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谢贤走了：一位香港的大明星
Patrick Tse Has Died: A Great Hong Kong Movie Star
This is an HSK 1 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、电视、儿子 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，我们说一个人。
Today, we're talking about a person.
这个人，叫谢贤。
This person is called Xie Xian (Patrick Tse).
谢贤，是一个很有名的人。
Xie Xian was a very famous man.
他是香港人。
He was from Hong Kong.
谢贤，是一个演员。
Xie Xian was an actor.
他拍了很多很多电影。
He made many, many films.
他也拍了很多电视。
He also made a lot of TV.
很多年，很多人都看他的电影。
For many years, many people watched his films.
在香港，很多人都认识他。
In Hong Kong, many people knew him.
很多人也都很爱他。
Many people loved him too.
谢贤年轻的时候，很好看。
When Xie Xian was young, he was very good-looking.
他年轻的时候，是一个大明星。
When he was young, he was a big star.
他拍电影，拍了七十多年。
He acted in films for over seventy years.
七十多年，他都在拍。
For over seventy years, he kept acting.
他有一个儿子，叫谢霆锋。
He had a son, named Xie Tingfeng (Nicholas Tse).
谢霆锋，也是一个很有名的人。
Xie Tingfeng is also a very famous person.
谢贤八十多岁的时候，还在拍电影。
When Xie Xian was in his eighties, he was still making films.
他八十多岁，还是很好的演员。
In his eighties, he was still a very good actor.
很多人都说：谢贤很好。
Many people said: Xie Xian is wonderful.
今天，谢贤走了。
Today, Xie Xian passed away.
他走的时候，八十九岁。
When he passed, he was eighty-nine.
他在家里走了。
He passed away at home.
很多人都很想他。
Many people miss him very much.
他的儿子说：记住他最好的时候，就好。
His son said: remembering him at his best is enough.
谢贤拍的电影，我们还能看。
The films Xie Xian made, we can still watch.
谢贤这个人，我们也都会想他。
This man, Xie Xian — we will all miss him.
一个大明星，走了。
A big star has gone.
再见，谢贤。
Goodbye, Xie Xian.
再见，四哥。
Goodbye, Fourth Brother.
好，今天就说到这里。
OK, that's it for today.
他拍了很多很多电影 — he made many, many films.
他也拍了很多电视 — he also made a lot of TV.
他有一个儿子，叫谢霆锋 — he has a son named Nicholas Tse.
很多人也都很爱他 — many people loved him too.
今天，谢贤走了 — a gentle way to say he passed away.
Beyond HSK 1. 谢贤，是一个演员 — Xie Xian was an actor.
Beyond HSK 1. 他是一个大明星 — he was a big star.
Beyond HSK 1. 谢贤是一个很有名的人 — Xie Xian was very famous.
Beyond HSK 1. 他拍了七十多年 — he made films for over seventy years.
* beyond level超纲词
还在 + Verb
"still doing something" — stresses that an action continues.
谢贤八十多岁的时候，还在拍电影。
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