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尼日利亚年轻人 Oba Femi 在铁笼里打赢了 WWE 的"野兽" Brock Lesnar
Young Nigerian Oba Femi Beat WWE's "Beast" Brock Lesnar in a Steel Cage
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Young Nigerian Oba Femi Beat WWE's "Beast" Brock Lesnar in a Steel Cage. HSK 1 Chinese listening practice.
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 2 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 8 key vocabulary words such as 看、想、高兴 and walks through 2 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
Today, we're going to talk about a big match.
In America, huge numbers of people watch two people fight.
Here there's a man; he's very, very big.
His name is Brock.
Brock is big, and he's very good at fighting.
For many, many years, whoever Brock fought came off badly.
When people saw Brock, no one wanted to fight him.
Brock was too big, and too good at fighting.
Now, there's a young man; his name is Oba.
Oba is also very, very big.
Oba is very young — he's someone new.
In this big match, Oba has to fight Brock.
Everyone wondered: this young man — can he beat Brock?
Brock is huge, and he's fought for many years.
The two of them fought for a long time.
They fought and fought and fought.
Oba won!
The huge Brock lost!
Brock lost; Oba won.
Oba is young, and he beat the huge Brock.
Everyone was thrilled: this young man is so good at fighting!
Now, huge numbers of people know Oba.
Everyone says: this young man is amazing!
Brock fought for many, many years, and on this day, he lost.
Oba is young; Oba won.
Now, when people watch two people fight, everyone wants to watch Oba.
And you?
Do you like watching two people fight like this?
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇很多人看两个人打 — many people watch two people fight.
大家都想：能打 Brock 吗？ — everyone wondered: can he beat Brock?
大家都很高兴 — everyone was thrilled.
你喜欢看两个人打吗？— do you like watching two people fight?
两个人打了很多时候 — the two fought for a long time.
Oba 赢了！— Oba won!
很大的 Brock，输了 — the huge Brock lost.
Oba 很年轻 — Oba is very young.
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What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法太……了
"too ...". 太大了 = too big.
Brock 太大了，也太会打了。
能……吗？
"is (someone) able to ...?"
这个年轻人，能打 Brock 吗？
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