A Chinese podcast · Same story, 4 levels
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蜘蛛侠回来了！新电影一出来，大家都去看
Spider-Man Is Back! His New Movie Opened and Everyone Went to See It
A simple beginner Chinese listening story: Spider-Man has a new movie, and so many people went to see it. A warm, repetitive intro to who Spider-Man is and why everyone loves him.
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 8 key vocabulary words such as 电影、看、爱 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 the complete story in Chinese. Reveal pinyin and English only when you need them.
Do you know Spider-Man?
"蜘蛛侠" means Spider-Man.
Spider-Man is 蜘蛛侠.
So many people love Spider-Man.
Grown-ups love Spider-Man, and kids love Spider-Man too.
When we were small, we loved Spider-Man.
Now that we're grown, we still love Spider-Man.
For many, many years, everyone has loved Spider-Man.
Who is Spider-Man?
Spider-Man is a good person.
When someone is in trouble, Spider-Man comes to help them.
Spider-Man helps grown-ups, and helps kids too.
Everyone loves this good person; everyone loves Spider-Man.
Now, Spider-Man has a new movie.
This new movie — so many people want to see it.
You want to see it, I want to see it, he wants to see it too.
Today, so many people are going to see this movie.
You watch the movie, he watches the movie, everyone is watching Spider-Man.
The people going to see the movie — there are so, so many.
In many years, the people going to see a movie were never as many as this time.
The people who saw this movie all say: great!
So great!
Spider-Man's new movie is so good.
Some people say: I want to see it twice.
Everyone who saw it is so happy.
Spider-Man is back, and everyone is happy.
And you?
Do you also want to see Spider-Man's new movie?
Try it without the transcript and notice what sounds clearer.
一个新电影 = a new movie.
去看这个电影 = go see this movie.
很多人都爱蜘蛛侠 = many people love Spider-Man.
都想看 = all want to see it.
好看 = good to watch / great.
蜘蛛侠，是 Spider-Man = 蜘蛛侠 is Spider-Man.
大人爱，孩子也爱 = grown-ups love him, kids too.
蜘蛛侠来帮他 = Spider-Man comes to help him.
* beyond level超纲词
很多很多人
Doubling 很多 intensifies: "so very many people".
很多很多人，都很爱蜘蛛侠。
你……，我……，他也……
Listing subjects one by one adds warmth and emphasis.
你想看，我想看，他也想看。
……回来了
回来了 = "has come back".
蜘蛛侠回来了，大家都很高兴。
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