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英国的 Kate 病好了，又爬了三座高山，大家都在夸她
Britain's Kate Recovered from Illness, Then Climbed Three Mountains, and Everyone's Praising Her
A simple beginner Chinese listening story about the UK royals William and Kate: after recovering from a serious illness, Kate climbed three high mountains to help sick people.
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 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.
很多人都知道 William 和 Kate。
Lots of people know William and Kate.
他们是英国的王子和公主。
They are the prince and princess of the UK.
这个夏天，他们给大家看了很多照片。
This summer, they showed everyone lots of photos.
照片里，有他们，也有他们的孩子。
In the photos are them, and their children too.
一家人，都很高兴。
The whole family, all so happy.
大家都很喜欢 Kate。
Everyone really likes Kate.
Kate 病了。
Kate got sick.
现在，Kate 好了。
Now, Kate is better.
Kate 想帮病人。
Kate wants to help sick people.
她爬了三个很高的山。
She climbed three very high mountains.
这三个山，都很高很高。
These three mountains are all very, very high.
很多人看了，都很高兴。
Many people saw it and were delighted.
大家都说：Kate，你很好！
Everyone says: Kate, you're wonderful!
一家人都很高兴 = the whole family is happy.
Kate 想帮病人 = Kate wants to help sick people.
Kate 好了 = Kate is better.
很多人看了 = many people saw it.
一家人 = the whole family.
英国的王子 = the prince of the UK.
英国的公主 = the princess of the UK.
看了很多照片 = looked at many photos.
她爬了三个山 = she climbed three mountains.
三个很高的山 = three very high mountains.
* beyond level超纲词
都很 + adj
都很 + adjective = "all very …".
一家人，都很高兴。
想 + verb
想 + verb = "want to (do)".
Kate 想帮病人。
很 + adj + 很 + adj
Reduplication for emphasis: 很高很高 = "very, very high".
这三个山，都很高很高。
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