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东西变贵了
Iran and Middle East War Pushes Oil Prices Up — Things Cost More in America
HSK 1 Chinese listening practice. A simple story about the war in the Middle East and Iran, where oil costs more and things in America are no longer cheap.
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 贵、油、打仗 and walks through 4 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.
今天说一个关于钱的故事。
Today we tell a story about money.
最近东西变贵了。
Recently things got more expensive.
什么东西变贵了？
What things got more expensive?
油变贵了。
Oil got more expensive.
油是什么？
What is oil?
油就是汽油。
Oil is gasoline.
汽车要用油。
Cars need oil.
飞机也要用油。
Planes also need oil.
船也要用油。
Ships also need oil.
油很重要。
Oil is very important.
没有油。
Without oil.
车不能开。
Cars can't drive.
飞机不能飞。
Planes can't fly.
为什么油变贵了？
Why did oil get more expensive?
因为有一个地方出了问题。
Because a place had a problem.
这个地方在中东。
This place is in the Middle East.
中东是哪里？
Where is the Middle East?
中东是一个很远的地方。
The Middle East is a very far place.
那里有很多油。
There is a lot of oil there.
全世界的油。
The world's oil.
很多从那里来。
A lot comes from there.
那里怎么了？
What happened there?
两个国家打起来了。
Two countries started fighting.
美国和伊朗打起来了。
America and Iran started fighting.
打起来就是打仗。
Fighting means war.
打仗很可怕。
War is very scary.
会有人受伤。
People get hurt.
会有人死。
People die.
伊朗很生气。
Iran was very angry.
它做了什么？
What did it do?
它关了一条水路。
It closed a waterway.
这条水路叫海峡。
This waterway is called a strait.
海峡就是大海中间的一条路。
A strait is a path in the middle of the sea.
船从这里过。
Ships pass through here.
运油的船也从这里过。
Ships carrying oil also pass through here.
这条海峡很重要。
This strait is very important.
多重要？
How important?
全世界五分之一的油从这里过。
One-fifth of the world's oil passes through here.
五分之一就是百分之二十。
One-fifth is twenty percent.
很多。
A lot.
现在海峡关了。
Now the strait is closed.
船过不去了。
Ships can't get through.
油运不出来了。
Oil can't be shipped out.
油运不出来。
Oil can't be shipped out.
油就少了。
So there is less oil.
油少了。
Less oil.
油就贵了。
So oil is more expensive.
贵了多少？
How much more expensive?
以前一桶油八十块钱。
Before, one barrel of oil was eighty dollars.
块就是美元。
Dollars means American money.
现在一桶油一百多块。
Now one barrel of oil is over one hundred dollars.
多了二十多块。
More than twenty dollars more.
涨了百分之三十。
It went up thirty percent.
百分之三十是什么意思？
What does thirty percent mean?
就是你以前花一百块加油。
If you used to spend one hundred dollars on gas.
现在要花一百三十块。
Now you spend one hundred thirty dollars.
多了三十块。
Thirty dollars more.
油贵了以后。
After oil got expensive.
别的东西也贵了。
Other things also got expensive.
为什么？
Why?
因为运东西要用油。
Because shipping things needs oil.
卡车运水果要用油。
Trucks shipping fruit need oil.
飞机运包裹要用油。
Planes shipping packages need oil.
船运货物要用油。
Ships shipping goods need oil.
油贵了。
Oil is expensive.
运东西的钱就多了。
So shipping costs more money.
运东西的钱多了。
Shipping costs more money.
东西就贵了。
So things are more expensive.
你去超市。
You go to the supermarket.
水果贵了。
Fruit is more expensive.
肉贵了。
Meat is more expensive.
菜也贵了。
Vegetables are also more expensive.
什么都贵了。
Everything is more expensive.
还有一件事。
There is another thing.
股票跌了。
Stocks went down.
股票是什么？
What are stocks?
简单说。
Simply put.
就是你买了一个公司的一小块。
You buy a small piece of a company.
公司赚钱。
The company makes money.
你也赚钱。
You also make money.
公司不好。
The company does badly.
你也亏钱。
You also lose money.
亏钱就是钱少了。
Losing money means money got less.
最近公司都不太好。
Recently companies are not doing well.
为什么不好？
Why not well?
因为油贵了。
Because oil is expensive.
做东西的费用高了。
Making things costs more.
运东西的费用高了。
Shipping things costs more.
人们买东西买得少了。
People buy less things.
因为东西太贵了。
Because things are too expensive.
所以公司赚的钱少了。
So companies make less money.
股票就跌了。
Stocks went down.
跌了多少？
How much did they go down?
一个月跌了百分之七。
In one month they went down seven percent.
如果你有一百块的股票。
If you had one hundred dollars in stocks.
现在只有九十三块了。
Now you only have ninety-three dollars.
少了七块。
Seven dollars less.
很多人的钱变少了。
Many people's money got less.
什么时候能好？
When will it get better?
不知道。
Don't know.
要看打仗什么时候停。
It depends on when the war stops.
要看海峡什么时候开。
It depends on when the strait opens.
海峡开了。
When the strait opens.
油就不贵了。
Oil won't be expensive.
油不贵了。
When oil is not expensive.
东西就不贵了。
Things won't be expensive.
大家就不害怕了。
People won't be scared.
股票可能就涨了。
Stocks might go up.
但是现在还不知道。
But right now nobody knows.
大家都在等。
Everyone is waiting.
等中东那边的消息。
Waiting for news from the Middle East.
这就是最近的事。
This is what happened recently.
油贵了。
Oil is expensive.
东西贵了。
Things are expensive.
股票跌了。
Stocks went down.
都是因为打仗。
All because of war.
打仗不好。
War is not good.
打仗让人害怕。
War makes people scared.
打仗让东西贵。
War makes things expensive.
打仗让人亏钱。
War makes people lose money.
你可能会问。
You might ask.
我能做什么？
What can I do?
你不能做什么。
You can't do anything.
你只能等。
You can only wait.
等打仗停了。
Wait for the war to stop.
等海峡开了。
Wait for the strait to open.
等油便宜了。
Wait for oil to be cheap.
等东西不贵了。
Wait for things to not be expensive.
希望快一点。
Hope it's soon.
这样大家就好了。
Then everyone will be okay.
这就是今天的故事。
This is today's story.
一个关于打仗和油价的故事。
A story about war and oil prices.
虽然打仗在很远的地方。
Although the war is in a far away place.
但是影响了全世界。
It affected the whole world.
包括你和我。
Including you and me.
以后你看新闻。
In the future when you watch news.
看到中东。
When you see Middle East.
看到伊朗。
When you see Iran.
看到海峡。
When you see strait.
你就知道了。
You will know.
这些事跟油有关。
These things are about oil.
跟你的钱有关。
About your money.
跟你买东西有关。
About buying things.
虽然很远。
Although very far away.
但是很重要。
But very important.
Costs a lot of money.
Fuel for cars, planes and ships.
Does not cost much money.
When countries fight each other.
A water path in the middle of the sea.
To move things from here to there.
Small pieces of a company you can buy.
Feeling fear about something.
When your money gets less.
A big store where you buy food.
Matters a lot. Oil is very important.
Something you hear or read about.
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