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美国大游行：“No Kings”
America's Big Protest: 'No Kings'
HSK 1 Chinese listening practice. A simple story about many unhappy people walking together in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago for the No Kings protest.
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 6 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 12 key vocabulary words such as 不高兴、我们、他们 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.
在美国发生了一件大事。
A big thing happened in America.
很多很多人出来了。
Many, many people came out.
他们走到街上。
They walked to the street.
为什么？
Why?
因为他们不高兴。
Because they were not happy.
他们不喜欢总统做的事。
They did not like what the president did.
总统是国家最大的人。
The president is the biggest person in the country.
他做了一些事。
He did some things.
很多人觉得不对。
Many people felt it was wrong.
所以他们出来了。
So they came out.
出来做什么？
Came out to do what?
说话。
To talk.
说他们不同意。
To say they don't agree.
这叫抗议。
This is called a protest.
抗议就是说你不同意。
A protest means you say you don't agree.
你不喜欢。
You don't like something.
你想让别人知道。
You want others to know.
这次抗议很大。
This protest was very big.
有多大？
How big?
差不多九百万人。
About nine million people.
九百万是多少？
How much is nine million?
很多很多人。
Very, very many people.
比很多城市的人都多。
More than many cities.
可能是美国最大的一次。
It might be the biggest one in America ever.
以前没有这么多人。
There were never this many before.
他们在哪里？
Where were they?
到处都有。
Everywhere.
大城市有。
Big cities had them.
小城市也有。
Small cities had them.
小镇也有。
Small towns had them too.
三千多个地方。
More than three thousand places.
纽约有。
New York had them.
洛杉矶有。
Los Angeles had them.
芝加哥有。
Chicago had them.
很多很多城市都有。
Many, many cities had them.
他们什么时候出来的？
When did they come out?
三月二十八号。
March twenty-eighth.
是一个星期六。
It was a Saturday.
星期六不上班。
People don't work on Saturday.
所以很多人可以出来。
So many people could come out.
这不是第一次。
This was not the first time.
以前也有过。
There were times before.
去年六月有一次。
Last June there was one.
那次多少人？
How many people that time?
大概五百万人。
About five million.
五百万已经很多了。
Five million was already a lot.
去年十月又有一次。
Last October there was another one.
那次七百万人。
That time seven million people.
更多了。
Even more.
这次呢？
This time the most.
九百万人。
Nine million people.
一次比一次多。
More every time.
为什么越来越多？
Because more people are unhappy.
因为不高兴的人越来越多。
Things did not get better.
事情没有变好。
Things got worse.
反而更不好了。
What do they call this event?
他们叫这个活动什么？
No Kings.
叫No Kings。
No means don't want.
No是不要的意思。
Kings means kings.
Kings是国王的意思。
Don't want a king.
不要国王。
America has no king.
美国没有国王。
America has a president.
美国有总统。
But a president is not a king.
但是总统不是国王。
A king does whatever he wants.
国王想做什么就做什么。
A president cannot.
总统不可以。
A president must listen to the people.
总统要听人民的。
People means regular folks.
人民就是老百姓。
Like you and me.
就是你和我。
If the president doesn't listen.
如果总统不听。
People will say no.
人民就会说不行。
Just like now.
就像现在。
They came out to say no.
他们出来说不行。
We don't want a king.
我们不要国王。
What did the protesters do?
抗议的人做了什么？
They walked.
他们走路。
They held signs.
他们举牌子。
Signs had words on them.
牌子上写着字。
Words they wanted to say.
写着他们想说的话。
They shouted slogans.
他们喊口号。
Slogans are words everyone says together.
口号就是大家一起说的话。
Like everyone shouting together.
比如大家一起喊。
No kings! No kings!
不要国王！
That is a slogan.
不要国王！
They did not hit anyone.
这就是口号。
They did not break things.
他们没有打人。
They were peaceful.
没有坏东西。
Peaceful means no fighting.
他们是和平的。
No violence.
和平就是不打架。
Only talking.
不用暴力。
Police were there too.
只用说话。
Police watched from the side.
警察也在。
In Los Angeles.
警察在旁边看着。
Too many people on the road.
在洛杉矶。
Highway entrances were closed.
路上人太多了。
Because too many people.
高速公路的入口关了。
Cars could not drive.
因为人太多。
Why are Americans unhappy?
车开不了。
There are several reasons.
美国人为什么不高兴？
First reason.
有几个原因。
Some people were arrested.
第一个。
The way they arrested people was too violent.
有人被抓了。
Some people died.
抓人的方式太暴力。
Everyone was very angry.
有人死了。
Second reason.
大家很生气。
The government shut down.
第二个。
What does that mean?
政府关门了。
Many people have no wages now.
什么意思？
They go to work.
就是很多人没工资了。
But there is no money.
他们去上班。
Like airport workers.
但是没有钱。
They go to work every day.
比如机场的人。
But no money.
他们每天去工作。
For several weeks now.
但是没有钱拿。
This is not fair.
好几个星期了。
Third reason.
这不公平。
Some people feel.
第三个。
The president acts too much like a king.
有些人觉得。
Does whatever he wants.
总统做事太像国王了。
Doesn't listen to others.
自己想做什么就做什么。
So everyone says no king.
不听别人的。
What does this tell us?
所以大家说不要国王。
In America.
这件事告诉我们什么？
People can say they disagree.
在美国。
They can come out and walk.
人们可以说不同意。
They can hold signs.
可以出来走。
They can shout slogans.
可以举牌子。
This is their right.
可以喊口号。
A right is something you can do.
这是他们的权利。
Whether you agree with them or not.
权利就是你可以做的事。
This right is important.
不管你同不同意他们。
Nine million people walked together.
这个权利很重要。
This is a very, very big thing.
九百万人一起走。
The whole world is watching.
这是很大很大的事。
People from many countries are watching.
全世界都在看。
They also want to know.
很多国家的人在看。
What happened in America?
他们也想知道。
What is wrong?
美国怎么了？
America, what happened to you?
为什么这么多人出来？
Why did so many people come out?
这就是No Kings的故事。
This is the story of No Kings.
Not happy. Many people were unhappy.
HSK 1. we; us.
HSK 1. they; them.
HSK 1. what.
HSK 1. time / moment.
HSK 1. now.
To come out and say you disagree with something.
The leader of a country. America has a president.
A ruler who can do anything. America does not have a king.
A road in a city. They walked to the street.
A board with words on it. They held signs.
Words everyone shouts together.
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