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义乌做足球
Yiwu Makes the World Cup's Footballs — One Small Chinese City, Lots of Orders
HSK 1 Chinese listening practice. Yiwu in China makes footballs and World Cup things for many countries. The city is very busy now.
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 6 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 18 key vocabulary words such as 买、东西、钱 and walks through 6 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.
说到一个有意思的东西。
Speaking of something interesting.
你知道足球吗？
Do you know football?
足球是什么？
What is football?
足球是一个球。
Football is a ball.
一个大的球。
A big ball.
人喜欢看足球。
People like watching football.
很多人喜欢看。
Many people like watching.
很多很多人。
Many, many people.
你喜欢看足球吗？
Do you like watching football?
足球很好看。
Football is fun to watch.
有人在那里跑。
People run around there.
他们都想要那个球。
They all want that ball.
很多人一起看。
Many people watch together.
他们很高兴。
They are happy.
这就是足球。
This is football.
然后说一个大东西。
Now let's talk about something big.
叫世界杯。
It's called the World Cup.
世界杯是什么？
What is the World Cup?
先说世界。
First, let's talk about "world."
世界很大很大。
The world is very, very big.
中国在世界里面。
China is in the world.
美国也在世界里面。
America is also in the world.
还有很多很多。
And there are many, many more.
世界就是这些。
The world is all of these.
然后说杯。
Now let's talk about "cup."
杯子你知道吗？
You know cups, right?
喝水用杯子。
We drink water with cups.
世界杯不是杯子。
The World Cup is not a cup.
世界杯就是很多人一起看足球。
The World Cup is when many people watch football together.
看谁好。
To see who's good.
这就是世界杯。
This is the World Cup.
四年有一个世界杯。
There's a World Cup every four years.
今年有。
There's one this year.
在美国。
In America.
很多人很高兴。
Many people are happy.
好。
OK.
然后说中国。
Now let's talk about China.
中国有一个小的地方。
China has a small place.
地方就是一个地。
A place is somewhere you can be.
这个地方叫义乌。
This place is called Yiwu.
义乌在中国。
Yiwu is in China.
不是北京。
Not Beijing.
义乌不大。
Yiwu is not big.
人不多。
Not many people.
你可能不知道义乌。
You might not know Yiwu.
义乌有什么好？
What's good about Yiwu?
义乌做东西。
Yiwu makes things.
做很多很多东西。
Makes many, many things.
什么东西？
What things?
小的东西。
Small things.
好看的东西。
Pretty things.
你买的东西。
Things you buy.
义乌有工厂。
Yiwu has factories.
工厂是什么？
What is a factory?
工厂就是做东西的。
A factory is where things are made.
一个大大的地方。
A very big place.
里面有很多人。
With many people inside.
他们每天去。
They go every day.
每天工作。
Work every day.
每天做东西。
Make things every day.
义乌有很多工厂。
Yiwu has many factories.
一个做这个。
One makes this.
一个做那个。
Another makes that.
做了东西然后呢？
After making things, then what?
卖。
Sell.
卖是什么？
What is "sell"?
你听。
Listen.
我有一个东西。
I have something.
你想要。
You want it.
你给我钱。
You give me money.
我给你东西。
I give you the thing.
你高兴。
You're happy.
我也高兴。
I'm happy too.
这就是卖。
This is selling.
义乌的人做了东西。
Yiwu people make things.
然后卖。
Then sell.
卖给谁？
Sell to who?
卖给中国人。
Sell to Chinese people.
也卖给美国人。
Also sell to Americans.
卖给很多很多人。
Sell to many, many people.
义乌的东西不要很多钱。
Yiwu's things don't cost much.
所以很多人喜欢买。
So many people like to buy.
好。
OK.
现在世界杯来了。
Now the World Cup is coming.
义乌怎么样？
How is Yiwu doing?
义乌有很多很多工作。
Yiwu has lots and lots of work.
他们在做足球。
They're making footballs.
一个工厂一天做多少？
How many does one factory make per day?
四千个足球。
Four thousand footballs.
四千个！
Four thousand!
你想想看。
Think about it.
一天。
One day.
四千个。
Four thousand.
很多很多。
So many.
还有什么？
What else?
有衣服。
Clothes.
足球的衣服。
Football clothes.
有杯子。
Cups.
世界杯的杯子。
World Cup cups.
有小的好看的东西。
Small pretty things.
都是世界杯的。
All World Cup items.
有人来义乌买东西。
People come to Yiwu to buy things.
从美国来。
From America.
从很多地方来。
From many places.
他们来做什么？
What do they come for?
来买东西。
To buy things.
一个人买了一万个东西。
One person bought ten thousand items.
一万个！
Ten thousand!
义乌的人很高兴。
Yiwu people are very happy.
来买的人多。
Many buyers coming.
钱也多。
Lots of money too.
工作也多。
Lots of work too.
你知道一个有意思的东西吗？
Do you know something interesting?
上一个世界杯。
The last World Cup.
世界上有很多足球的东西。
There were many football things in the world.
多少是义乌做的？
How many were made by Yiwu?
十个里面。
Out of ten.
有七个。
Seven.
七个！
Seven!
十个里面有七个。
Seven out of ten.
是义乌做的。
Were made by Yiwu.
义乌这么小。
Yiwu is so small.
做了这么多。
Yet made so many.
现在这个世界杯。
This World Cup.
在三个地方。
Is in three places.
美国是一个。
America is one.
还有两个。
Plus two more.
三个地方一起。
Three places together.
要买的东西很多。
So many things to buy.
义乌要做的也很多。
So much for Yiwu to make too.
义乌的工厂每天在做。
Yiwu's factories work every day.
每天做。
Making every day.
每天卖。
Selling every day.
足球。
Footballs.
衣服。
Clothes.
杯子。
Cups.
小东西。
Small things.
好看的东西。
Pretty things.
都是义乌做的。
All made by Yiwu.
你看世界杯的时候。
When you watch the World Cup.
你看到的东西。
The things you see.
那个足球。
That football.
那个杯子。
That cup.
那件衣服。
That piece of clothing.
可能是义乌做的。
Might be made by Yiwu.
一个小小的地方。
A tiny little place.
在中国。
In China.
做了这么多东西。
Made so many things.
给了这么多人。
For so many people.
这就是义乌。
This is Yiwu.
小的地方。
Small place.
大的工作。
Big work.
One of the most common verbs. 我买东西 = I buy things.
A very useful word for anything. 什么东西？= What thing?
Used with 块 as measure word. 多少钱？= How much money?
我喜欢看足球 = I like watching football.
看足球 = watch football, 看书 = read a book.
做东西 = make things, 做工作 = do work.
Can be noun or verb. 他每天工作 = He works every day.
Opposite of 小. 世界很大 = The world is very big.
义乌很小 = Yiwu is very small.
他们很高兴 = They are very happy.
足球的衣服 = football jerseys/clothes.
足 means foot, 球 means ball. The world's most popular sport.
世界 = world, 杯 = cup/trophy. The biggest football tournament, held every 4 years.
工 = work, 厂 = factory. A place where things are manufactured.
Opposite of 买 (buy). 卖东西 = sell things.
义乌是一个小地方 = Yiwu is a small place.
世界很大 = The world is very big. 全世界 = the whole world.
可能是义乌做的 = might be made by Yiwu.
* beyond level超纲词