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她用真相交换五架飞机
She Trades the Truth for Five Planes
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Mulan frames Qingyi with a bloody wedding dress, then kneels on the ship to trade her three-year-old secret for the planes his brother's aviation school needs. HSK 3 Chinese listening practice.
This is an HSK 3-4 Chinese listening episode that runs about 6 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 调查、保护、发现 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.
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旁白
霍敏贤失踪以后,所有人的目光都落在清峄身上。清峄
这件婚纱,是你让人找到的。牧兰
你有证据吗?清峄
找到失踪线索的霍家仆人,先来见了你。她离开以后,婚纱才被发现。牧兰
看来你查得很快。清峄
你想让大家相信霍敏贤死了,还想让他们相信是我杀的。牧兰
你当众说过要她付出代价。我只是把你那句气话,变成了真的。清峄
血是真的?牧兰
血是真的,人还活着。清峄
你拿活人来栽赃我。牧兰
你也把李管家变成了指认我的工具。我们用的方法没有多大区别。清峄
李管家呢?我已经让人送他回奉安。牧兰
他回不去了,也不会再多嘴。清峄
你承认对他动手?牧兰
他手不干净,嘴也不严。清峄
任素素,你到底还藏了多少事?牧兰
去告诉霍家,我就是任素素。让他们查,看是查我,还是查你。清峄
你用我的嫌疑保护你的身份。牧兰
你说出秘密,别人也会觉得你在给自己找凶手。清峄
那你以前说过的话呢?有没有一句是真的?牧兰
你想听真话,就先学会别拿证人逼我。清渝
霍家的供货商突然停止交易。原来答应给航校的五架飞机,全被留在船上。清峄
明天就是开学仪式,他们今天才改变主意?清渝
有人截了货。明天开学,没飞机就是天大的笑话。清峄
飞机的主人是我的旧友。我救过他的命,他也早就答应把飞机交给我。清渝
你准备怎么办?清峄
按原来的安排,把五架飞机送给航校。清渝
别再把你的婚事、霍家和航校绑在一起。清峄
航校是大家的事。我的婚事,是我自己的事。旁白
牧兰急了,追问飞机在哪。清峄笑了,他抓住了她的把柄。牧兰
五架飞机必须按时到航校。清峄
你比清渝还着急。开学仪式上有什么在等你?牧兰
我是他未婚妻。他为了航校拼了命,我能不急吗?清峄
这只是一个理由。另一个理由,是孙荣慈会参加开学仪式。牧兰
你调查我?清峄
霍敏贤平安回来,李管家却消失,说明你从来没想破坏我和霍家的婚事。牧兰
你想拿飞机当筹码?清峄
你自己说的。想控制人,就得捏住她的命门。牧兰
你的条件是什么?清峄
到船上来,我们慢慢谈。牧兰
五架飞机,我可以出高于市场的价格。清峄
不卖。牧兰
钱不够,你可以提出别的条件。清峄
跪下求我。牧兰
可以。清峄
为了清渝,你连尊严都不要了?牧兰
航校关乎人命。清渝在那儿流过血。我是他未婚妻,我得帮他。清峄
说得这么真诚,我差点要相信了。牧兰
我有别的打算。但飞机,我是真需要。没骗你。清峄
你把霍敏贤捏在手里,又希望我继续跟她结婚。牧兰
我没有装。你要我跪,我可以跪;你要我求,我现在就求。清峄
我等了三年,只想看你认输。你真的认输,我为什么一点也不痛快?牧兰
因为你要的从来不是我跪下。清峄
那我想要什么?牧兰
你想知道三年前我为什么突然离开,也想知道霍明熙死亡的真相。清峄
你愿意说?牧兰
把飞机给清渝,我把三年前发生的事全部告诉你。清峄
你连真相也拿来交换。牧兰
你连哥哥的飞机也拿来报复我。我们都在用手里的筹码。清峄
那些飞机本来就是我送给哥哥的礼物。牧兰
所以你叫我来,只为了看我低头?清峄
我等这一刻等了三年。可真看你跪下,我心里并不好受。起来。牧兰
清峄,你已经得到答案了。清峄
没有。你愿意为清渝跪,却还是不肯白白对我说一句真话。牧兰
真话,是要代价的。清峄
那就走。飞机不卖,真相我也不买。清渝
五架飞机,一架都不少!旁白
飞机从航校上空飞过,最后停在准备好的空地。清渝
牧兰来找过你?清峄
她愿意跪下,也愿意用三年前的真相交换。清渝
你一直想让她认输,现在终于等到了。清峄
我没有赢。她为了自己的计划而低头,和为了我说真话,是两回事。清渝
可你还是把飞机送来了。清峄
航校不能成为我们报复对方的筹码。清渝
那你们的事呢?清峄
她欠我一个没有条件的答案。我也欠她一次不靠威胁的追问。旁白
牧兰那边,飞机到了。她告诉同伴:盯紧孙荣慈,别动霍家,别露馅。牧兰
飞机到了,明天的计划继续。谁都不能自己行动。旁白
航校得到了开始,清峄和牧兰的交换却停在最危险的地方:真相已经被说成条件,却还没有真正说出口。English transcript reference
After Huo Minxian disappeared, everyone's eyes fell on Qingyi.
Just yesterday he threatened her in the ancestral hall, and he took away the Huo family's steward Li.
Now, Huo Minxian's one-of-a-kind wedding dress has turned up, covered in blood.
This wedding dress, you had someone find it.
Do you have proof?
The Huo servant who found the clue to her disappearance came to see you first. The dress was only discovered after she left.
It seems you investigate quickly.
You want everyone to believe Huo Minxian is dead, and to believe I killed her.
You said in front of everyone she'd pay the price. I just turned your angry words into reality.
Is the blood real?
The blood is real; she's still alive.
You're using a living person to frame me.
And you turned steward Li into a tool to point the finger at me. Our methods aren't so different.
Where is steward Li? I already sent him back to Feng'an.
He can't go back now, and he won't say another word.
You admit you did something to him?
His hands weren't clean, and his mouth wasn't tight.
Ren Susu, just how much more are you hiding?
Go tell the Huo family that I am Ren Susu. Let them investigate — see whether they investigate me, or you.
You use my suspicion to protect your identity.
If you reveal the secret, people will think you're just looking for someone to pin the murder on.
In this trap, none of us walks away clean.
Then what about the things you said before? Was a single word of it true?
If you want to hear the truth, first learn not to pressure me with witnesses.
The Huo family's supplier suddenly stopped the deal. The five planes promised to the flight school are all being held on the ship.
Tomorrow is the opening ceremony. They change their minds only today?
Someone intercepted the shipment. Opening the school tomorrow with no planes would be a huge joke.
The planes' owner is an old friend of mine. I saved his life, and he agreed long ago to hand the planes over to me.
What do you plan to do?
Follow the original arrangement and give the five planes to the flight school.
Stop tying your marriage, the Huo family, and the flight school together.
The flight school is everyone's concern. My marriage is my own affair.
Mulan grew anxious and pressed him about where the planes were. Qingyi smiled — he had caught her weak spot.
The five planes must reach the flight school on time.
You're even more anxious than Qingyu. What's waiting for you at the opening ceremony?
I'm his fiancée. He risked his life for the flight school. How can I not be anxious?
That's only one reason. The other is that Sun Rongci will attend the opening ceremony.
You're investigating me?
Huo Minxian returned safely, but steward Li vanished — which means you never intended to ruin my marriage to the Huo family.
You need this marriage, and you need those five planes.
You want to use the planes as leverage?
You said it yourself. To control someone, you have to seize their vital point.
What are your conditions?
Come aboard the ship, and we'll talk it over slowly.
For the five planes, I can pay above the market price.
Not for sale.
If money isn't enough, you can name another condition.
Kneel and beg me.
All right.
For Qingyu, you'd give up even your dignity?
The flight school is a matter of lives. Qingyu bled for it. I'm his fiancée, I have to help him.
You say it so sincerely I almost believed you.
I have other plans. But the planes, I truly need them. I'm not lying to you.
You hold Huo Minxian in your grip, yet you want me to go on marrying her.
When you were harming me you were ruthless; now that you're begging me, you know how to play pitiful.
I'm not pretending. You want me to kneel, I'll kneel; you want me to beg, I'll beg right now.
I waited three years just to see you concede. Now that you truly concede, why do I feel no satisfaction at all?
Because what you wanted was never for me to kneel.
Then what do I want?
You want to know why I suddenly left three years ago, and you want to know the truth about Huo Mingxi's death.
You're willing to tell me?
Give the planes to Qingyu, and I'll tell you everything that happened three years ago.
You even trade the truth.
And you even use your brother's planes to take revenge on me. We're both playing the chips in our hands.
Those planes were always my gift to my brother.
So you called me here just to watch me bow my head?
I waited three years for this moment. But watching you actually kneel, I don't feel good inside. Get up.
Qingyi, you already have your answer.
No. You're willing to kneel for Qingyu, yet you still won't say one true word to me for free.
The truth comes at a price.
Then go. The planes aren't for sale, and I won't buy the truth either.
Five planes, not one short!
The planes flew over the flight school and finally landed on the prepared open ground.
Qingyi didn't accept Mulan's trade, but he still gave the gift to his brother as originally arranged.
Mulan came to see you?
She was willing to kneel, and willing to trade the truth of three years ago.
You always wanted to see her concede. Now you finally have.
I didn't win. Her bowing for her own plan, and telling me the truth for my sake, are two different things.
But you still delivered the planes.
The flight school can't become a chip we use to take revenge on each other.
Then what about the two of you?
She owes me an answer with no conditions. I owe her a question that doesn't rely on threats.
On Mulan's side, the planes arrived. She told her companions: keep a close eye on Sun Rongci, don't touch the Huo family, don't give yourselves away.
The planes are here, tomorrow's plan continues. No one is to act on their own.
The flight school got its start, but the trade between Qingyi and Mulan stalled at the most dangerous point: the truth has been named as a condition, yet still hasn't truly been spoken.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇HSK 3. Mulan realizes Qingyi has been investigating her.
HSK 3. Mulan protects her identity by redirecting suspicion.
HSK 3. Qingyi discovers how Mulan constructed the trap.
HSK 3. Qingyi asks whether Mulan arranged the bloody clothing.
HSK 3. Their unresolved relationship drives the bargain.
Mulan uses Qingyi's suspicion to shield her own identity.
To make an innocent person look guilty with fake evidence.
The planes become leverage in their negotiation.
A scheme neither of them can escape cleanly.
The critical point by which one can control someone.
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法把 + object + verb
Marks the object as something acted upon, showing disposal or result.
你把李管家变成了指认我的工具。
你想拿飞机当筹码?
只是……
Downplays an action as 'merely' something.
我只是把你那句气话,变成了真的。
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