
什么是“夏季达沃斯”?这个夏天,全世界的大人物都来了大连
What Is 'Summer Davos'? This Summer, the World's Big Names Came to Dalian
HSK 2 Chinese listening practice. What is Davos, and why is there a 'Summer Davos' in China? The story of a small Swiss town that became the name of the world's top economic forum, the 1,700+ leaders gathering in Dalian, and this year's big topic: AI and robots.
This is an HSK 2 Chinese listening episode that runs about 4 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 14 key vocabulary words such as 达沃斯、新闻、欧洲 and walks through 7 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.
今天,
Today,
我们来聊一个,
we'll talk about a word
你可能,
you may
常常听到,
often hear,
但不太懂的词。
but not quite understand.
这个词,
This word
叫"达沃斯"。
is 'Davos'.
最近,
Recently,
新闻里,
in the news,
经常说到它。
it comes up a lot.
因为,
Because,
就在这几天,
in these very days,
中国的大连,
Dalian, China,
正在开,
is hosting
一个很大的会。
a very big meeting.
这个会,
This meeting
就叫,
is called
"夏季达沃斯"。
'Summer Davos'.
那么,
So,
"达沃斯",
'Davos' —
到底是什么?
what exactly is it?
我们,
Let's
从头说起。
start from the beginning.
很多年前,
Many years ago,
在欧洲,
in Europe,
有一个,
there was a
很小的小镇。
very small town.
它的名字,
Its name
就叫达沃斯。
was Davos.
从那以后,
Ever since,
每年冬天,
every winter,
全世界,
the world's
最有钱、
richest,
最有名、
most famous,
最有权力的人,
most powerful people
都会,
would all
去那里,
go there
开一个会。
for a meeting.
他们,
They,
在那里,
there,
聊全世界的经济,
discuss the world economy,
聊未来。
and the future.
慢慢地,
Slowly,
"达沃斯",
'Davos',
这个小镇的名字,
the name of this town,
就变成了,
became
这个大会的,
the name of
名字。
this great meeting.
后来,
Later,
这个会,
this meeting
也来到了中国。
also came to China.
因为,
Because
是在夏天开,
it's held in summer,
所以,
so
大家就叫它,
people call it
"夏季达沃斯"。
'Summer Davos'.
它,
It
每年,
is held in China
都在中国开。
every year.
今年,
This year,
轮到了大连。
it's Dalian's turn.
那么,
So,
今年,
this year,
都有谁来了呢?
who came?
来的人,
The attendees
非常多。
are very many.
有一千七百多人。
Over one thousand seven hundred.
他们,
They
来自,
come from
九十多个国家。
over ninety countries.
有大公司的老板,
There are big-company bosses,
有政府的官员,
government officials,
也有大学里的,
and also, from universities,
聪明人。
brilliant minds.
那么,
So,
这么多人,
with so many people
聚在一起,
gathered together,
今年,
this year,
最想聊的,
what they most want to discuss —
是什么呢?
what is it?
答案,
The answer,
你可能,
you may
已经猜到了。
have already guessed.
是AI,
It's AI,
是人工智能。
artificial intelligence.
还有,
And also,
是机器人。
robots.
他们说,
They say
现在的AI,
that today's AI
和机器人,
and robots
越来越厉害。
are more and more capable.
比如,
For example,
有的工厂里,
in some factories,
已经开始,
they've already begun
用机器人,
using robots
来工作。
to do the work.
还有人说,
Some even say
也许,
that perhaps,
在未来,
in the future,
一个人,
one person,
加上几个AI,
plus a few AIs,
就能,
could
开一家公司。
run a company.
当然,
Of course,
他们,
they
也聊到了,
also discussed
担心的事。
their worries.
比如,
For example,
AI,
will AI
会不会,
—
让一些人,
cause some people
丢了工作?
to lose their jobs?
说到这里,
At this point,
你可能会觉得,
you might feel
这些事,
these things
离自己很远。
are far from you.
但其实,
But actually,
不远。
they're not.
这些大人物,
These big figures,
今天聊的,
what they discuss today,
正是,
is precisely
我们明天,
the life we
就要面对的,
will face
生活。
tomorrow.
他们,
How they
怎么看AI,
view AI,
怎么用AI,
how they use AI,
最后,
in the end,
都会,
will all
影响到,
affect
我们,
us,
每一个,
every
普通人。
ordinary one of us.
最后,
Finally,
我想问你一个问题:
I want to ask you a question:
对于AI,
about AI,
你是,
are you
更期待,
more excited,
还是,
or
更担心呢?
more worried?
这个词,叫达沃斯 = this word is 'Davos'. Glossed as a Swiss town turned forum name.
最近,新闻里,经常说到它 = lately the news mentions it a lot.
在欧洲,有一个,很小的小镇 = in Europe there was a small town.
它的名字,就叫达沃斯 = the town was named Davos.
最有权力的人 = the most powerful people.
聊全世界的经济 = they discuss the world economy.
聊未来 = they discuss the future.
有政府的官员 = there are government officials.
HSK 3. 大学里的,聪明人 = brilliant minds from universities.
是AI,是人工智能 = it's AI, artificial intelligence.
用机器人,来工作 = using robots to do the work.
让一些人,丢了工作 = causing some people to lose their jobs.
我们明天,就要面对的,生活 = the life we will face tomorrow.
你是,更期待,还是,更担心呢 = are you more excited, or more worried?
* beyond level超纲词
从头说起 (to start from the beginning)
A storytelling device for going back to the origin.
我们,从头说起。
从那以后,每 ... 都 ... (ever since, every...)
Marks a recurring habit since a point in time.
从那以后,每年冬天,最有权力的人,都会去那里。
X 变成了 Y (X turned into Y)
Describes a transformation.
这个小镇的名字,就变成了,这个大会的名字。
轮到 + Someone/Place (it's X's turn)
Indicates rotation.
今年,轮到了大连。
正是 ... (is precisely...)
Emphatic identification.
今天聊的,正是,我们明天,就要面对的,生活。
会不会 + Verb?(will it / won't it...?)
A yes-no question about a possibility.
AI,会不会,让一些人,丢了工作?
你是更 X,还是更 Y?(are you more X or more Y?)
An either-or question for the close.
对于AI,你是,更期待,还是,更担心呢?