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抗癌、登顶、筹款：威廉凯特"夏日回顾"里，最打动人的凯特
Cancer, Summits, and a Fundraiser: Why Kate Was the Most Moving Part of the 'Summer Rewind'
An intermediate Chinese listening story on William and Kate's 'summer rewind': its emotional heart is Kate, who ~18 months after her cancer diagnosis climbed Britain's three highest peaks for charity, a portrait of resilience.
This is an HSK 5-6 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 11 key vocabulary words such as 恢复、健康、意义 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.
在英国王室里，威廉和凯特这对威尔士王子与王妃，几乎是最受瞩目的一对。
In the British royal family, William and Kate, the Prince and Princess of Wales, are just about the most closely watched couple of all.
七月二十八号，他们在社交媒体上发布了一条"夏日回顾"，用一组照片和视频，串起了整个夏天。
On July 28th, they posted a "summer rewind" on social media, using a set of photos and videos to string the whole summer together.
镜头里，有温网赛场上的一家人，有孩子们的笑声，也有他们和各界名人的合影，画面温馨又轻松。
In the frames: the family at Wimbledon, the children's laughter, and photos with famous faces from every field, warm and easy.
配文里，他们写道：感谢每一个让这几个月如此特别的人。
In the caption they wrote: thank you to everyone who made these past few months so special.
但真正让无数人动容的，还是凯特这一年多的经历。
But what truly moved countless people was still Kate's past year and more.
大约一年半前，她公开自己被查出癌症，一度淡出公众视野，接受治疗。
About eighteen months ago, she revealed she had been diagnosed with cancer, stepped out of the public eye for a while, and underwent treatment.
如今，恢复了健康的她，还做了一件几乎超出常人想象的事。
Now, healthy again, she has done something almost beyond what ordinary people would imagine.
在二十四小时之内，她一口气登顶了英格兰、苏格兰和威尔士的最高峰，完成了著名的"三峰挑战"。
In twenty-four hours, she summited the highest peaks of England, Scotland, and Wales in one go, completing the famous Three Peaks Challenge.
而这一切，是为了给一家癌症医院筹款，帮助那些还走在治疗路上的病人。
And all of it was to raise money for a cancer hospital, to help those still walking the long road of treatment.
一个刚从生死边缘走过一遭的人，转头就去为同样的病人奔走，这份坚韧，比任何头衔都更打动人。
Someone who had just walked back from the edge of life and death, turning around to go to bat for fellow patients, is a resilience that moves people more than any title.
在很多人眼里，王室的意义，或许正藏在这样的时刻里：他们也会脆弱，也会生病，却依然选择站出来，给别人力量。
In many eyes, the meaning of royalty may lie exactly in moments like this: they too can be fragile, they too can fall ill, and yet they still choose to stand up and give others strength.
如今，忙碌了一个夏天的一家人，也终于要停下来，好好休息一下了。
Now, after a busy summer, the family is finally going to stop and take a good rest.
恢复了健康 = recovered her health.
恢复了健康 = got her health back.
王室的意义 = the meaning of royalty.
选择站出来 = choose to stand up.
接受治疗 = undergo treatment.
凯特这一年多的经历 = Kate's past year and more.
英国王室 = the British royal family.
被查出癌症 = was diagnosed with cancer.
接受治疗 = undergo treatment.
为癌症医院筹款 = raise money for a cancer hospital.
比任何头衔都更打动人 = more moving than any title.
* beyond level超纲词
真正……的，还是……
真正 X 的，还是 Y = "what truly X is still Y".
真正让无数人动容的，还是凯特这一年多的经历。
也会……，也会……，却依然……
也会 A，也会 B，却依然 C = "they too A, too B, yet still C".
他们也会脆弱，也会生病，却依然选择站出来。
为了……，帮助……
为了 X，帮助 Y = "for the sake of X, to help Y".
是为了给一家癌症医院筹款，帮助那些还走在治疗路上的病人。
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