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她自己上了飞机
She Got On the Plane Herself
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Qingyi blocks Mulan all day and then threatens to take his brother up in a plane, so she gets in instead — and finally tells him about three years ago. HSK 1 Chinese listening practice.
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 9 key vocabulary words such as 飞机、学校、知道 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.
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旁白
清渝的学校今天开了。来了五架飞机。人很多。清峄
他们看飞机。我不看。牧兰
那你看什么？清峄
我看你。你今天想去哪里？牧兰
我不走。清峄
好。你不走，我也不走。牧兰
你别跟着我。清峄
我不跟着你。你去哪里，我都在。旁白
学校后面有一些孩子。他们不说话，也不吃东西。牧兰
你们吃。旁白
孩子看着牧兰。他们都不吃。牧兰
他们不敢吃。清峄
后面有人看着他们。牧兰
你什么时候进来的？清峄
你只看孩子。我就进来了。牧兰
你今天什么也看不到。清峄
我看见了。你不想我看见的，我都看见了。旁白
有人对牧兰说了一句话。牧兰要走。清峄
你去哪里？牧兰
我要出去。清峄
现在不能去。我请大家看戏。这个戏是给你的。牧兰
我不看戏。清峄
戏里的人死了三年，今天回来了。死人能回来？牧兰
戏里可以。清峄
三年前你走了。你为什么不对我说一个字？牧兰
今天不说这个。清峄
今天就说这个。你坐下。旁白
牧兰坐下了。她想走，但是她不能走。牧兰
这架飞机今天不能飞。清峄
为什么？牧兰
我不能说。清峄
那我来开。清渝
你会开飞机吗？清峄
会。你不信我？牧兰
上面很危险。清峄
我知道。牧兰，你和我上去。牧兰
你想做什么？清峄
你不上，那我和清渝上去。旁白
牧兰看清渝，也看那个飞机。她想说：不能上。但是她不能说。牧兰
我上。旁白
飞机上天了。上面只有他们两个人。清峄
现在没有别人。你说三年前的事。牧兰
三年前，我在找小兰。清峄
小兰是谁？牧兰
她带我长大。清峄
她在哪里？牧兰
在霍家。清峄
那你为什么给我写信？牧兰
我想你。清峄
后来呢？牧兰
后来我看见了你。信是你写的。那些日子，我很高兴。清峄
那些日子，我也很高兴。牧兰
我知道。清峄
你想让我信？牧兰
你听我说完。那年，你说霍家有事，你问我去不去。清峄
你说去。牧兰
我想进霍家，只有那一天。清峄
你要我走开，是去找小兰。牧兰
我在门前面，小兰在门后面。就一个门。清峄
后来呢？牧兰
后来我没有再看见她。清峄
三年了，你今天才说。牧兰
今天你不让我走，我才说。旁白
飞机在上面。下面的人都在等他们回来。炸弹也在飞机上。清峄不知道。English transcript reference
Qingyu's school opened today. Five planes came. There are a lot of people.
Mulan has something to do today. This thing, she cannot talk about.
They're all watching the planes. I'm not.
Then what are you watching?
I'm watching you. Where do you want to go today?
I'm not going anywhere.
Good. You don't go, I don't go.
Don't follow me.
I'm not following you. Wherever you go, I'll be there.
Behind the school there are some children. They don't talk, and they don't eat.
Eat.
The children look at Mulan. None of them eat.
They don't dare eat.
There's someone behind us watching them.
When did you come in?
You were only watching the children. So I came in.
Today you're not going to see anything.
I saw it. What you didn't want me to see, I saw all of it.
Someone said something to Mulan. Mulan is about to leave.
Where are you going?
I'm going out.
You can't go now. I've invited everyone to watch an opera. This opera is for you.
I'm not watching an opera.
The person in the opera died three years ago, and today she came back. Can a dead person come back?
In an opera she can.
Three years ago you left. Why didn't you say one word to me?
Not today.
Today. Sit down.
Mulan sat down. She wants to go, but she can't.
There's a bomb on the plane. Getting in means dying. Mulan knows, but she can't say it.
This plane can't fly today.
Why?
I can't say.
Then I'll fly it.
Can you fly a plane?
Yes. You don't believe me?
It's very dangerous up there.
I know. Mulan, you're coming up with me.
What are you trying to do?
If you don't get in, then Qingyu comes up with me.
Mulan looks at Qingyu, then at the plane. She wants to say: don't get in. But she can't say it.
I'll go.
The plane went up. Up there, it's only the two of them.
There's no one else now. Tell me about three years ago.
Three years ago, I was looking for Xiaolan.
Who is Xiaolan?
She raised me.
Where is she?
In the Huo house.
The Huo house has a lot of people.
I went three times, and I couldn't get in.
I came here because I wanted to find Xiaolan.
Then why were you writing to me?
I missed you.
And then?
And then I saw you. You were the one writing the letters. Those days, I was very happy.
Those days, I was happy too.
I know.
You want me to believe you?
Listen to me first. That year, you said the Huo family had something on, and you asked me if I'd go.
You said yes.
I only had that one day to get into the Huo house.
When we got there, I said I was going out to look around.
And you walked away.
You walked away so I could go find Xiaolan.
I was on this side of the door. Xiaolan was on the other side. Just one door.
And then?
And then I never saw her again.
Three years, and you only tell me today.
Today you wouldn't let me go. That's why I'm telling you.
The plane is up there. The people below are waiting for them to come back. The bomb is up there too. Qingyi doesn't know.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇HSK 1. The plane Mulan does not want anyone to board.
HSK 1. Qingyu's aviation school opens on the day of the story.
HSK 1. Mulan knows about the bomb; Qingyi does not.
HSK 1. Qingyi tells her he has seen what she did not want him to see.
Someone has put a bomb on the plane. Mulan cannot say so out loud.
Mulan warns that it is dangerous up in the plane.
Qingyi follows Mulan all day.
Qingyi orders an opera about a dead woman coming back, to keep Mulan in her seat.
The letters Susu wrote him three years ago, and whether he can believe her now.
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法不能 + verb
Says something is not allowed or not possible.
这个事，她不能说。
这架飞机今天不能飞。
别 + verb
Tells someone not to do something.
你别跟着我。
A 也 B
Adds a second thing that is equally true.
你不走，我也不走。
炸弹也在飞机上。
才 + verb
Marks that something only happened because of what came before.
今天你不让我走，我才说。
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