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欧洲太热了：西班牙、法国起大火，很多人回不了家
Europe Is Too Hot: Wildfires in Spain and France Keep People from Home
A simple beginner Chinese listening story about the huge summer wildfires in Spain and France, the many people who had to leave home, and other countries flying in to help.
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 1 minute. 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 10 key vocabulary words such as 热、走、家 and walks through 3 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.
这个夏天，欧洲很热。
This summer, Europe is very hot.
西班牙和法国，都太热了。
Spain and France are both far too hot.
很多地方，都有了大火。
In many places, big fires have broken out.
火很大，也很多。
The fires are huge, and there are many of them.
很多人不能在家，都要走。
Many people can't stay home; they all have to leave.
在西班牙，在法国，很多很多人都走了。
In Spain and in France, so many people have left.
火，去了一个大城市。
The fire has reached a big city.
这个城市，很多人都知道。
This city is one that many people know.
很多人都不想火来。
Many people don't want the fire to come.
很多国家，也来了。
Many countries have come too.
他们开飞机来，来法国，来西班牙。
They fly planes in — to France, to Spain.
现在，火很大。
Right now, the fire is still big.
很多人，不能回家。
Many people can't go home.
很多人都想：火，快一点小。
Everyone is thinking: fire, please die down soon.
欧洲很热 = Europe is very hot.
很多人都走了 = many people have left.
不能在家 = can't stay home.
开飞机来 = fly planes in.
火很大 = the fire is big.
很多人都想 = everyone is thinking.
快一点小 = die down soon.
都有了大火 = big fires broke out.
火去了一个大城市 = the fire reached a big city.
很多国家也来了 = many countries came too.
* beyond level超纲词
都太……了
太 + adj + 了 = "too …"; 都 adds "all / both".
西班牙和法国，都太热了。
不能 + verb
不能 + verb = "cannot".
很多人不能在家，都要走。
快一点 + adj
快一点 = "a bit sooner / faster", urging something to happen.
火，快一点小。
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