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是你自己要的

You Wanted It Yourself

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Mulan walks back into the place that sold her — in through the front door this time — to take the book with every child's name in it. HSK 2 Chinese listening practice.

This is an HSK 2 Chinese listening episode that runs about 5 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 糖、腿、卖 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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嬷嬷mómo· The matron

来,来。坐这里。

孩子háizi· A child

嬷嬷,我想睡觉。

嬷嬷mómo· The matron

你看这个。

孩子háizi· A child

是糖。我能吃吗?

嬷嬷mómo· The matron

能。这里的孩子都吃一块。吃了糖,都有米饭吃。

孩子háizi· A child

我要这个。

嬷嬷mómo· The matron

好。你要这个。你看,这个是你的腿。

孩子háizi· A child

我的腿?我不要了。

嬷嬷mómo· The matron

你说了要。

孩子háizi· A child

嬷嬷……

嬷嬷mómo· The matron

我叫人来。

牧兰Mùlán· Mulan

我认识这里。

老人lǎorén· An old man

小姐,你现在有钱了。

牧兰Mùlán· Mulan

后面那个小的,还有吗?

老人lǎorén· An old man

还有。小姐,那里太小,你不要去。

牧兰Mùlán· Mulan

我小的时候,走那里。

老人lǎorén· An old man

那是很多年以前了。

牧兰Mùlán· Mulan

我不走那里了。这里的孩子走。

嬷嬷mómo· The matron

谁?你……你是……不。你死了。

牧兰Mùlán· Mulan

嬷嬷。

嬷嬷mómo· The matron

你回来了!你要我死!

牧兰Mùlán· Mulan

你看我。我是热的。

嬷嬷mómo· The matron

你没有死。好,好。你现在有钱了。

牧兰Mùlán· Mulan

我没有死。你认识小兰吗?

嬷嬷mómo· The matron

小……小兰……

牧兰Mùlán· Mulan

你不认识。你卖的孩子太多了。

嬷嬷mómo· The matron

你要做什么?来人!

牧兰Mùlán· Mulan

你叫。今天这里,没有人来。

旁白pángbái· Narrator

这个本子上,有这里的孩子的名字。

牧兰Mùlán· Mulan

在这里。
你怎么在这里?

清峄Qīngyì· Qingyi

她没有死。

牧兰Mùlán· Mulan

什么?

清峄Qīngyì· Qingyi

我来的时候,她能说话。
下面有人。他们会上来。

牧兰Mùlán· Mulan

我知道。

男人nánrén· A man

太冷了。你们怎么不睡觉?

孩子háizi· A child

我们在唱。

男人nánrén· A man

这个时候唱什么?

孩子háizi· A child

嬷嬷说我们唱得不好。她说有钱人不喜欢。她要我们多唱。

男人nánrén· A man

我看看就走。

孩子háizi· A child

先生,你听我们唱,好吗?

男人nánrén· A man

不了,不了。

孩子háizi· A child

先生也说我们唱得不好吗?

男人nánrén· A man

……你们唱。

旁白pángbái· Narrator

他们唱,再唱,再唱。牧兰在上面。

男人nánrén· A man

好了,都回去睡觉。

孩子háizi· A child

是,先生。

男人nánrén· A man

你们都住上面?

清峄Qīngyì· Qingyi

今天的事,我也有。你不说,我也不说。

牧兰Mùlán· Mulan

你想说什么?

清峄Qīngyì· Qingyi

你走的时候,她能叫人。

牧兰Mùlán· Mulan

你怎么来了?

清峄Qīngyì· Qingyi

我怎么不能来?

牧兰Mùlán· Mulan

我是你哥哥的人。我的事,你不能说。

清峄Qīngyì· Qingyi

我可以。

小兰Xiǎolán· Xiaolan

牧兰,喝水。慢一点。

牧兰Mùlán· Mulan

小兰,我不想吃。

小兰Xiǎolán· Xiaolan

你吃。

嬷嬷mómo· The matron

她怎么不起床?

孩子háizi· A child

嬷嬷,她病了!她病了!

嬷嬷mómo· The matron

病了也要起床。那家人要她。

孩子háizi· A child

她起不来!

嬷嬷mómo· The matron

她不走,谁走?

小兰Xiǎolán· Xiaolan

我走。嬷嬷,我走。
我会唱。我走。

旁白pángbái· Narrator

牧兰病了。她起床的时候,小兰走了。小兰再也没有回来。

同伴tóngbàn· Her comrade

嬷嬷死了。报纸上有。

牧兰Mùlán· Mulan

我要这个。

同伴tóngbàn· Her comrade

你要报纸做什么?

牧兰Mùlán· Mulan

报纸上有,看的人很多。那家人现在不能卖这些孩子。

同伴tóngbàn· Her comrade

他们要对孩子好。
那下一个是谁?

牧兰Mùlán· Mulan

买孩子的人。

老爷lǎoye· The old master

本子呢?

下人xiàrén· A servant

本子也没有了。

老爷lǎoye· The old master

去那里看看。昨天晚上,谁来过。
不要都和大人说话。有时候,孩子知道很多。

塔西娅Tǎxīyà· Tasiya

今天没有事,和我出去。

牧兰Mùlán· Mulan

不了。我要回去。

塔西娅Tǎxīyà· Tasiya

那清峄呢?

牧兰Mùlán· Mulan

我的事,不要他来。
他不说话,很好。你知道我。我不回头。

清峄Qīngyì· Qingyi

我哥哥今天有事,他来不了。

老板lǎobǎn· The proprietor

二少,这些衣服今天要看。你和他一样高。你可以吗?

清峄Qīngyì· Qingyi

我不是他。我不想。

牧兰Mùlán· Mulan

二少不想吗?

清峄Qīngyì· Qingyi

小姐平时不想看见我。今天怎么了?

牧兰Mùlán· Mulan

你这个月出去的钱,嫂子给你。

老板lǎobǎn· The proprietor

这一件,是他自己要的。

清峄Qīngyì· Qingyi

小姐是有钱人家的女儿。这一件不好看。
我要那一件。

旁白pángbái· Narrator

她看着他。她没有说话。
English transcript reference

Come, come. Sit here.

Nanny, I want to sleep.

Look at this.

It's candy. Can I eat it?

You can. Every child here eats one. Once you eat the candy, you get rice.

I want this one.

Good. You want this one. Look — this one is your leg.

My leg? I don't want it anymore.

You said you wanted it.

Nanny...

I'll call someone in.

I know this place.

Miss, you're rich now.

That small one round the back — is it still there?

It is. Miss, it's too small, you shouldn't go there.

When I was little, I went through there.

That was many years ago.

I don't go through there now. The children here do.

Who's there? You... you're... no. You're dead.

Nanny.

You've come back! You want me dead!

Look at me. I'm warm.

You're not dead. Good, good. You're rich now.

I'm not dead. Do you know Xiaolan?

Xiao... Xiaolan...

You don't know her. You've sold too many children.

What do you want? Someone, come!

Call them. Nobody is coming here tonight.

This book has the names of the children here.

Here it is.

Why are you here?

She isn't dead.

What?

When I came in, she could still speak.

There are people downstairs. They'll come up.

I know.

It's freezing. Why aren't you asleep?

We're singing.

Singing at this hour?

Nanny says we don't sing well. She says rich people don't like it. She wants us to sing more.

I'll take a look and go.

Sir, will you listen to us sing?

No, no.

Does sir think we sing badly too?

...Sing, then.

They sang, and sang again, and again. Mulan was upstairs.

All right, all of you back to bed.

Yes, sir.

Do you all sleep upstairs?

Tonight — I was in it too. You say nothing, I say nothing.

What are you trying to say?

When you left, she could still call out.

Why did you come?

Why shouldn't I come?

I belong to your brother. What I do is not yours to speak of.

I can.

Mulan, drink some water. Slowly.

Xiaolan, I don't want to eat.

Eat.

Why isn't she up?

Nanny, she's ill! She's ill!

Ill or not, she gets up. That family wants her.

She can't get up!

If she doesn't go, who goes?

I'll go. Nanny, I'll go.

I can sing. I'll go.

Mulan was ill. When she got up, Xiaolan was gone. Xiaolan never came back.

Nanny is dead. It's in the papers.

That's what I wanted.

What do you want the papers for?

It's in the papers, and many people read them. That family can't sell these children now.

They have to be good to the children.

So who's next?

The people who buy the children.

Where is the book?

The book is gone too.

Go and look there. Who came last night?

Don't only talk to the grown-ups. Sometimes the children know a lot.

Nothing on today — come out with me.

No. I'm going back.

And Qingyi?

My business. I don't want him in it.

He says nothing, and that's good. You know me. I don't turn back.

My brother has something on today. He can't come.

Second young master, these clothes must be seen today. You're the same height as him. Could you?

I'm not him. I don't want to.

The second young master doesn't want to?

Miss usually doesn't want to see me. What's different today?

Your spending money this month — your sister-in-law will cover it.

This one he chose himself.

Miss is a rich man's daughter. This one isn't good-looking.

I want that one.

She watched him. She said nothing.

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What vocabulary does this episode teach?

词汇
zhīdàoto know

HSK 1. 「有时候,孩子知道很多」 — the episode's closing threat.

rènshito know (a person)

HSK 1. 「你认识小兰吗?」 — the question the whole scene turns on.

huíláito come back

HSK 1. 「小兰再也没有回来」.

tángcandy, sweet

HSK 1 level word. The thing the matron uses to make a child choose.

tuǐleg

What the sweet the child picked turns out to mean.

màito sell

「你卖的孩子太多了」 — the charge Mulan makes, and the matron never denies it.

běnzinotebook, record book

What she came back for: it holds the names of every child here.

sǐto die

The matron's first thought on seeing her face: 「你死了」.

bìngill, sick

Mulan was ill the night Xiaolan went in her place.

chàngto sing

The children sing to the searching man, and buy her time without knowing it.

bàozhǐnewspaper

Why the death protects the children rather than endangering them.

gēgeelder brother

「我是你哥哥的人」 — the one line that keeps Qingyi at a distance.

* beyond level超纲词

What grammar patterns appear in this episode?

语法
也↗

「你不说,我也不说」 — 也 marks that the second clause matches the first. Qingyi uses it to tie the two of them together.

你不说,我也不说。

今天的事,我也有。

再也没有 …

'never again' — 再也 plus a negative closes a possibility for good.

小兰再也没有回来。

不能 …

'cannot / may not'. Used for both physical inability and things that are not allowed.

那家人现在不能卖这些孩子。

我的事,你不能说。

Proper nouns

专有名词
慕容清峄Mùróng QīngyìMurong Qingyi慕容清渝Mùróng QīngyúMurong Qingyu, his elder brother方牧兰Fāng MùlánFang Mulan任素素Rèn SùsùRen Susu, her name three years ago小兰XiǎolánXiaolan, the girl who went in her place小青XiǎoqīngXiaoqing, another orphanage girl孙嬷嬷Sūn mómoNanny Sun, matron of the orphanage塔西娅TǎxīyàTasiya叶老师Yè lǎoshīTeacher Ye霍家Huò jiāthe Huo family北城BěichéngBeicheng南洋NányángNanyang, the South Seas孤儿院gū'éryuànorphanage航校hángxiàothe aviation school巡捕房xúnbǔfángthe police station波兰语BōlányǔPolish (the language)

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