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上海开了一个大会：机器人，越来越像人
Shanghai Hosts a Big Conference: Robots That Look More and More Human
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 3 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 8 key vocabulary words such as 电脑、商店、饭馆 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，我们说一个大会。
Today, we're talking about a conference.
这个大会，在中国的上海。
This conference is in Shanghai, China.
很多很多人，来了这个大会。
Many, many people came to this conference.
他们来上海，说一个东西。
They came to Shanghai to talk about one thing.
这个东西，叫人工智能。
This thing is called artificial intelligence.
人工智能，也叫 AI。
Artificial intelligence is also called AI.
AI 是什么？
What is AI?
AI，是电脑里的一个东西。
AI is something inside computers.
AI 很聪明。
AI is very smart.
AI 会看，会听，也会说。
AI can see, can hear, and can speak.
在这个大会上，有很多机器人。
At this conference, there are many robots.
机器人，和人一样。
The robots are just like people.
这些机器人，也很聪明。
These robots are very smart too.
机器人会说，也会走。
The robots can talk, and can walk.
机器人也会帮人做东西。
The robots can also help people do things.
在饭馆里，机器人可以帮你。
In a restaurant, a robot can help you.
在商店里，机器人也可以帮你。
In a shop, a robot can help you too.
大家看了，都很高兴。
Everyone who saw this was very happy.
这个大会，很大很大。
This conference is very, very big.
大会上，有很多很多新东西。
At the conference, there are many, many new things.
有的机器人，很大。
Some robots are very big.
有的机器人，很小。
Some robots are very small.
你问机器人，机器人会说。
You ask a robot a question, and the robot answers.
很多国家的人，都来看。
People from many countries came to see it.
现在，AI 也在机器人里。
Now, AI is inside robots too.
AI 也在我们的生活里。
AI is also in our lives.
大会上，也来了一个很重要的人。
A very important person also came to the conference.
他是中国的大领导。
He is a top leader of China.
他也说了很多。
He said a lot, too.
他说：AI 很重要。
He said: AI is very important.
他说：大家要一起，做好 AI。
He said: everyone should work together to do AI well.
他说：AI 不是一个国家的东西。
He said: AI does not belong to just one country.
AI 是世界的东西。
AI belongs to the whole world.
他说：有的国家，没有 AI。
He said: some countries do not have AI.
中国想帮这些国家。
China wants to help these countries.
大家一起，AI 会很好。
If everyone works together, AI will be great.
大家要一起，好好做 AI。
Everyone should work together and do AI well.
好，今天我们说了这个大会。
OK, today we talked about this conference.
这个大会，在上海。
This conference was in Shanghai.
大会上，有很多机器人。
At the conference, there were many robots.
也有很多国家的人。
There were also people from many countries.
大家都在说一个东西：AI。
Everyone was talking about one thing: AI.
现在，AI 很好，也很有用。
Now, AI is great, and very useful.
AI 在改变我们的生活。
AI is changing our lives.
以后，AI 会越来越好。
In the future, AI will get better and better.
AI 是电脑里的一个东西 — AI is something inside computers.
在商店里，机器人可以帮你 — In a shop, a robot can help you.
机器人可以在饭馆工作 — A robot can work in a restaurant.
大家看了，都很高兴 — Everyone was very happy when they saw it.
大会上有很多新东西 — There are many new things at the conference.
Beyond HSK 1. 机 (machine) + 器 (device) + 人 (person). The star of the conference.
Beyond HSK 1. The topic of the whole conference; also called AI.
Beyond HSK 1. AI 很聪明 — AI is very smart.
* beyond level超纲词
在 + Place + ...
Marks where something happens — "at / in a place."
在饭馆里，机器人可以帮你。
在这个大会上，有很多机器人。
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