A Chinese podcast · Same story, 4 levels
电台"出于好奇"播了国王的讣告，然后是十六分钟死寂
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Radio Caroline accidentally announced King Charles had died. HSK 1 Chinese listening practice.
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 知道、听、工作, 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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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇他不知道 = he did not know. The hinge of the whole story.
他很想听一听 = he really wanted to have a listen. 听一听 softens it.
在电台工作 = works at the radio station.
他想：这个东西，是什么声音？= he thought: what does this sound like?
他回家了 = he went home. 在家里 = at home.
Taught in the episode: a person a great many people in Britain know.
Taught in the episode: where the music you hear at home comes from.
他很怕，很怕 = he was very, very frightened.
知道错了 = knew he had done wrong.
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