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妈妈撕了他的画，他却说“我相信你”
Her Mother Tore His Painting, but He Said "I Trust You"
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In Never-Ending Summer, Zhou Wan's mother tears up Lu Xixiao's painting and swaps his portfolio; Zhou Wan saves it, confesses she used him, and he says he'll always trust her. HSK 2 Chinese listening practice.
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 画、妈妈、故意 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.
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English transcript reference
Last time, Zhou Wan moved into Lu Xixiao's home.
The two of them lived together, studied together, ate together.
They grew closer and closer.
Today, let's keep going.
Lu Xixiao liked Zhou Wan a lot, and loved to paint.
One day, he painted a painting and gave it to Zhou Wan.
Zhou Wan especially loved this painting.
But her mother saw it and was very unhappy.
Her mother didn't want Zhou Wan and Lu Xixiao to be together.
To pull them apart, her mother tore up that painting right in front of Zhou Wan.
Zhou Wan was heartbroken; she sat on the floor and picked up the painting, piece by piece.
Early the next morning, her mother made Zhou Wan move out of the Lu home.
This day happened to be a very important day for Lu Xixiao.
He had to take his own paintings to show a big professor.
Zhou Wan suddenly thought her mother might do something bad to his paintings.
She searched, and sure enough found the real painting had been swapped out by her mother.
Zhou Wan thought of nothing else, grabbed the real painting, and ran all the way to find Lu Xixiao.
At the last moment, she put the painting into his hands.
Later, Lu Xixiao went to a competition and took first place.
He was overjoyed; the first person he wanted to tell was Zhou Wan.
But when he found Zhou Wan, he was speechless for a moment.
Zhou Wan had been beaten by some bad people; her head and foot were both injured.
Anxious and heartbroken, Lu Xixiao called the police at once and gently took care of her.
For days, Zhou Wan had been hiding one thing from him, and felt awful inside.
She finally told Lu Xixiao: before, I got close to you on purpose.
I used you.
She thought Lu Xixiao would surely leave after hearing it.
But Lu Xixiao didn't leave.
He just looked at her and said, earnestly: it's all right.
He said: from now on, whatever you do, I trust you, and you don't have to explain to me why.
Later, Lu Xixiao also found out that Zhou Wan worked alone and cared for her sick grandma alone.
He didn't say much, he just wanted to be even better to her, and to shield her more.
Lu Xixiao was so good to Zhou Wan, but in her heart there was an even bigger secret.
She still didn't dare say it: that woman was, in fact, her own mother.
This summer, the two of them grew closer, and harder.
If someone trusted you like this, but you still hid a secret from him, what would you do?
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇HSK 3 (story word). 他画了一张画 = he painted a painting.
HSK 1. 妈妈把那张画撕坏了 = her mother tore up that painting.
HSK 4 (taught here). 我是故意接近你的 = I got close to you on purpose.
HSK 3. 发现真的画被换走了 = discovered the real painting had been swapped.
HSK 3. 一个人照顾生病的奶奶 = caring for her sick grandma alone.
HSK 3 (story word). 我都相信你 = I trust you no matter what.
Beyond HSK 2. 把那张画撕坏了 = tore the painting apart.
Beyond HSK 2. 拿给一个大教授看 = to show a big professor.
Beyond HSK 2. 陆西骁去了一个比赛 = Lu Xixiao went to a competition.
Beyond HSK 2. 我利用了你 = I used you.
Beyond HSK 2. 头和脚都受伤了 = both her head and foot were injured.
Beyond HSK 2. 周挽一直瞒着他一件事 = Zhou Wan kept one thing hidden from him.
Beyond HSK 2. 还有一个更大的秘密 = there was an even bigger secret.
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法为了 + 目的
为了 introduces the purpose: in order to (do X), she did Y.
为了让他们分开，妈妈把画撕坏了。
当着…的面
当着 X 的面 = right in front of X / to X's face.
妈妈当着周挽的面，把那张画撕坏了。
果然 (sure enough)
果然 = as expected / sure enough — what she feared turned out true.
她一找，果然发现真的画被换走了。
不管…都… (no matter)
不管 A，都 B = no matter A, B holds all the same.
不管你做什么，我都相信你。
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