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豆包教我穿衣服
Doubao Taught Me How to Dress
About this story
A simple story about Xiao Hong and Xiao Ming using Doubao on their phones to pick clothes for the weather every day. HSK 1 Chinese listening practice.
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 6 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 14 key vocabulary words such as 穿、衣服、手机 and walks through 5 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
Speaking of everyone playing on their phones recently, there is a very interesting matter.
Let's speak about a little girl first.
Her name is Xiao Hong.
Xiao Hong is a student.
She is at home.
How is the weather today?
Today's weather is not too good.
Today is very cold.
There is wind outside.
It is very cold outside.
Xiao Hong wants to go out.
She wants to go to school.
Or go to the store.
But she is afraid of the cold.
She doesn't know what to wear.
What clothes are good to wear?
She has many clothes.
But she doesn't know how to dress.
Xiao Hong has a mobile phone.
This phone is very new.
This phone is very smart.
There is a friend inside the phone.
It is not a real person.
It is made by a computer.
It can speak.
Xiao Hong asks the phone.
"Phone, phone."
"It is very cold today."
"What should I wear?"
The phone heard her.
The phone spoke.
The phone said: "You need to wear more."
"It is too cold outside."
"You need to wear many clothes."
Xiao Hong said: "Okay."
The phone said: "First wear a T-shirt."
Xiao Hong put one on.
The phone said: "Wear another one."
"This is clothes for sleeping."
Xiao Hong put it on.
The phone said: "Still need to wear more."
"Wear a button-down shirt."
Xiao Hong put on the shirt.
The phone said: "Not enough."
"Wear a sweater too."
Xiao Hong put on the sweater.
The phone said: "There is more."
"Wear a jacket."
Xiao Hong put on the jacket.
The phone said: "Wear an overcoat too."
Xiao Hong put them all on.
Let's count.
There is one piece.
There are two pieces.
There are three pieces.
There are four pieces.
There are five pieces.
There are six pieces.
There are seven pieces of clothing.
Seven pieces of clothing are all on Xiao Hong's body.
How is Xiao Hong now?
Is Xiao Hong happy?
No, she is not happy.
She is now very big.
She looks very fat.
She is like a big ball.
Because there are too many clothes.
The clothes are many.
Xiao Hong wants to walk.
But she cannot walk.
Because the clothes are too many.
Her hands cannot move.
Her feet cannot move.
She feels very hot.
She is very uncomfortable.
She asks the phone.
"Phone, I am uncomfortable."
"I cannot move anymore."
"There are too many clothes."
The phone spoke again.
The phone said: "Take off the clothes."
"Take the clothes down."
The phone also said another sentence.
The phone said: "Take away the meat on your belly."
Xiao Hong could not understand.
Why take away the meat?
That is clothing.
That is not meat.
The phone is very strange.
Just now it said to wear a lot.
Now it says to take off clothes.
And also to take away meat.
Is the phone broken?
Xiao Hong did not understand.
This is Xiao Hong's story.
There is another friend.
His name is Xiao Ming.
Xiao Ming is also a student.
Xiao Ming likes music.
He loves listening to music.
Today there is a concert.
Many people are going to listen to music.
Xiao Ming is going too.
He also asks the phone.
"Phone, what do I wear?"
"I am going to listen to music."
The phone spoke.
The phone said: "Wear pants."
"But you must make the pants short."
"Roll up the pants."
"Bring the pants up."
Xiao Ming listened.
He rolled up his pants.
The pants are now very short.
Xiao Ming went to listen to music.
Everyone saw Xiao Ming.
Everyone laughed.
Why laugh?
Because Xiao Ming was very strange.
He was not beautiful.
He looked like he was going to work.
He looked like he was working in water.
He looked like a person planting rice.
This is not suitable for listening to music.
Everyone thought it was very funny.
Why is the phone like this?
The phone is a computer.
The phone is not a person.
The phone does not know what is beautiful.
The phone reads many books.
The phone looks at many photos.
But it does not understand.
It does not know what is right.
It does not know what is wrong.
It is sometimes very smart.
It is sometimes very stupid.
The phone talks nonsense.
Everyone thinks it is very funny.
Many people took pictures of this.
Put them on the internet.
Everyone is laughing.
What does this story say?
This is a real matter.
There is a thing called "Doubao".
Doubao is Chinese.
It is made by a big company.
It is a friend made by a computer.
It is "Artificial Intelligence".
Many people use Doubao.
People ask it how to dress.
It just talks nonsense.
It makes people wear seven pieces of clothing.
It makes people roll up their pants.
The things it says are very strange.
This is the story of Doubao.
Technology is very good.
But technology can also make mistakes.
We need to be smart people.
We cannot listen to the phone for everything.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇The primary verb for putting on clothes (e.g., 穿衣服, 穿鞋).
General term for clothing. Measure word is 件 (jiàn).
Common noun. Literally 'hand machine'.
Used to express an opinion or a physical sensation (e.g., 我觉得冷).
Common topic for beginners.
Action verb describing reaction to something funny.
Refers to the physical body. In the script, '身上' (on the body) is used.
Specific type of clothing. Measure word is 件 (jiàn).
Literally 'fur/wool clothes'.
The opposite of 穿 (chuān).
Verb used here for rolling up pant legs.
Modern technical term.
General term for science and technology.
Adjective describing the AI's bad advice.
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法The 'Ba' construction, used to indicate how an action affects an object.
把衣服拿下来。
把裤子卷起来。
Proper Nouns
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