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香港"四哥"谢贤离世：他撑起了香港电影最好的时代
Hong Kong's 'Fourth Brother' Patrick Tse Dies — the Man Who Helped Build HK Cinema's Golden Age
This is an HSK 3-4 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 9 key vocabulary words such as 电影、身体、准备 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.
今天，我们聊一位刚刚离世的香港传奇人物：谢贤。
Today, let's talk about a Hong Kong legend who has just passed away: Xie Xian (Patrick Tse).
很多人可能对这个名字不太熟，但你一定听过他的儿子——谢霆锋。
Many people may not know the name well, but you've surely heard of his son — Nicholas Tse.
谢贤在香港演艺圈，是真正的元老级人物，大家都亲切地叫他"四哥"。
In Hong Kong's entertainment world, Xie Xian was a true elder statesman; everyone fondly called him "Fourth Brother."
七月二十号，四哥在家中安静地离开了，享年八十九岁。
On July 20, Fourth Brother passed away quietly at home, at the age of eighty-nine.
谢贤的一生，几乎就是半部香港电影史。
Xie Xian's life was almost half the history of Hong Kong cinema itself.
早在五十年代，他十几岁就入了行，很快就红了起来。
Back in the 1950s, he entered the business as a teenager and quickly rose to fame.
年轻时的谢贤，长得非常帅气，是那个年代最有名的小生之一。
The young Xie Xian was strikingly handsome, one of the most famous leading men of his era.
他一生一共拍了差不多两百部电影。
Over his life, he made nearly two hundred films.
后来，他又转去拍电视剧。
Later, he moved into TV dramas.
一九八零年，他主演的《千王之王》，帮当时的电视台重新拿回了收视冠军。
In 1980, his lead role in "The King of Gamblers" helped the TV station win back the ratings crown.
这部剧，也成了很多人心中的经典。
That series became a classic in many people's hearts.
可以说，谢贤这一代人，撑起了香港影视最辉煌的时代。
You could say Xie Xian's generation held up the most glorious era of Hong Kong film and television.
谢贤这一辈子，从来没有真正离开过舞台。
In his whole life, Xie Xian never truly left the stage.
就算到了八十多岁，他还在拍戏。
Even in his eighties, he was still acting.
几年前，他八十五岁，凭一部电影拿下了香港电影金像奖的最佳男主角。
A few years ago, at eighty-five, he won Best Actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards for a single film.
他也因此成为金像奖历史上，年纪最大的影帝。
With that, he became the oldest Best Actor in the awards' history.
这个纪录，到今天都没有人能打破。
It's a record no one has broken to this day.
在生命的最后几年，谢贤很少公开露面，身体也一天不如一天。
In his final years, Xie Xian rarely appeared in public, and his health declined day by day.
今年四月，还有人在山顶偶然遇到他，说他瘦了很多，要坐轮椅。
This April, someone ran into him at Victoria Peak and said he'd grown very thin and needed a wheelchair.
谢霆锋当时正在内地准备开演唱会，一听到消息，就赶紧回了香港。
Nicholas Tse was preparing a concert on the mainland at the time; the moment he heard, he hurried back to Hong Kong.
按照四哥的心愿，家人把后事办得很低调。
Following Fourth Brother's wishes, the family kept the funeral very low-key.
谢霆锋说：不要为爸爸哭，记住他最完美的样子，就够了。
Nicholas Tse said: don't cry for Dad; remembering him at his most perfect is enough.
一个演了一辈子戏的人，就这样，安静地谢幕了。
A man who acted his whole life has, just like that, quietly taken his final bow.
谢贤留下的那些电影和电视剧，会一直陪着我们。
The films and TV dramas Xie Xian left behind will stay with us always.
好，今天就聊到这儿，我们下次再见。
OK, that's it for today — see you next time.
半部香港电影史 — half the history of Hong Kong cinema.
身体也一天不如一天 — his health declined day by day.
谢霆锋当时正在内地准备开演唱会 — Nicholas was preparing a concert.
一听到消息，就赶紧回了香港 — the moment he heard the news, he rushed back.
不要为爸爸哭 — don’t cry for Dad.
Beyond HSK 1-3. 年纪最大的影帝 — the oldest Best Actor.
Beyond HSK 1-3. 香港电影金像奖 — Hong Kong’s top film awards.
Beyond HSK 1-3. 他又转去拍电视剧 — he moved into TV dramas.
Beyond HSK 1-3. 一位香港传奇人物 — a Hong Kong legend.
* beyond level超纲词
一 + Verb1，就 + Verb2
"as soon as V1, then V2" — one action immediately triggers the next.
一听到消息，就赶紧回了香港。
就算... 还...
"even (when)... still..." — concession stressing persistence.
就算到了八十多岁，他还在拍戏。
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