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游泳池里的金鱼
The Boy Who Filled the Pool with Goldfish
HSK 1 Chinese listening practice. In the C-drama Never-Ending Summer, a boy fills the school pool with goldfish for the girl who tutors him in English.
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 4 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 16 key vocabulary words such as 学生、学习、医生 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.
前面，我们说了周挽和陆西骁。
Earlier, we talked about Zhou Wan and Lu Xixiao.
周挽是一个学生。
Zhou Wan is a student.
陆西骁也是一个学生。
Lu Xixiao is a student too.
这个夏天，很热很热。
This summer is very, very hot.
今天，说他们的夏天。
Today, let's talk about their summer.
周挽很爱学习。
Zhou Wan loves studying.
她学习很好很好。
She studies very, very well.
她家里没有钱。
Her family has no money.
她的奶奶不好，要看医生。
Her grandma is unwell and needs to see a doctor.
看医生要很多很多钱。
Seeing a doctor costs a lot of money.
陆西骁家里有很多钱。
Lu Xixiao's family has a lot of money.
他不爱学习。
He doesn't like studying.
他要学英语。
He wants to learn English.
他的英语不好。
His English is not good.
周挽的英语很好。
Zhou Wan's English is very good.
周挽教陆西骁英语。
Zhou Wan teaches Lu Xixiao English.
陆西骁有钱，周挽要钱。
Lu Xixiao has money, and Zhou Wan needs money.
周挽要钱，奶奶要看医生。
Zhou Wan needs money because grandma has to see a doctor.
陆西骁很喜欢金鱼。
Lu Xixiao really likes goldfish.
金鱼很小，在水里，很漂亮。
Goldfish are small, they live in the water, and they're beautiful.
陆西骁很喜欢看金鱼。
Lu Xixiao loves watching the goldfish.
他很想要金鱼。
He really wants some goldfish.
他没买。
But he never bought any.
这一天，陆西骁买了很多东西。
On this day, Lu Xixiao bought a lot of things.
他买了很多很多金鱼。
He bought many, many goldfish.
他买了很多很多很多金鱼！
He bought many, many, many goldfish!
学校里有一个游泳池。
There is a swimming pool at the school.
游泳池很大，水很多。
The pool is big and full of water.
陆西骁买的金鱼，都在游泳池里了。
The goldfish Lu Xixiao bought all went into the pool.
现在，游泳池里都是金鱼！
Now the pool is full of goldfish!
太漂亮了！
So beautiful!
周挽看了，很高兴。
Zhou Wan saw it and was very happy.
陆西骁也很高兴。
Lu Xixiao was happy too.
然后，两个人都去游泳池里了。
Then the two of them both got into the pool.
他们在水里。
They were in the water.
金鱼在他们前面，也在后面。
Goldfish were in front of them, and behind them too.
水里都是金鱼。
The water was full of goldfish.
太漂亮了！
So beautiful!
两个人很高兴很高兴。
The two of them were so, so happy.
这个夏天很热。
This summer was very hot.
他们不想回家。
They didn't want to go home.
学校知道了。
The school found out.
老师很不高兴。
The teachers were very unhappy.
老师说：这个不可以！
A teacher said: this is not allowed!
老师说：是谁做的？
The teacher said: who did this?
陆西骁说：是我。
Lu Xixiao said: it was me.
他说：不是周挽，是我。
He said: it wasn't Zhou Wan, it was me.
都是我。
It was all me.
周挽看陆西骁。
Zhou Wan looked at Lu Xixiao.
她想：他对我很好。
She thought: he is so good to me.
周挽很想谢谢陆西骁。
Zhou Wan really wanted to thank Lu Xixiao.
她说：我请你吃东西。
She said: let me treat you to something to eat.
两个人去吃东西。
The two of them went to eat.
周挽很高兴。
Zhou Wan was happy.
周挽有一个朋友。
Zhou Wan has a friend.
这个朋友也很喜欢周挽。
This friend also likes Zhou Wan very much.
他看见了周挽和陆西骁。
He saw Zhou Wan and Lu Xixiao.
他很不高兴。
He was very unhappy.
他去周挽的家。
He went to Zhou Wan's home.
他对奶奶说：周挽很喜欢陆西骁。
He told grandma: Zhou Wan really likes Lu Xixiao.
奶奶知道了，很不高兴。
Grandma found out and was very unhappy.
奶奶对周挽说：陆西骁是谁？
Grandma said to Zhou Wan: who is Lu Xixiao?
奶奶说：你不可以喜欢他。
Grandma said: you must not like him.
周挽很不高兴，她不想说。
Zhou Wan was very unhappy, and didn't want to speak.
周挽教英语，是要钱。
Zhou Wan teaches English to get money.
她要钱，奶奶要看医生。
She needs the money because grandma has to see a doctor.
现在，周挽看陆西骁的时候，很高兴。
But now, when Zhou Wan looks at Lu Xixiao, she feels happy.
这个夏天很长。
This summer is long.
周挽要钱。
Zhou Wan wants money.
陆西骁要一个对他好的人。
Lu Xixiao wants someone who is good to him.
你有没有一个人，对你很好很好？
Do you have someone who is very, very good to you?
HSK 1. 两个学生 = two students.
HSK 1. 周挽很爱学习 = Zhou Wan loves studying.
HSK 1. 看医生 = to see a doctor.
HSK 1. 家里没有钱 = the family has no money.
HSK 1. 金鱼在水里 = the goldfish are in the water.
HSK 1. 陆西骁很喜欢金鱼.
HSK 1. 两个人很高兴 = both of them are happy.
HSK 1. 金鱼很漂亮 = the goldfish are beautiful.
HSK 1. 周挽有一个朋友.
HSK 1. 他去周挽的家 = he goes to Zhou Wan's home.
Beyond HSK 1. 金 (gold) + 鱼 (fish). The heart of this episode — Lu Xixiao fills the pool with them.
Beyond HSK 1. 英 + 语 (language). Zhou Wan teaches it to Lu Xixiao.
HSK 3, beyond beginner. 周挽教陆西骁英语 = Zhou Wan teaches Lu Xixiao English.
HSK 3, beyond beginner. The sick grandma is why Zhou Wan needs money.
Beyond HSK 1. 游泳 (to swim) + 池 (pool). Where the goldfish go.
Beyond HSK 1. 夏 (summer) + 天 (day). The drama title 炽夏 means "Never-Ending Summer."
* beyond level超纲词
很 + adjective
In simple sentences, an adjective usually takes 很 before it (here 很 is a light "linker," not strongly "very").
金鱼很小。
游泳池很大。
这个夏天很热。
要 + verb
要 before a verb expresses need or intention — "need to / want to / be going to."
奶奶要看医生。
他要学英语。
周挽要钱。
Topic + 有 / 没有 + Object
有 states existence/possession; 没有 negates it.
陆西骁家里有很多钱。
她家里没有钱。
游泳池里都是金鱼。
也 (also / too)
也 goes before the verb to mean the subject does it too.
陆西骁也很高兴。
金鱼在他们前面，也在后面。
她下午也学习。
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