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赛力斯的新专利:车里有一个马桶

Seres Patents Toilet for Chinese EV

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A Chinese car company called Seres made a car with a toilet inside. People say this is very strange. HSK 1 Chinese listening practice.

This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 6 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 12 key vocabulary words such as 我们、他们、什么 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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说到车,我们来说一个很好笑的事。
你坐过车吗?
坐车去很远的地方。
有时候要坐很长时间。
一个小时。
两个小时。
三个小时。
坐了很长时间以后。
你想做什么?
你想上厕所。
对。
上厕所。
但是你在车里。
车里没有厕所。
怎么办?
你要跟开车的人说。
"停一下。
"我要上厕所。
然后他停车。
你下车。
去找厕所。
有时候很远的地方没有厕所。
你找不到。
很难受。
这个问题很多人都有。
坐车坐很久。
想上厕所。
但是找不到厕所。
在中国有一个做车的公司。
公司就是很多人一起工作的地方。
这个公司叫赛力斯。
赛力斯是它的名字。
它做电的车。
电的车就是不用油的车。
用电。
这个公司想了一个办法。
一个很特别的办法。
他们说:"我们在车里放一个厕所吧。
是的。
车里放厕所。
你没有听错。
一个厕所。
在车里面。
在你坐的椅子下面。
你说一句话。
厕所就出来了。
说什么话呢?
你对车说话。
就像你跟人说话一样。
你说:"我要上厕所。
然后椅子下面。
一个东西会滑出来。
滑出来就是从里面慢慢出来。
像你拉一个抽屉一样。
这个东西就是厕所。
你可以在车里上厕所了。
用完以后呢?
它会自己回去。
回到椅子下面。
看不见了。
但是里面的东西呢?
你上厕所以后的东西。
去哪里了?
有一个小的盒子。
东西在盒子里。
有一个热的东西。
会把水变干。
还有一个东西会把不好闻的味道送到车外面。
不好闻就是味道不好。
臭。
没有人想闻那个味道。
所以有一个管子把味道送出去。
这样车里不会臭。
但是那个盒子。
最后还是要你自己拿出来。
自己倒掉。
自己洗。
嗯。
这个部分不太好。
这个厕所是真的吗?
现在还不是。
现在只是一个想法。
这个公司把这个想法写下来了。
告诉了政府。
政府说:"好,这个想法是你的了。
"别人不可以用你的想法。
这个叫"专利"。
专利就是一个想法只有你可以用。
但是有专利不是说他们会做。
很多公司有很多想法。
有专利。
但是最后没有做出来。
这个车里的厕所也可能不会做出来。
我们不知道。
但是这个想法本身就很有意思。
也很好笑。
你想一想。
你坐在车里。
旁边坐着你的朋友。
然后你说:"我要上厕所。
一个厕所从你的椅子下面滑出来。
你的朋友在旁边。
看着你。
这个画面太好笑了。
在中国做车的公司很多。
他们想了很多很多办法。
让车变得更好。
有的车可以在里面睡觉。
有的车可以在里面做饭。
有的车有很大的电视。
现在有的车还有厕所。
中国的车越来越不像车了。
越来越像一个小房子。
一个会走的小房子。
里面什么都有。
也许有一天。
你不用买房子了。
你买一辆车就够了。
在车里吃饭。
在车里睡觉。
在车里上厕所。
在车里看电视。
这是一个笑话。
但是看看中国的车。
也许不全是笑话。
English transcript reference

Speaking of cars, let me tell you something very funny.

Have you ever ridden in a car?

Riding a car to a far away place.

Sometimes you have to ride for a very long time.

One hour.

Two hours.

Three hours.

After riding for a very long time.

What do you want to do?

You want to use the toilet.

Yes.

Use the toilet.

But you're in a car.

There's no toilet in the car.

What do you do?

You have to tell the driver.

"Stop for a moment."

"I need to use the toilet."

Then they stop the car.

You get out.

Go find a toilet.

Sometimes in far away places there are no toilets.

You can't find one.

It's very uncomfortable.

Many people have this problem.

Riding in a car for a long time.

Wanting to use the toilet.

But can't find a toilet.

In China there's a company that makes cars.

A company is a place where many people work together.

This company is called Seres.

Seres is its name.

It makes electric cars.

Electric cars are cars that don't use oil.

They use electricity.

This company thought of a solution.

A very special solution.

They said: "Let's put a toilet in the car."

Yes.

Put a toilet in the car.

You heard right.

A toilet.

Inside the car.

Under the chair you sit on.

You say one sentence.

And the toilet comes out.

What do you say?

You talk to the car.

Just like you talk to a person.

You say: "I need to use the toilet."

Then under the chair.

Something slides out.

Slides out means slowly comes out from inside.

Like pulling open a drawer.

This thing is the toilet.

You can use the toilet in the car now.

After you're done?

It goes back by itself.

Back under the chair.

Can't see it anymore.

But what about the stuff inside?

The stuff from after you used the toilet.

Where does it go?

There's a small box.

The stuff is in the box.

There's something hot.

It makes the water dry.

There's also something that sends bad smells outside the car.

Bad smell means the smell is not good.

Stinky.

Nobody wants to smell that.

So there's a pipe that sends the smell out.

This way the car won't be stinky.

But that box.

In the end you still have to take it out yourself.

Empty it yourself.

Wash it yourself.

Hmm.

This part is not great.

Is this toilet real?

Not yet.

Right now it's just an idea.

This company wrote the idea down.

Told the government.

The government said: "OK, this idea is yours."

"Other people can't use your idea."

This is called a "patent."

A patent means an idea only you can use.

But having a patent doesn't mean they will make it.

Many companies have many ideas.

Have patents.

But in the end never make them.

This car toilet might never be made either.

We don't know.

But the idea itself is very interesting.

And very funny.

Think about it.

You're sitting in a car.

Your friend is sitting next to you.

Then you say: "I need to use the toilet."

A toilet slides out from under your chair.

Your friend is right there.

Watching you.

This image is too funny.

In China there are many companies that make cars.

They think of many many solutions.

To make cars better.

Some cars let you sleep inside.

Some cars let you cook inside.

Some cars have very big TVs.

Now some cars even have toilets.

Chinese cars are less and less like cars.

More and more like a small house.

A small house that can move.

With everything inside.

Maybe one day.

You don't need to buy a house.

You just buy a car and that's enough.

Eat in the car.

Sleep in the car.

Use the toilet in the car.

Watch TV in the car.

This is a joke.

But look at Chinese cars.

Maybe it's not entirely a joke.

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Try it without the transcript and notice what sounds clearer.

What vocabulary does this episode teach?

词汇
wǒmenwe; us

HSK 1. we; us.

tāmenthey; them

HSK 1. they; them.

shénmewhat

HSK 1. what.

shíhoutime / moment

HSK 1. time / moment.

xiànzàinow

HSK 1. now.

péngyoufriend

HSK 1. friend.

mǎtǒngtoilet

The fixture you sit on in the bathroom.

zhuānlìpatent

Legal protection for an invention or idea.

shēngkòngvoice-controlled

Operated by speaking commands.

dǎoguǐguide rail

A track that lets something slide in and out.

páiqìexhaust; ventilation

Pushing air or smells out of a space.

zhēngfāto evaporate

When liquid turns into gas and disappears.

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What grammar patterns appear in this episode?

语法
就是...↗

It means... Used for defining terms.

公司就是很多人一起工作的地方。

电的车就是不用油的车。

像...一样↗

Like; similar to...

像你拉一个抽屉一样。

越来越...↗

More and more...

中国的车越来越不像车了。

Proper nouns

专有名词
赛力斯SàilìsīSeres (Chinese EV brand)重庆ChóngqìngChongqing (Chinese city)华为HuáwéiHuawei比亚迪BǐyàdíBYD (Chinese EV company)鸿蒙HóngméngHarmonyOS (Huawei operating system)

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