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OpenAI 关掉了 Sora
OpenAI Shut Down Sora
HSK 1 Chinese listening practice. A simple story about Sora, OpenAI's video app on your phone, and why the company decided to close it down.
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 4 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 手机、电脑、贵 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.
有一个手机上的东西。
There was something on phones.
它叫Sora。
It was called Sora.
你用它可以做视频。
You could use it to make videos.
视频就是动的画。
A video is a moving picture.
你说一句话。
You say one sentence.
它就给你做视频。
It makes a video for you.
很好玩。
Very fun.
很多人喜欢。
Many people liked it.
但是现在没了。
But now it's gone.
做Sora的公司不做了。
The company that made Sora stopped.
这个公司叫OpenAI。
This company is called OpenAI.
它很大。
It is very big.
很有钱。
Very rich.
它做了很多东西。
It made many things.
但是Sora不做了。
But Sora is stopped now.
为什么？
Why?
因为做视频要很多电脑。
Because making videos needs many computers.
电脑很贵。
Computers are expensive.
公司的钱不够。
The company doesn't have enough money.
不是真的不够。
Not really not enough.
是有别的东西更重要。
There are other more important things.
公司要做别的。
The company wants to do other things.
比如写字。
Like writing.
比如想问题。
Like thinking about problems.
这些赚钱多。
These make more money.
做视频赚钱少。
Making videos makes less money.
所以不做了。
So they stopped.
Sora是什么时候有的？
When did Sora start?
二零二四年。
In 2024.
那时候很多人看到了。
At that time many people saw it.
大家说好厉害。
Everyone said how amazing.
它做的视频很好看。
The videos it made were very nice.
有人。
There were people.
有动物。
There were animals.
有风。
There was wind.
有水。
There was water.
都很像真的。
They all looked very real.
但是有人不开心。
But some people were not happy.
谁不开心？
Who was not happy?
做电影的人。
People who make movies.
他们怕。
They were scared.
怕什么？
Scared of what?
怕电脑做电影。
Scared that computers make movies.
那他们就没工作了。
Then they would have no work.
后来Sora变得更好了。
Later Sora got even better.
视频更好看。
The videos were nicer.
还有声音。
There was also sound.
它做了一个手机上的东西。
It made a phone app.
大家都去下。
Everyone went to download it.
第一天就很多人下。
On the first day many people downloaded it.
人们做了什么？
What did people do?
他们做了很多视频。
They made many videos.
有的很好玩。
Some were very fun.
有的是电影里的人。
Some had movie characters.
有的是游戏里的人。
Some had game characters.
这有问题。
This was a problem.
因为那些人不是他们的。
Because those characters were not theirs.
是别的公司的。
They belonged to other companies.
迪士尼也来了。
Disney also came.
迪士尼你知道吗？
Do you know Disney?
它有米老鼠。
It has Mickey Mouse.
有很多电影。
It has many movies.
迪士尼给了OpenAI很多钱。
Disney gave OpenAI a lot of money.
多少钱？
How much money?
十亿美元。
One billion dollars.
很多很多钱。
A lot of money.
它们想一起做东西。
They wanted to make things together.
用迪士尼的人物做视频。
Using Disney characters to make videos.
但是现在Sora没了。
But now Sora is gone.
所以这个事也没了。
So this plan is also gone.
迪士尼说没关系。
Disney said it's okay.
它们还会和别的公司做。
They will work with other companies.
现在OpenAI要做别的事。
Now OpenAI wants to do other things.
它要做更赚钱的东西。
It wants to make things that earn more money.
它现在值很多钱。
It is worth a lot of money now.
七千三百亿美元。
730 billion dollars.
这个数字很大。
This number is very big.
非常大。
Very very big.
它刚刚拿了一千一百亿。
It just got 110 billion.
所以它有钱。
So it has money.
但是钱要用在好的地方。
But money should be used in good places.
做视频不是最好的。
Making videos is not the best.
做文字和代码更好。
Making text and code is better.
代码就是电脑的语言。
Code is the language of computers.
所以Sora就没了。
So Sora is gone.
你以前用过Sora吗？
Have you used Sora before?
如果用过。
If you have.
你要把你的视频存好。
You should save your videos.
因为以后就没了。
Because later they will be gone.
这个故事告诉我们什么？
What does this story tell us?
有时候一个东西很好。
Sometimes something is very good.
很多人喜欢。
Many people like it.
但是公司还是不做了。
But the company still stops it.
因为有更重要的东西。
Because there are more important things.
这就是OpenAI关掉Sora的故事。
This is the story of OpenAI closing Sora.
A mobile phone. 手机上的东西 means something on the phone.
A machine for working and playing. Making videos needs many computers.
Costs a lot of money. 电脑很贵.
To be afraid. Movie people were scared of AI.
HSK 1. it doesn't matter.
HSK 1. we; us.
A moving picture with sound. Sora makes videos.
A business. OpenAI is a big company.
Matters a lot. There are more important things than Sora.
To earn money. Writing makes more money than videos.
Very impressive. 大家说好厉害.
Short for 下载. 大家都去下 means everyone downloaded it.
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