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妈妈不会有两个老公
OPPO's Mother's Day Mistake — A Mom Doesn't Have Two Husbands
HSK 1 Chinese listening practice. A simple story about OPPO's Mother's Day mistake in China — and why a mom doesn't have two husbands.
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 7 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 20 key vocabulary words such as 广告、公司、母亲节 and walks through 7 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.
A business — a place that makes things or sells services. OPPO is one example.
The everyday word for mother. Same character repeated.
The everyday word for father.
手 (hand) + 机 (machine). The phone you carry.
电 (electricity) + 视 (view). The box you watch shows on.
唱 (sing) + 歌 (song). What singers do.
Describes how something or someone looks beautiful.
生 (produce) + 气 (qi/feeling). To get angry.
大 (big) + 学 (study). A university or college.
Opposite of 对 (right). To be incorrect. 你错了 = you're wrong.
广 (broad) + 告 (tell). A paid message from a company asking you to buy something. Every TV, phone, and street is full of them.
母亲 (mother) + 节 (festival). Celebrated worldwide on the second Sunday of May.
Casual word for 'husband' — used in everyday speech, more common than the formal 丈夫.
明 (bright) + 星 (star). A famous person — singer, actor.
开 (open) + 玩笑 (joke). To joke or tease someone.
道 (speak) + 歉 (regret). To say 'sorry, I was wrong.'
处 (handle) + 罚 (penalty). What happens when someone does something wrong and gets disciplined.
Going down — in price, in temperature, or here in job rank. 降两级 = demoted two levels.
领 (lead) + 导 (guide). A boss or senior person at work.
尊 (honor) + 重 (heavy). To treat someone or something with proper respect.
* beyond level超纲词
'If you don't understand, that's OK.' A reassuring phrase often used by teachers/narrators.
听不懂没关系。
我给你讲。