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英国王室"夏日回顾"：康复后的 Kate，为病人爬了三座山
The UK Royals' 'Summer Rewind': After Recovering, Kate Climbed Three Mountains for Sick Patients
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An easy Chinese listening story: the UK royals shared summer photos, and the standout was Kate, who after recovering from cancer climbed Britain's three highest mountains to raise money for patients. HSK 2 Chinese listening practice.
This is an HSK 2 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 高兴、想、好 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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English transcript reference
William and Kate are the prince and princess of the UK.
In the UK, many people care about them deeply.
In July, they showed everyone lots of photos from this summer.
In the photos, the whole family looks so happy.
What everyone most wants to talk about is Kate's story.
Last year, Kate had a very serious illness, called cancer.
This year, her illness slowly got better.
Kate wants to help people who are sick.
She climbed the three highest mountains in Britain.
She wanted to raise some money for a hospital.
This money can help those who are sick.
Many people saw it and said: Kate is wonderful, truly amazing!
Now, the whole family is going to take a rest.
They'll come back to work later.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇一家人都很高兴 = the whole family is happy.
Kate 想帮生病的人 = Kate wants to help sick people.
她的病慢慢好了 = her illness slowly got better.
很多人看了 = many people saw it.
他们一家人 = their whole family.
英国的王妃 = the princess of the UK.
看了很多照片 = looked at many photos.
很重的病，叫癌症 = a serious illness, called cancer.
她爬上了三个山 = she climbed three mountains.
英国最高的三个山 = the three highest mountains in Britain.
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What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法最想……的
大家最想 + verb + 的 = "what everyone most wants to …".
大家最想说的，是 Kate 的故事。
慢慢……
慢慢 = "slowly / gradually".
她的病，慢慢好了。
能 + verb
能 + verb = "can / is able to".
这些钱，能帮那些生病的人。
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