Fluentide

A Chinese podcast · Same story, 4 levels

Oba Femi Beats Brock Lesnar in WWE Cage Match — episode cover art
1:51

WWE地狱牢笼上演新老对决:尼日利亚28岁新星 Oba Femi 击败"野兽"Brock Lesnar

Oba Femi Beats Brock Lesnar in WWE Cage Match

About this story

Oba Femi Beats Brock Lesnar in WWE Cage Match. HSK 4 Chinese listening practice.

This is an HSK 4 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 10 key vocabulary words such as 年轻、害怕、觉得 and walks through 3 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.

Read at your level

原文

Read the complete story in Chinese. Reveal pinyin and English only when you need them.

这几天,全世界喜欢摔跤的人,都在聊同一件事。
在美国,有一个非常有名的摔跤表演,叫 WWE。
说是"打",其实更像是一场又激烈又好看的表演。
在 WWE 里,有一个像神一样的人物,叫 Brock Lesnar。
大家都叫他"野兽",因为他又高又壮,力气大得吓人。
二十年来,他几乎打倒了所有人,很多摔跤手一看到他就害怕。
可是最近,一个年轻人,让"野兽"第一次尝到了输的感觉。
这个年轻人叫 Oba Femi,来自尼日利亚,今年才二十八岁。
他以前是练体育的,后来进了 WWE,几年就火了起来,大家叫他"统治者"。
这个夏天最大的一场比赛,叫 SummerSlam。
在这场比赛里,两个人被关进了一个大铁笼子,谁也跑不出去。
更狠的是,比赛就在 Brock 自己的家乡打。
所有人都以为,"野兽"在家门口,一定会赢。
可是结果让所有人都没想到:年轻的 Oba,又一次赢了 Brock。
其实几个月前,他就已经打赢过 Brock 一次了。
这一次,等于是把"野兽"彻底打下了神坛。
很多人说,Brock 老了,可能真的要退休了。
而 Oba 才二十八岁,属于他的时代,才刚刚开始。
一个年轻人,在最大的舞台上,打倒了大家最怕的人。
这就是很多人爱看摔跤的原因。
你觉得呢?
你会喜欢看这样的比赛吗?
English transcript reference

These past few days, wrestling fans around the world have all been talking about the same thing.

In America, there's a very famous wrestling show called WWE.

It's called “fighting,” but it's really more of a fierce, entertaining performance.

In WWE, there's a figure who's almost like a god, named Brock Lesnar.

Everyone calls him “the Beast,” because he's tall and powerfully built, with terrifying strength.

For twenty years, he beat almost everyone; many wrestlers were scared just seeing him.

But recently, a young man made “the Beast” taste losing for the first time.

This young man is Oba Femi, from Nigeria, only 28 years old.

He used to train in sports; later he joined WWE, blew up within a few years, and people call him “the Ruler.”

This summer's biggest match is called SummerSlam.

In this match, the two were locked inside a big steel cage, and no one could get out.

Even crueler: the match took place in Brock's own hometown.

Everyone assumed “the Beast,” at home, was sure to win.

But the result no one expected: the young Oba beat Brock once again.

In fact, a few months earlier, he'd already beaten Brock once.

This time, it amounted to knocking “the Beast” completely off his pedestal.

Many say Brock is old, and might really be about to retire.

And Oba is only 28; the era that belongs to him is only just beginning.

A young man, on the biggest stage, took down the person everyone feared most.

That's exactly why so many people love watching wrestling.

What do you think?

Would you enjoy watching a match like this?

Listen again

Try it without the transcript and notice what sounds clearer.

What vocabulary does this episode teach?

词汇
hàipàto be afraid

很多摔跤手一看到他就害怕.

juédeto think, to feel

你觉得呢?— what do you think?

kāishǐto begin

属于他的时代,才刚刚开始.

bǐsàimatch

这个夏天最大的一场比赛.

biǎoyǎnperformance, show

更像是一场好看的表演.

niánqīngyoung

一个年轻人,让"野兽"尝到了输的感觉.

shuāijiāowrestling

全世界喜欢摔跤的人.

yěshòubeast

大家都叫他"野兽".

tǒngzhìzhěruler

大家叫他"统治者".

tuìxiūto retire

可能真的要退休了.

* beyond level超纲词

What grammar patterns appear in this episode?

语法

又……又……

"both ... and ...".

他又高又壮。

又激烈又好看。

一……就……

"as soon as ..., then ...".

很多摔跤手一看到他就害怕。

等于……

"amounts to / is as good as ...".

这一次,等于是把"野兽"彻底打下了神坛。

Proper nouns

专有名词
Brock LesnarBrock Lesnar"the Beast," the veteranOba FemiOba Femi"the Ruler," 28, from NigeriaSummerSlamSummerSlamWWE's big summer event尼日利亚NírìlìyàNigeria

Free account

Keep learning from this story

Create a free account to keep saved words and your preferred level together.

  • Keep words with their story context
  • Remember your preferred level
  • Build your vocabulary over time

Keep learning