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帕兰提尔利润大涨,美国商业收入首次超过政府
Palantir Profit Soars as U.S. Commercial Revenue Overtakes Government Business for the First Time
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HSK 1: Palantir's quarterly revenue hits $2.31 billion as U.S. commercial sales surpass government for the first time, but stock falls over 3%.
This is an HSK 2 Chinese listening episode that runs about 2 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 公司、钱、多 and walks through 6 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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English transcript reference
U.S. companies are paying Palantir more money.
This is the first time it's more than what the U.S. government pays.
This company makes software for computers.
Both U.S. companies and the U.S. government buy its software.
In these three months, the company received over $2 billion.
This is almost double compared to last year.
This is the first time it has received this much money in three months.
People previously said it would receive $2.2 billion.
It received more.
The U.S. government gave it over $900 million.
The money from the U.S. government also increased.
Almost double compared to last year.
U.S. companies gave it over $900 million.
The money from U.S. companies is a little bit more than from the U.S. government.
The money from U.S. companies also increased.
Almost one and a half times more than last year.
Its profit also increased a lot.
It earned over $1.1 billion.
At this time last year, it earned over $400 million.
In these three months, the company did business with buyers.
It made over 200 deals in total.
These deals are worth a total of $2.9 billion.
In the previous three months, there was more business.
There were 220 deals.
Those deals were worth $3.4 billion.
Business decreased a little.
The company says it will receive over $8.5 billion this year.
The company's boss Karp wrote a letter to stock buyers.
He said the company is receiving a lot more money.
He said this speed is rarely seen in recent years.
A person who understands the company said something.
Other companies also make this kind of software.
He said what those companies make is cheaper.
Those companies are also hiring people from this company.
Many people buy this company's stock.
They buy a small share of the company.
After this news came out, the stock price dropped.
The price dropped by more than 3 percent.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇HSK 1. Common noun for a business. Appears throughout the script.
HSK 1. Basic noun for money. Used in phrases like 拿到钱 (receive money).
HSK 1. Used in comparisons and as a suffix meaning 'more than' (e.g., 二十多亿 = over 2 billion).
HSK 1. Opposite of 多. Appears in 少了一些 (decreased a little).
HSK 1. Common verb. Used with objects like 软件 (software) and 股票 (stock).
HSK 1. Used in 做生意 (do business) and 做软件 (make software).
HSK 1. Common noun for computer. Appears in 电脑上用的软件 (software used on computers).
HSK 1. Used as a locative particle in 电脑上 (on the computer).
HSK 1. Compound noun: 软 (soft) + 件 (item).
HSK 1. Proper noun for the USA. Appears frequently.
HSK 1. Common noun. Used in 美国政府 (U.S. government).
Proper noun: Palantir Technologies, a data analytics company.
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法比 + Noun + Adjective
Comparison structure meaning 'compared to [noun], [adjective]'. Used to compare amounts.
这是第一次,比美国政府给的钱多。
美国公司给的钱,比美国政府多了一点点。
差不多 + Number/Adjective
Means 'almost' or 'about'. Used to indicate approximation.
这比去年多了差不多一倍。
比去年多了差不多一倍半。
多 + Measure Word
Indicates 'more than' a certain number. E.g., 二十多亿 = over 2 billion.
这三个月,公司拿到二十多亿美元。
一共做了两百多单。
也 + Verb
Adverb meaning 'also' or 'too'. Used to add similar information.
美国政府给的钱也多了。
美国公司给的钱也多了。
第一次 + Verb Phrase
Means 'the first time doing something'.
这是第一次,比美国政府给的钱多。
这是它第一次三个月拿到这么多钱。
给 + Person + Verb
Prepositional phrase indicating the recipient of an action.
美国公司给帕兰提尔的钱更多了。
公司的老板卡普给买股票的人写了信。
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