called BINI.
BINI有八个人。
BINI has eight members.
她们是第一个在Coachella唱歌的菲律宾人。
They are the first Filipinos to sing at Coachella.
第一个。
The first ones.
很多菲律宾人都很骄傲。
Many Filipino people are very proud.
她们唱得很好。
They sang very well.
跳得也很好。
They danced very well too.
观众非常多。
There were so many people in the audience.
Coachella不只是听歌。
Coachella is not just about listening to music.
也是一种文化。
It is also a kind of culture.
大家在那里交朋友。
People make friends there.
看好看的衣服。
See nice clothes.
吃好吃的东西。
Eat delicious food.
拍照片。
Take photos.
发朋友圈。
Post on WeChat Moments.
发Instagram。
Post on Instagram.
年轻人觉得去Coachella很酷。
Young people think going to Coachella is very cool.
是一种体验。
It's an experience.
一种回忆。
A memory.
你可能没有去过。
You may not have been there.
我也没有去过。
I haven't been there either.
但是我们可以在网上看。
But we can watch online.
看那些视频。
Watch those videos.
听那些歌。
Listen to those songs.
感受一下沙漠里的音乐。
Feel the music in the desert.
很热。
Very hot.
很吵。
Very loud.
很拥挤。
Very crowded.
但是很开心。
But very happy.
这就是Coachella。
This is Coachella.
每年四月。
Every April.
在加州的沙漠里。
In the California desert.
几十万人在一起。
Hundreds of thousands of people together.
听音乐。
Listening to music.
跳舞。
Dancing.
笑。
Laughing.
这就是音乐的力量。
This is the power of music.
Sounds organized into melody and rhythm.
HSK 1. we; us.
HSK 1. what.
HSK 1. time / moment.
HSK 1. now.
HSK 1. friend.
A dry area with sand and very little water.
A famous person in entertainment.
A show or act performed for an audience.
Popular music that many people enjoy.
The main or most important performer.
Feeling emotional because of something meaningful.
* beyond level超纲词
Free account
You just read the story — hear it next. A free account saves your level, the words you keep from this episode, and the line you stop at, so you can pick the story back up on any device.