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他要出国那年，在秋千上问了她一句
The Year He Left, and the Question on the Swing
HSK 1-2 Chinese listening practice. In Never-Ending Summer, Lu Xixiao and Zhou Wan save a classmate on a rooftop, he shares the loss of his mother, and on a swing before leaving he asks: do you want to fall in love?
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、相信 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，陆西骁对周挽说，他相信她。
Last time, Lu Xixiao told Zhou Wan that he trusted her.
可是，周挽心里还有一个大秘密。
But in her heart, Zhou Wan still had a big secret.
今天，接着往下说。
Today, let's keep going.
周挽的奶奶病了，住在医院里。
Zhou Wan's grandma was ill, staying in the hospital.
奶奶要做手术，还差很多钱。
Grandma needed surgery, and was still far short of the money.
这个时候，妈妈又来找陆西骁。
At this time, Zhou Wan's mother came to Lu Xixiao again.
她给了陆西骁一个条件：只要他出国，就给这笔钱。
She gave Lu Xixiao a condition: if he went abroad, she'd give the money.
陆西骁为了帮周挽，一下子就答应了。
For Zhou Wan's sake, Lu Xixiao agreed at once.
他要一个人，去很远的外国。
He would go alone, to a faraway country.
有一天，学校里出了一件大事。
One day, something big happened at school.
一个女生，因为太难过，站到了很高的楼顶上。
A girl, because she was so sad, stood on a very high rooftop.
她觉得自己不行了。
She felt she couldn't go on.
陆西骁和周挽一起跑上去，慢慢地劝她。
Lu Xixiao and Zhou Wan ran up together and slowly talked to her.
他们把自己心里的苦，都说给她听。
They told her the pain in their own hearts.
陆西骁用力把她拉了回来。
Lu Xixiao pulled her back with all his strength.
可是他自己，却差一点掉下去。
But he himself almost fell off.
周挽死死拉住他的手，两个人都很危险。
Zhou Wan grabbed his hand and held on; both of them were in danger.
还好，楼下有救援的网，两个人都没事。
Luckily, below there was a rescue net, and both of them were safe.
后来，陆西骁告诉了周挽一件他从来不说的事。
Later, Lu Xixiao told Zhou Wan something he'd never spoken of.
他很小的时候，妈妈生了很重的病，心里很苦。
When he was very young, his mother fell gravely ill and was in great pain.
最后，妈妈一个人，离开了这个世界。
In the end, his mother left this world, all alone.
从那以后，陆西骁一直一个人，心里很孤单。
From then on, Lu Xixiao was always alone, and very lonely inside.
现在有了周挽，他才第一次觉得，身边有个人。
Now that he had Zhou Wan, he felt, for the first time, that someone was by his side.
夏天很快就过去了，高考也结束了。
The summer passed quickly, and the college entrance exam ended.
陆西骁真的要走了。
Lu Xixiao really was about to leave.
走以前的那个晚上，两个人坐在秋千上，一起看星星。
On the night before he left, the two of them sat on a swing and looked at the stars.
陆西骁说：以前我一个人住在这儿，冷冷清清。
Lu Xixiao said: before, I lived here all alone, cold and quiet.
现在有你在，这里才有一点点家的感觉。
Now that you're here, this place finally feels a little like home.
周挽轻轻问他：你为什么，一定要出国？
Zhou Wan gently asked him: why do you have to go abroad?
陆西骁没有回答，只是看着她。
Lu Xixiao didn't answer, he just looked at her.
过了很久，他忽然开口，问了一句：
After a long while, he suddenly spoke and asked:
你想不想，谈恋爱？
Do you want to fall in love?
夏天要结束了，他也要走了。
The summer was ending, and he was leaving.
可就在这个时候，他把这句话说了出来。
But right at this moment, he said these words out loud.
周挽会怎么回答呢？
How will Zhou Wan answer?
他们两个人的故事，还没有结束。
Their story isn't over yet.
如果有一个人，一直陪着你，最后却要走，你会怎么办？
If someone had always been by your side, but had to leave in the end, what would you do?
HSK 1. 还差很多钱 = still far short of the money.
HSK 1. 妈妈又来找陆西骁 = his mother came to him again.
HSK 3 (story word). 他相信她 = he trusts her.
HSK 2. 妈妈生了很重的病 = his mother fell gravely ill.
HSK 4 (taught here). 心里很孤单 = very lonely inside.
Beyond HSK 2. 奶奶要做手术 = grandma needs surgery.
Beyond HSK 2. 只要他出国 = as long as he goes abroad.
Beyond HSK 2. 高考也结束了 = the college entrance exam ended.
Beyond HSK 2. 两个人坐在秋千上 = the two of them sat on a swing.
Beyond HSK 2. 一起看星星 = looking at the stars together.
Beyond HSK 2. 楼下有救援的网 = below there was a rescue net.
Beyond HSK 2. 你想不想谈恋爱？ = do you want to date / fall in love?
Beyond HSK 2. 心里还有一个大秘密 = still a big secret in her heart.
* beyond level超纲词
只要 A，就 B
只要 A，就 B = as long as A, then B — a condition and its result.
只要他出国，就给这笔钱。
为了 + 目的
为了 X = for the sake of X / in order to X.
陆西骁为了帮周挽，一下子就答应了。
把 + 宾语 + 拉/说…
把 fronts the object to stress what is done to it (pulled back, told to her).
用力把她拉了回来。
把自己心里的苦，都说给她听。
从…以后 / 从那以后
从那以后 = from then on; marks a lasting change after an event.
从那以后，陆西骁一直一个人。
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