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蒂芙尼告艾芙尼：一个卖钻石，一个卖卫生巾，名字却太像
Tiffany Sues Alffany: Diamonds vs. Sanitary Pads, but Nearly the Same Name
This is an HSK 2 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 9 key vocabulary words such as 公司、一样、贵 and walks through 2 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，我们说一件很有意思的事。
Today, we're talking about something really interesting.
这件事，和两个公司有关。
It has to do with two companies.
一个公司，在美国，很有名。
One company is in America, and it's very famous.
它的名字，叫蒂芙尼。
Its name is Tiffany.
蒂芙尼是卖珠宝的。
Tiffany sells jewelry.
它卖钻石，也卖戒指。
It sells diamonds, and it sells rings.
它的东西，都很贵。
Its products are all very expensive.
一个小戒指，也要很多钱。
Even a small ring costs a lot of money.
很多人结婚的时候，都想买蒂芙尼。
Many people want to buy Tiffany when they get married.
所以，蒂芙尼是一个很有名的牌子。
So Tiffany is a very famous brand.
好，现在说中国的一个公司。
OK, now let's talk about a Chinese company.
这个中国公司，也有一个名字。
This Chinese company also has a name.
它的名字，叫艾芙尼。
Its name is Alffany.
你听：蒂芙尼，艾芙尼。
Listen: Tiffany, Alffany.
这两个名字，是不是很像？
Aren't these two names very similar?
听起来，真的差不多。
They really do sound almost the same.
但是，艾芙尼不卖珠宝。
But Alffany doesn't sell jewelry.
它卖的，是卫生巾。
What it sells is sanitary pads.
卫生巾，是女生每个月用的东西。
Sanitary pads are something women use every month.
一个卖钻石，一个卖卫生巾。
One sells diamonds, one sells sanitary pads.
这两个公司，一点也不一样。
These two companies are not alike at all.
可是，它们的名字，太像了。
Yet their names are too similar.
蒂芙尼知道以后，很不高兴。
After Tiffany found out, it was very unhappy.
蒂芙尼说：你的名字，和我的太像了。
Tiffany said: your name is too much like mine.
蒂芙尼说：别人会不会看错？
Tiffany said: won't people get them mixed up?
在中国，公司的名字，叫"商标"。
In China, a company's name is called a "trademark."
每个公司，只能用自己的商标。
Each company can only use its own trademark.
蒂芙尼想让艾芙尼，别用这个名字。
Tiffany wanted Alffany to stop using this name.
艾芙尼说：我们不一样。
Alffany said: we're different.
艾芙尼说：我卖卫生巾，你卖珠宝。
Alffany said: I sell sanitary pads, you sell jewelry.
艾芙尼说：大家不会买错的。
Alffany said: people won't buy the wrong one.
艾芙尼还说：我们没想过要学蒂芙尼。
Alffany also said: we never meant to copy Tiffany.
两个公司，谁也不让谁。
Neither company would back down.
最后，这件事到了法院。
In the end, the matter went to court.
法院要看：这两个商标，是不是太像了。
The court has to decide whether these two trademarks are too similar.
现在，这件事还没有结果。
For now, the case still has no outcome.
很多中国人，也在说这件事。
Many Chinese people are talking about it too.
有的人说：名字确实很像。
Some say: the names really are similar.
有的人说：可是东西不一样，没关系。
Others say: but the products are different, so it's fine.
你觉得呢？
What do you think?
这件事，和两个公司有关 — the story involves two companies.
这两个公司，一点也不一样 — these two companies are not alike at all.
它的东西，都很贵 — its products are all very expensive.
一件很有意思的事 — a really interesting matter.
它们的名字，太像了 — their names are too similar.
Beyond HSK 1-2. 蒂芙尼是卖珠宝的 — Tiffany sells jewelry.
Beyond HSK 1-2. 它卖钻石，也卖戒指 — it sells diamonds and rings.
Beyond HSK 1-2. 公司的名字，叫"商标" — a company’s name is its "trademark."
Beyond HSK 1-2. 它卖的，是卫生巾 — what Alffany sells is sanitary pads.
* beyond level超纲词
一点也不 + Adj
"not... in the slightest" — emphatic negation.
这两个公司，一点也不一样。
想让 + sb + do
"want someone to do something" — 让 introduces the person made/asked to act.
蒂芙尼想让艾芙尼，别用这个名字。
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