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英国首相访问中国
Keir Starmer Visits Xi Jinping — Hong Kong as a UK-China Business Bridge
HSK 1 Chinese listening practice. A simple story about UK leader Keir Starmer visiting Xi Jinping, with Hong Kong as a bridge between Britain and China.
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 1 minute. 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 首相、领导人、生意 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.
英国首相去了中国。
The UK Prime Minister went to China.
首相是英国的领导人。
The Prime Minister is the leader of the UK.
他的名字叫斯塔默。
His name is Starmer.
他见了习近平。
He met Xi Jinping.
习近平是中国的领导人。
Xi Jinping is the leader of China.
他们想做生意。
They want to do business.
生意就是买东西和卖东西。
Business means buying things and selling things.
很多英国公司也去了。
Many UK companies went too.
他们想在中国工作。
They want to work in China.
这对英国很好。
This is good for the UK.
这对中国也很好。
This is also good for China.
还有……
Also...
香港非常重要。
Hong Kong is very important.
香港像一座桥。
Hong Kong is like a bridge.
桥连接两个地方。
A bridge connects two places.
香港连接英国和中国。
Hong Kong connects the UK and China.
他们可以一起做很多事。
They can do many things together.
比如，保护环境。
For example, protecting the environment.
环境就是我们住的地方。
Environment means the place we live.
还有，学校的合作。
Also, school cooperation.
英国的学校很好。
UK schools are very good.
中国的学生很多。
China has many students.
大家可以互相说话。
Everyone can talk to each other.
互相意味着你听我和我听你。
Mutual means you listen to me and I listen to you.
说话比不说话好。
Talking is better than not talking.
The head of an elected government. Measure word: 位 (wèi).
A person who leads a group or country. Measure word: 位 (wèi).
Trade or commerce. Often used with 做 (zuò - to do). Measure word: 笔 (bǐ).
A business organization. Measure word: 家 (jiā).
Structure connecting two places. Used metaphorically here. Measure word: 座 (zuò).
Verb meaning to join two things or places together.
The surroundings or conditions in which we live.
To work together for a common goal.
Adverb indicating reciprocal action.
Used to explain the definition or consequence of something.