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教皇利奥十四世访问阿根廷,与“电锯总统”米莱谈穷人与经济

Pope Leo XIV Visits Argentina, Meets 'Chainsaw President' Milei to Discuss the Poor and the Economy

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Pope Leo XIV meets Argentina's President Javier Milei in Buenos Aires, urging that the economy serve people, not the other way around. HSK 3 Chinese listening practice.

This is an HSK 3 Chinese listening episode that runs about 3 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 首都、机场、出生 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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教皇到了这个国家的首都。
教皇是天主教的最高领导人。
总统米莱到机场接他,地上铺着红地毯。
两个人握了手,还笑着说了几句话。
这是他当教皇以后第一次来这个国家。
上一个教皇来这里,是快四十年以前的事了。
教皇出生在美国。
他在秘鲁的乡下工作了二十年。
有的村子坐车进不去,他就骑马去看穷人。
总统学过经济,他的办法是让政府少花钱。
他一直把政府的开支往下减。
他说过,政府拿钱帮穷人是错的事。
两个人先单独谈了一会儿。
他们在总统工作的地方谈了半个小时。
谈完以后,他们一起去了一个文化中心。
两个人在那里都讲了话。
总统讲话的时候,教皇坐在他后面。
他说,教皇,谢谢您来这个国家。
他还请教皇替这个国家向上帝祈祷。
教皇说,经济应该为人服务。
人不应该为了经济活着。
这句话说完,很多人用力鼓掌。
教皇还说,管政治的人应该保护民主。
民主是让人民能说话。
管政治的人说话也要小心。
总统说话常常很冲。
总统还夸上一个教皇,说他是这个国家最重要的人。
可是以前,总统说过,上一个教皇很坏。
今年早些时候,一位天主教领导人说了话。
他说,政府有时候对人很不好。
很多人在五月广场站着,说不同意政府的做法。
政府把钱减了,老人和病人受影响最大。
政府说,现在穷人的数量比以前少了。
十个人里面,大约有三个是穷人。
以前,十个人里面有四个多。
在城市的边上,有一个很穷的地方。
那里有一条铁路,很多房子就盖在铁路旁边。
托托在这个地方工作,他的教堂开了八个食堂。
穷人吃饭不要钱,每天有两百多人来吃饭。
托托说,来吃饭的人越来越多。
他说,如果物价真的稳住了,这里的穷人也该少了。
可是在这里,一点也看不出来,情况正好相反。
接下来的几天,教皇还要去看身体不好的人。
他还要见一些工人。
English transcript reference

The Pope arrived in the capital of this country.

The Pope is the highest leader of Catholicism.

President Milei went to the airport to meet him, with a red carpet laid on the ground.

The two shook hands and also smiled and said a few words.

This is his first visit to this country since becoming Pope.

The last Pope visited here almost forty years ago.

The Pope was born in the United States.

He worked in the countryside of Peru for twenty years.

Some villages cannot be reached by car, so he rode a horse to see the poor.

The President studied economics, and his approach is to make the government spend less money.

He has been continuously reducing government spending.

He has said that it is wrong for the government to use money to help the poor.

The two first talked alone for a while.

They talked for half an hour at the place where the President works.

After talking, they went together to a cultural center.

Both of them spoke there.

When the President was speaking, the Pope sat behind him.

He said, Pope, thank you for coming to this country.

He also asked the Pope to pray to God for this country.

The Pope said that the economy should serve people.

People should not live for the economy.

After this sentence, many people applauded vigorously.

The Pope also said that those who manage politics should protect democracy.

Democracy is letting the people be able to speak.

Those who manage politics should also be careful with their words.

The President often speaks very bluntly.

The President also praised the previous Pope, saying he is the most important person in this country.

But previously, the President said that the previous Pope was very bad.

Earlier this year, a Catholic leader spoke.

He said that the government sometimes treats people very badly.

Many people stood in the Plaza de Mayo, saying they disagree with the government's actions.

The government cut money, and the elderly and sick are most affected.

The government says that the number of poor people is now lower than before.

Out of ten people, about three are poor.

Before, out of ten people, there were more than four.

On the edge of the city, there is a very poor place.

There is a railway there, and many houses are built right next to the railway.

Toto works in this place, and his church has opened eight soup kitchens.

The poor do not pay for meals, and more than two hundred people come to eat every day.

Toto says that more and more people are coming to eat.

He says that if prices really stabilize, the poor here should also decrease.

But here, you can't see it at all; the situation is exactly the opposite.

In the next few days, the Pope will also visit people who are in poor health.

He will also meet some workers.

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What vocabulary does this episode teach?

词汇
shǒudūcapital city

HSK 2. Common noun for a country's capital.

jīchǎngairport

HSK 2. Common place noun.

chūshēngto be born

HSK 2. Used as 出生在美国 (born in the US).

gōngzuòto work; job

HSK 1. Both verb and noun.

jīngjìeconomy

HSK 2. Common in news contexts.

wénhuàculture

HSK 2. Used in 文化中心 (cultural center).

bǎohùto protect

HSK 2. Common verb.

yǐngxiǎngto affect; influence

HSK 2. Often used as 受影响 (be affected).

zǒngtǒngpresident

HSK 2. Used for a country's president.

dì yī cìfirst time

HSK 1. Ordinal prefix 第 + number + measure word.

zhèngfǔgovernment

HSK 2. Common political term.

qióngrénpoor people

HSK 2. 穷 (poor) + 人 (person).

* beyond level超纲词

What grammar patterns appear in this episode?

语法

是...的 (emphasis construction)

Used to emphasize a fact or situation, often with a time or place.

这是他当教皇以后第一次来这个国家。

上一个教皇来这里,是快四十年以前的事了。

把 + object + verb phrase (disposal construction)

Indicates how something is handled or affected.

他一直把政府的开支往下减。

政府把钱减了,老人和病人受影响最大。

如果...就... (conditional)

Expresses a condition and its result.

如果物价真的稳住了,这里的穷人也该少了。

越来越 + adjective/verb

Indicates a gradual increase or change.

来吃饭的人越来越多。

为了 + noun/verb phrase

Expresses purpose or reason.

人不应该为了经济活着。

应该 + verb

Expresses obligation or expectation.

经济应该为人服务。

管政治的人应该保护民主。

Proper nouns

专有名词
米莱MǐláiMilei (Javier Milei, President of Argentina)秘鲁BìlǔPeru美国MěiguóUnited States五月广场Wǔyuè GuǎngchǎngPlaza de Mayo托托TuōtuōToto (a person's name)

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