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妈妈的银行卡，和一条没送出的项链
Her Mother's Bank Card, and a Necklace He Never Gave
HSK 1-2 Chinese listening practice. In Never-Ending Summer, Zhou Wan's estranged mother offers a bank card if she stays away from Lu Xixiao, so Zhou Wan turns cold to save her sick grandma.
This is an HSK 2 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 13 key vocabulary words such as 钱、妈妈、朋友 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.
上次说到，周挽为了给生病的奶奶看病，主动接近了有钱的陆西骁。
Last time, to pay for her sick grandma's treatment, Zhou Wan deliberately got close to the rich Lu Xixiao.
两个人本来说好，这只是一场交易：她教他英语，他给她钱。
The two of them had agreed it was only a deal: she teaches him English, he gives her money.
可是那个夏天，他们慢慢成了真的朋友。
But over that summer, they slowly became real friends.
今天，接着往下说。
Today, let's keep going.
学校里有一个活动，大家把自己的心愿写下来，放到天上去。
At school there was an event where everyone wrote down their wishes and sent them up into the sky.
陆西骁本来不想来。
Lu Xixiao didn't really want to come.
可是周挽说她会来，所以他也来了。
But Zhou Wan said she would be there, so he came too.
他带来了很多很多气球，红的、黄的，特别好看。
He brought many, many balloons — red ones, yellow ones, especially pretty.
他对周挽说：我希望你想要的，都能得到。
He said to Zhou Wan: I hope everything you want comes true.
周挽看着他，心里一下子不一样了。
Zhou Wan looked at him, and something inside her suddenly shifted.
她想：这个人，好像是真的对我好。
She thought: this person really seems to be good to me.
就在这个时候，周挽看见了一个女人。
Just then, Zhou Wan saw a woman.
是她的妈妈。
It was her mother.
很多年前，妈妈就离开了她，一直没有回来。
Many years ago, her mother had left her and never come back.
现在，妈妈又来了。
Now, her mother had returned.
妈妈没有一点高兴，也不问奶奶好不好。
Her mother wasn't happy at all, and didn't even ask how grandma was.
原来，这些年，妈妈进了陆西骁家，是那个家的女主人。
It turned out that over the years, her mother had married into Lu Xixiao's family and become the lady of that house.
所以陆西骁家，也是妈妈现在的家。
So Lu Xixiao's home was now her mother's home too.
妈妈只想知道一件事：陆西骁知不知道，她们是一家人。
Her mother only wanted to know one thing: does Lu Xixiao know that they are family?
妈妈拿出一张银行卡，给周挽。
Her mother took out a bank card and gave it to Zhou Wan.
她说：拿着钱，以后离陆西骁远一点，别再和他来往。
She said: take the money, keep your distance from Lu Xixiao from now on, and don't see him again.
周挽想起奶奶的药，那么贵。
Zhou Wan thought of grandma's medicine, so expensive.
最后，她还是收下了这张卡。
In the end, she still accepted the card.
从那以后，周挽故意对陆西骁很冷。
From then on, Zhou Wan was deliberately cold to Lu Xixiao.
她不再和他说话，也不再看他。
She no longer talked to him, and no longer looked at him.
陆西骁不知道为什么，心里很难过。
Lu Xixiao didn't know why, and it hurt.
其实那几天，他偷偷做了一个小礼物，想送给周挽。
Actually, in those days, he had secretly made a small gift to give to Zhou Wan.
那是一个箭一样的项链，是他自己一点一点做出来的。
It was a necklace shaped like an arrow, made bit by bit with his own hands.
可是就在他想送的时候，他听见周挽对别人说：
But just as he was about to give it, he heard Zhou Wan say to someone else:
我和陆西骁不是朋友，以前不是，以后也不是。
Lu Xixiao and I are not friends — we weren't before, and we won't be later.
陆西骁站在那里，什么都没说。
Lu Xixiao stood there and said nothing.
他把那个项链收了起来，再也没有拿出来。
He put the necklace away and never took it out again.
后来，奶奶的病更重了，住进了医院。
Later, grandma's illness got worse, and she was admitted to the hospital.
周挽为了照顾奶奶，连考试都不去了。
To take care of grandma, Zhou Wan even skipped an exam.
那段时间，陆西骁家里也出了很多事，他出国的路，也断了。
During that time, a lot went wrong in Lu Xixiao's family too, and his path to study abroad was cut off.
有一天，周挽看见几个人一起打陆西骁。
One day, Zhou Wan saw several people beating up Lu Xixiao.
她很害怕，可是她还是跑了过去，护着他。
She was very scared, but she still ran over and shielded him.
嘴上说不是朋友，可是看到他被人打，她一秒都受不了。
Her mouth said they weren't friends, but seeing him beaten, she couldn't bear it for even a second.
你看，这个夏天，周挽拿了妈妈的钱，也把陆西骁推开了。
You see, this summer, Zhou Wan took her mother's money and also pushed Lu Xixiao away.
奶奶有钱看病了，可是她心里，一点也不高兴。
Grandma had money for treatment now, but in her heart, Zhou Wan wasn't happy at all.
她说的那些话，其实一句都不是真的。
The things she said weren't true — not a single word.
夏天还很长，这两个人，还有很多话没有说清楚。
The summer is still long, and these two still have a lot left unsaid.
如果是你，你会为了家人，把喜欢的人推开吗？
If it were you, would you push away the person you like, for the sake of family?
HSK 1. 他给她钱 = he gives her money.
HSK 1. 妈妈又来了 = her mother came back again.
HSK 1. 慢慢成了真的朋友 = slowly became real friends.
HSK 2. 想送给周挽 = wanted to give it to Zhou Wan (as a gift).
HSK 2. 妈妈就离开了她 = her mother left her.
HSK 2. 奶奶的药那么贵 = grandma's medicine is so expensive.
HSK 2. 我希望你想要的都能得到 = I hope you get everything you want.
Beyond HSK 2. He brings armfuls of them to the wish event.
Beyond HSK 2. 心 (heart) + 愿 (wish). Everyone writes one down and sends it up.
Beyond HSK 2. 银行 (bank) + 卡 (card). The mother's price for staying away.
Beyond HSK 2. The arrow-shaped necklace Lu Xixiao makes but never gives.
Beyond HSK 2. 这只是一场交易 = this is only a deal.
Beyond HSK 2. 为了照顾奶奶 = to take care of grandma.
* beyond level超纲词
为了 + 目的
为了 introduces the purpose someone acts for: 'in order to …'.
为了给生病的奶奶看病…
为了照顾奶奶，连考试都不去了。
本来…可是…
本来 = originally/at first; 可是 flips to how things actually turned out.
陆西骁本来不想来。可是周挽说她会来…
本来说好只是一场交易…
把 + 宾语 + 动词
把 moves the object before the verb to stress what happens TO it.
他把那个项链收了起来。
把喜欢的人推开了。
还是 + 动词
还是 = 'still / after all', the choice made despite everything.
最后，她还是收下了这张卡。
她还是跑了过去。
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