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一碗面，一台相机，和他终于看清的心
A Bowl of Noodles, a Camera, and What He Finally Saw
HSK 1-2 Chinese listening practice. In Never-Ending Summer, Zhou Wan cares for Lu Xixiao while her mother pays her to push him abroad, and he films her at an amusement park and realizes she is who he wants to paint.
This is an HSK 2 Chinese listening episode that runs about 3 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、家 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，周挽搬进了陆西骁的家。
Last time, Zhou Wan moved into Lu Xixiao's home.
两个人住在一起，一起学习，一起吃饭。
The two of them lived together, studied together, ate together.
他们越来越好。
They grew closer and closer.
今天，接着往下说。
Today, let's keep going.
有一天，陆西骁病了。
One day, Lu Xixiao fell ill.
周挽天天给他做热的吃的，好好地照顾他。
Every day Zhou Wan made him warm food and took good care of him.
陆西骁心里很高兴，他觉得，周挽是真的对他好。
Lu Xixiao was happy inside; he felt Zhou Wan was truly good to him.
可是，好日子里也有麻烦。
But even in good days there was trouble.
周挽的妈妈又来了。
Zhou Wan's mother came again.
她给了周挽一张十五万的支票。
She gave Zhou Wan a check for a hundred and fifty thousand.
她说，这只是奶奶手术费的一半。
She said this was only half of grandma's surgery money.
剩下的一半，要看周挽听不听话。
Whether Zhou Wan got the other half depended on whether she obeyed.
妈妈要周挽去劝陆西骁，早点一个人出国。
Her mother wanted Zhou Wan to talk Lu Xixiao into going abroad alone, soon.
只要陆西骁走了，剩下的钱就会给周挽。
Only if Lu Xixiao left would the rest of the money go to Zhou Wan.
周挽听了，心里很不好受，可是她没有办法。
Hearing this, Zhou Wan felt awful, but she had no choice.
再说陆西骁这边。
Now, back to Lu Xixiao.
陆西骁很喜欢画画，可是他一直画不出自己的东西。
Lu Xixiao loved to paint, but he could never paint anything of his own.
老师说，他画的，都是在学他去世的妈妈。
His teacher said everything he painted was just copying his late mother.
陆西骁很难过，他找不到自己想画的东西。
Lu Xixiao was miserable; he couldn't find what he wanted to paint.
周挽劝他，出去走走，看看别人的生活，也许会有新的想法。
Zhou Wan urged him to go out, see other people's lives — maybe he'd find new ideas.
所以，陆西骁带周挽去了游乐园。
So Lu Xixiao took Zhou Wan to an amusement park.
他拿着相机，一直偷偷地拍周挽。
He held a camera and secretly kept filming Zhou Wan.
他问周挽：你为什么，一定要帮我？
He asked Zhou Wan: why do you insist on helping me?
回到家，陆西骁看着相机里周挽的样子，忽然一下子明白了。
Back home, looking at Zhou Wan on the camera, he suddenly understood.
他真正想画的人，就是周挽。
The person he truly wanted to paint was Zhou Wan.
从那天起，周挽成了他画里最重要的人。
From that day, Zhou Wan became the most important person in his paintings.
两个人一起去了一家很老的小店。
The two of them went to a very old little shop.
店里的爷爷说，陆西骁以前常常和妈妈来这里。
The grandpa there said Lu Xixiao used to come here often with his mother.
这一次，是他第一次带一个朋友来。
This time was the first time he'd brought a friend.
陆西骁在小店里画画，周挽就安安静静地坐在他旁边。
Lu Xixiao painted in the little shop, and Zhou Wan sat quietly beside him.
那一刻，两个人都很幸福。
In that moment, the two of them were both happy.
可是周挽心里清楚，这份幸福是有秘密的。
But Zhou Wan knew clearly: this happiness had a secret in it.
她一边越来越喜欢陆西骁，一边还拿着妈妈的钱，瞒着他真相。
She was liking Lu Xixiao more and more, while still taking her mother's money and hiding the truth from him.
这个夏天，又甜又难。
This summer was both sweet and hard.
如果是你，你会怎么办？
If it were you, what would you do?
HSK 1. 剩下的钱就会给周挽 = the rest of the money would go to Zhou Wan.
HSK 1. 周挽的妈妈又来了 = Zhou Wan's mother came again.
HSK 1. 周挽搬进了陆西骁的家 = Zhou Wan moved into Lu Xixiao's home.
HSK 1. 第一次带一个朋友来 = the first time he brought a friend.
HSK 3 (照顾), taught here. 好好地照顾他 = takes good care of him.
HSK 2 (办法). 她没有办法 = she had no choice.
HSK 3 (画), story word. 他画不出自己的东西 = he can't paint anything of his own.
Beyond HSK 2. 奶奶手术费的一半 = half of grandma's surgery fee.
Beyond HSK 2. 一张十五万的支票 = a check for 150,000.
Beyond HSK 2. 劝陆西骁早点出国 = urge Lu Xixiao to go abroad soon.
Beyond HSK 2. 他拿着相机，偷偷地拍周挽 = he films Zhou Wan with a camera.
Beyond HSK 2. Lu Xixiao takes Zhou Wan to an amusement park.
Beyond HSK 2. 这份幸福是有秘密的 = this happiness has a secret in it.
* beyond level超纲词
只要 A，就 B
只要 A，就 B = as long as A (happens), then B — a condition and its payoff.
只要陆西骁走了，剩下的钱就会给周挽。
一直 + 动词
一直 = all along / continuously, marking an ongoing action or state.
他一直画不出自己的东西。
一直偷偷地拍周挽。
忽然一下子
忽然 / 一下子 = suddenly / all at once — stacked for a sharp, sudden realization.
忽然一下子明白了。
一边 A，一边 B
一边…一边… = doing two things (here, two conflicting things) at once.
一边越来越喜欢陆西骁，一边还拿着妈妈的钱。
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