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热浪下的欧洲：西班牙、法国大火，三十多万人撤离，波尔多告急
Europe Under a Heatwave: Spain and France Wildfires Force 300,000 to Flee as Bordeaux Is Threatened
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A medium Chinese listening story: a rare heatwave set off wildfires across Spain and France, forcing over 300,000 to evacuate; Spain declared a state of emergency and fire closed in on Bordeaux as other nations sent planes. HSK 3 Chinese listening practice.
This is an HSK 3-4 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 12 key vocabulary words such as 经历、危险、国家 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.
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This summer, Europe is going through a rare, extreme heat.
Wave after wave of heat has baked many places bone-dry and scorching.
In this kind of weather, big fires have broken out one after another in Spain and France.
The fire has spread from southern Spain all the way to France, even reaching the forests near Paris.
Because it's so dangerous, the two countries together have had more than 300,000 people forced to leave home.
Of those, France has about 220,000 evacuated, and Spain more than 70,000.
Spain's situation is so serious that the whole country has entered a state of emergency.
In France, a huge fire is closing in, step by step, on a famous old city — Bordeaux.
The nearest fire is only about fifteen kilometers from Bordeaux.
This is the "city of fine wine" in many people's hearts, and everyone worries something will happen to it.
Facing a fire this big, many European countries have reached out a hand.
Italy, Greece, the Netherlands and others have all sent planes to help France and Spain fight the fire together.
But the weather hasn't turned better, and a new wave of heat is already on the way.
For a lot of people, this summer has truly been unbearable.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇正在经历一场高温 = going through a heat.
因为太危险 = because it is so dangerous.
整个国家进入了紧急状态 = the whole country entered a state of emergency.
西班牙的情况太严重 = Spain's situation is too serious.
大家都担心它会出事 = everyone worries something will happen to it.
在这样的天气里 = in this kind of weather.
都派出了飞机 = all sent planes.
一场少见的高温 = a rare extreme heat.
一波又一波的热浪 = wave after wave of heat.
法国大约有二十二万人撤离 = France had about 220,000 evacuate.
整个国家进入了紧急状态 = the whole country entered a state of emergency.
大火正一步一步逼近波尔多 = the fire is closing in on Bordeaux.
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What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法把……烤得又干又热
把 A 烤得 B = "bake A until B"; 又 X 又 Y = "both X and Y".
一波又一波的热浪，把很多地方烤得又干又热。
从……一直……到……
从 A 一直 … 到 B = "from A all the way to B".
火从西班牙南部，一直烧到法国。
被迫 + verb
被迫 + verb = "be forced to …".
两个国家一共有三十多万人被迫离开家。
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