A Chinese podcast · Same story, 4 levels
蜘蛛侠新电影《Brand New Day》上映，全世界都跑去看
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Opens in 2026
About this story
An easy Chinese listening story: Tom Holland's new Spider-Man movie Brand New Day opened, theaters sold out, and it may be the year's biggest — plus why people love this ordinary hero. HSK 2 Chinese listening practice.
This is an HSK 2 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 10 key vocabulary words such as 电影、喜欢、看 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.
Read at your level
原文Read the complete story in Chinese. Reveal pinyin and English only when you need them.
English transcript reference
Do you like Spider-Man?
Spider-Man is 蜘蛛侠.
In recent years, the whole world has loved Spider-Man.
Now, Spider-Man has a new movie, called Brand New Day.
The Spider-Man in the movie is a young man named Tom Holland.
People waited a very, very long time for this new movie.
On July 31st, the moment it came out, everyone rushed to see it.
On the first day, the number of people who went was incredible.
In America, so many theaters sold out of tickets.
Some say this may be the most-watched movie of the year.
Others say this many people seeing one movie together hasn't happened in years.
Most people who saw it said: great, really great!
Why does everyone like Spider-Man so much?
Because Spider-Man is, at heart, an ordinary person too.
He gets scared, gets upset, and makes mistakes.
But when someone needs help, he always steps up.
It is this kind of Spider-Man that so many people love.
Many people go to see Spider-Man again and again, exactly because they love this side of him.
Now, Spider-Man is back again, and everyone is happy.
And you?
Do you want to go see Spider-Man's new movie too?
Listen again
Try it without the transcript and notice what sounds clearer.
What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇一个新电影 = a new movie.
全世界都很喜欢蜘蛛侠 = the world loves Spider-Man.
跑去看 = rush to see it.
想去看看 = want to go see it.
大家都很高兴 = everyone is happy.
—
很多电影院票都卖光了 = many theaters sold out.
票都卖光了 = tickets sold out.
一个普通人 = an ordinary person.
他一定会站出来 = he always steps up.
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法一……，就……
一 A 就 B = "the moment A, then B".
电影一出来，大家都跑去看。
为什么……？因为……
Ask, then answer: "why …? because …".
为什么大家这么喜欢蜘蛛侠？因为蜘蛛侠，本来也是一个普通人。
一次又一次
一次又一次 = "again and again".
很多人一次又一次去看蜘蛛侠。
Proper nouns
专有名词Free account
Keep learning from this story
Create a free account to keep saved words and your preferred level together.
- Keep words with their story context
- Remember your preferred level
- Build your vocabulary over time