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奶奶不在了那年，一直陪着她的那个人
The Year She Lost Grandma, and the One Who Stayed
HSK 1-2 Chinese listening practice. In Never-Ending Summer, grandma dies and Zhou Wan breaks down, but Lu Xixiao stays, saves her from a gas accident, wins her a bicycle, and sells his motorbike to save her home.
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、离开 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，陆西骁在秋千上，问周挽想不想谈恋爱。
Last time, on a swing, Lu Xixiao asked Zhou Wan whether she wanted to fall in love.
他本来就要出国了。
He was already about to go abroad.
今天，接着往下说。
Today, let's keep going.
可是，就在这个时候，周挽的奶奶走了。
But right at this moment, Zhou Wan's grandma passed away.
奶奶生了很久的病，最后还是离开了。
Grandma had been ill a long time, and in the end she left.
周挽从小就和奶奶一起长大。
Zhou Wan had grown up with grandma since she was little.
现在奶奶不在了，她一下子什么都没有了。
Now that grandma was gone, all at once she had nothing.
周挽把自己关在家里，天天哭，不吃也不睡。
Zhou Wan shut herself in at home, crying every day, not eating or sleeping.
陆西骁看着她这样，心里特别难受。
Watching her like this, Lu Xixiao felt terrible inside.
他本来要走的，可是他没有走。
He was supposed to leave, but he didn't.
他留下来，帮周挽办奶奶的事，一件一件都办得好好的。
He stayed and helped Zhou Wan handle grandma's affairs, taking care of every detail.
就连那个借钱给她的坏人，也少要了一些钱。
Even the bad man who'd lent her money asked for less.
可是周挽还是走不出来。
But Zhou Wan still couldn't come out of it.
有一天，周挽太想奶奶了，一个人在家里睡着了。
One day, missing grandma too much, she fell asleep alone at home.
家里出了事，很危险，周挽差一点就没了。
Something happened at home, very dangerous — Zhou Wan nearly didn't make it.
还好，陆西骁赶到，打破窗户，把她送到了医院。
Luckily, Lu Xixiao rushed over, broke the window, and got her to the hospital.
从医院回来以后，周挽心里的伤还是很重。
After coming home from the hospital, the wound in her heart was still deep.
陆西骁就一直抱着她，陪着她，一点一点地把她拉出来。
Lu Xixiao just held her, stayed with her, and pulled her out little by little.
慢慢地，周挽终于又笑了。
Slowly, Zhou Wan finally smiled again.
后来，是周挽的生日。
Later, it was Zhou Wan's birthday.
周挽以前说过，她很想要一辆自行车。
Zhou Wan had once said she really wanted a bicycle.
陆西骁就在游乐场玩了一整晚，赢来了一辆自行车。
So Lu Xixiao played all night at the arcade and won a bicycle.
他一个人，把那么重的车，搬到了楼顶上，送给周挽。
Alone, he carried that heavy bike up to the rooftop and gave it to Zhou Wan.
不只这样，为了帮周挽把家里的房子拿回来，
Not only that — to help Zhou Wan get her family's house back,
陆西骁把自己最喜欢的摩托车，也卖了。
Lu Xixiao sold his own favorite motorbike.
这个时候，周挽的妈妈又出现了。
At this time, Zhou Wan's mother appeared again.
她劝周挽，离开陆西骁。
She urged Zhou Wan to leave Lu Xixiao.
她说：你和他，不是一个世界的人。
She said: you and he are not from the same world.
可是这一次，陆西骁没有走，周挽也没有推开他。
But this time, Lu Xixiao didn't leave, and Zhou Wan didn't push him away.
奶奶不在了，可是陆西骁一直都在。
Grandma was gone, but Lu Xixiao was always there.
这个夏天最黑的时候，是他，把周挽一点一点，从黑暗里拉了回来。
In the darkest time of this summer, it was he who pulled Zhou Wan, bit by bit, out of the dark.
只是，周挽心里那个秘密，还有她的妈妈，都还在。
Only, the secret in Zhou Wan's heart, and her mother, were both still there.
他们两个人，真的能一直在一起吗？
Can the two of them really stay together?
在你最难的时候，有没有一个人，一直没有走？
In your hardest time, was there someone who never left?
HSK 1. 借钱给她的坏人也少要了钱 = the man who lent her money asked for less.
HSK 1. 周挽的妈妈又出现了 = Zhou Wan's mother appeared again.
HSK 2. 她劝周挽离开陆西骁 = she urges Zhou Wan to leave Lu Xixiao.
HSK 1. 把她送到了医院 = got her to the hospital.
HSK 2. 是周挽的生日 = it's Zhou Wan's birthday.
Beyond HSK 2. 他本来就要出国了 = he was already about to go abroad.
Beyond HSK 2. 问周挽想不想谈恋爱 = asked her if she wanted to fall in love.
Beyond HSK 2. 她很想要一辆自行车 = she really wanted a bicycle.
Beyond HSK 2. 把最喜欢的摩托车也卖了 = sold even his favorite motorbike.
Beyond HSK 2. 家里出了事，很危险 = something happened at home, very dangerous.
Beyond HSK 2. 把周挽从黑暗里拉了回来 = pulled Zhou Wan back out of the dark.
Beyond HSK 2. 周挽心里那个秘密还在 = the secret in her heart is still there.
Beyond HSK 2. 把车搬到了楼顶上 = carried the bike up to the rooftop.
* beyond level超纲词
就连…也/都…
就连 X 也/都 Y = even X does Y — stresses an extreme, unexpected case.
就连那个借钱给她的坏人，也少要了一些钱。
把 + 宾语 + 动词 + 方向
把 fronts the object; a directional ending (到/回来) shows where it ends up.
把她送到了医院。
把周挽从黑暗里拉了回来。
为了 + 目的
为了 X = for the sake of X / in order to X.
为了帮周挽把家里的房子拿回来，陆西骁把摩托车卖了。
还是 + 动词 (still)
还是 = still / after all, despite everything.
周挽还是走不出来。
陆西骁一直都在。
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