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泰勒·斯威夫特结婚了：一件让大家高兴的事
Taylor Swift Marries Travis Kelce at MSG
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Taylor Swift Marries Travis Kelce at MSG. HSK 1 Chinese listening practice.
This is an HSK 1 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 10 key vocabulary words such as 高兴、认识、喜欢 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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原文Read the complete story in Chinese. Reveal pinyin and English only when you need them.
English transcript reference
Today, let's talk about a happy person.
Today, someone got married.
Very many people know her.
Very many people like her.
What does she do?
She sings.
When she sings, many people come to listen.
Very many people love her songs.
She can sing very many songs.
She also has a lot of money.
Her name is Taylor.
Everyone likes Taylor.
Today, Taylor got married.
Everyone is happy for her.
She married a person.
This person — she likes him and loves him.
The two of them are going to be together.
Okay, let's talk about them.
Her husband is named Travis.
Travis is also very famous.
How did the two of them meet?
One day, Taylor held a concert.
Many people came to hear her sing.
Travis came too.
He liked Taylor a lot.
That day, Travis wanted to meet Taylor.
He made a little thing.
On the little thing was his phone number.
He gave this little thing to Taylor.
It was his phone number.
Then, the two of them met.
They both liked and loved each other.
Today, they got married.
They married in New York.
New York has very many people.
The place where they married is very big.
Many famous people came.
Their wedding was two days.
The first day, there were fewer people.
The second day, there were very many people.
The people who came were all very famous.
Those two days, no one looked at their phones.
Everyone was together and very happy.
They ate together and sang together.
Those two days, there was a very tall building in New York.
This building is called the Empire State Building.
Those two days, the Empire State Building looked beautiful.
On this day, everyone was very happy.
Taylor looked beautiful.
Travis was very happy too.
The two of them also did a good deed.
They gave a lot of money to help people.
They have money, and they love to help people.
This money can help very many people.
That day, another very famous person came to help them get married.
Everyone knows this person.
He likes Taylor and Travis too.
Everyone said to them: may you be happy every day.
Taylor and Travis were very happy too.
Okay, today we talked about Taylor's wedding.
Taylor and Travis are both very happy.
Many people are happy for them too.
A happy story, told to you.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇HSK 1. happy. 大家都为她高兴 = everyone is happy for her.
HSK 1. to meet / know. 他们是怎么认识的 = how did they meet.
HSK 1. to like. 很多人都喜欢她 = many people like her.
HSK 1. beautiful. 泰勒很漂亮 = Taylor looked beautiful.
HSK 1. to listen. 很多人来听她唱歌 = many come to hear her sing.
HSK 1. to love. 他们都很喜欢，也很爱 = they like and love each other.
The whole story. 泰勒结婚了 = Taylor got married.
A concert. 泰勒开演唱会 = Taylor held a concert.
A number. 他的电话号码 = his phone number.
To help. 给了很多钱，帮人 = gave money to help people. Fuller form 帮助.
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What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法一 + 动词，就...
"As soon as..." — one action immediately triggers another.
她一唱歌，很多人都来听。
为 + 某人 + 高兴
"To be happy for someone."
大家都为她高兴。
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