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人已经不在车站
The Man Was Already Gone
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Intermediate Chinese audio drama: Qingyi bets that Mulan will silence Steward Li, then catches her with a hidden dinner knife. HSK 3 Chinese listening practice.
This is an HSK 3-4 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 8 key vocabulary words such as 身份、证据、保护 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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旁白
牧兰正式住进慕容家。清渝
东西太多了。母亲看了会不高兴。清峄
她不是来住几天。她是来让所有人看见她住在这里。清渝
她是我的未婚妻。住进来很正常。清峄
正常的人,不会用这么多东西证明自己是谁。清渝
你还在看她的脸。清峄
我在看她为什么不怕我看。清渝
清峄,她住进来以后,你不能再当众叫那个名字。清峄
素素。清渝
你看,你还是叫了。清峄
那我就换一个办法。不问她是谁,先看她怕谁。旁白
清峄提出送她回家。牧兰没有拒绝,像接受一次必须完成的礼貌。清峄
你住进慕容家,大家都会开始叫你清渝的未婚妻。牧兰
这本来就是我的身份。清峄
身份可以搬进来。过去搬不进来。牧兰
你又要说任素素。清峄
我因为这个女人,在一个出不去的地方待了三年。牧兰
你把旧账算在我身上,只会显得你认错了人。清峄
认错的人,通常会急着解释。你只是很稳。牧兰
稳,不代表我认识她。清峄
那我们等一个认识她的人。清渝
你查到什么了?清峄
李管家明天到南城。三年前他见过素素。清渝
你要让他认人?清峄
牧兰会先让他不能认。清渝
你凭什么这么肯定?清峄
如果她只是长得像,她不必怕一个管家。清渝
所以你准备怎么办?清峄
她会先去车站。那个人,已经不在那条路上。清渝
你这是在保护证人,还是在试她?清峄
两件事是同一件事。她去不去,比她说不说“我是牧兰”更清楚。旁白
牧兰赶到车站。牧兰
李管家?别出声。跟我走。旁白
她抓住袖子。衣服空了,整个人向外倒下去,帽子下面没有脸。牧兰
假人。清峄
你来得很快。牧兰
人呢?清峄
不在车站了。牧兰
是你让他走的?清峄
你刚让他别开口。牧兰
你没有证据。清峄
证据就是你来了,还不许他说话。旁白
牧兰回到公馆,手里始终没有松开身后的东西。清峄
今晚还有第二趟?牧兰
我出去一趟就回来。清峄
把刀放下。牧兰
你赢了这一次。清峄
我没有赢你是谁。我只赢下今晚。牧兰
你要把我留在这里?清峄
今天晚上,这扇门对你关上。李管家还活着。明天他会站在花园里看你。牧兰
你以为一张旧脸,就能让所有事情结束?清峄
不能。所以我才先让你走不了。旁白
餐刀留在盘边。English transcript reference
Mulan formally moves into the Murong house.
New furniture is carried in piece by piece, as if telling the whole house: the Fang family's daughter has sat down.
There are too many things. Mother will be unhappy when she sees them.
She did not come to stay a few days. She came to let everyone see that she lives here.
She is my fiancée. Moving in is normal.
A normal person would not use this many things to prove who she is.
You are still looking at her face.
I am looking at why she is not afraid of me looking.
Qingyi, after she moves in, you cannot call that name in front of people.
Susu.
See? You still said it.
Then I will change methods. I will not ask who she is. I will see whom she fears.
Qingyi offers to take her home. Mulan does not refuse, as if accepting a courtesy she must complete.
You have moved into the Murong house. Everyone will start calling you Qingyu's fiancée.
This has always been my identity.
Identity can be moved in. The past cannot.
You are going to talk about Ren Susu again.
Because of that woman, I spent three years in a place I could not leave.
I will not let her walk out of my sight again.
If you put old accounts on me, you will only look like you have the wrong person.
People who have the wrong person usually rush to explain. You are only very steady.
Being steady does not mean I know her.
Then we will wait for someone who does know her.
What did you find?
Steward Li arrives in South City tomorrow. Three years ago he saw Susu.
You want him to identify her?
Mulan will keep him from identifying anyone first.
How can you be so sure?
If she only looks like her, she need not fear a steward.
If she is that person, she will certainly fear him opening his mouth.
So what are you going to do?
She will go to the station first. That man is already off that road.
Are you protecting a witness, or testing her?
They are the same thing. Whether she goes is clearer than whether she says, "I am Mulan."
Mulan hurries to the station.
A man in a hat sits in the corner, hands on his knees, as if he has just gotten off a car and has not had time to speak.
Steward Li? Do not make a sound. Come with me.
She grabs the sleeve. The clothes are empty. The whole figure falls outward. Under the hat there is no face.
A dummy.
You came very fast.
Where is the person?
Not at the station anymore.
You let him leave?
You just told him not to open his mouth.
You have no evidence.
The evidence is that you came, and would not let him speak.
Mulan returns to the mansion, never loosening what she holds behind her.
Qingyi waits for her in the hall, as if he already knew she would try to leave again.
A second trip tonight?
I will go out once and come back.
Put the knife down.
What you hid behind you is not a key.
You won this time.
I did not win who you are. I only won tonight.
You are going to keep me here?
Tonight, this door closes on you. Steward Li is still alive. Tomorrow he will stand in the garden and look at you.
You think one old face can make everything end?
It cannot. That is why I will not let you leave first.
The dinner knife stays by the plate.
Mulan stands among the furniture she has just moved in, and for the first time sees that these things can also become a wall.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇who someone is, or the role they claim
something that shows a claim is true
to keep a person safe
an arranged set of actions
someone who has seen a person before
a fake body used to replace a real person
to start talking, especially to identify someone
a knife from the dining table
* beyond level超纲词
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