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一个有名的老师走了
Zhang Xuefeng Dies — China's Famous College-Choice Teacher Has Passed Away
HSK 1 Chinese listening practice. A simple story about Zhang Xuefeng, the famous Chinese teacher who helped students pick majors, and his sudden death.
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 12 key vocabulary words such as 老师、有名、大学 and walks through 4 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.
A person who teaches. 张雪峰 was a famous teacher.
Well-known by many people. 他很有名 = He is very famous.
A place for higher education after high school.
A person who studies at a school.
To assist someone. 他帮学生 = He helped students.
To stop living. 他死了 = He died.
Feeling unhappy. 大家很难过 = Everyone was very sad.
To work hard. 他小时候很努力 = He worked hard as a child.
A business organization. He started his own company.
Information about recent events.
To run for exercise. 他爱跑步 = He loved running.
Not old. 他太年轻了 = He was too young.
* beyond level超纲词
很 + Adjective
Use 很 (hěn) before an adjective to say 'very [adjective]'. In simple statements, 很 is often needed even when you just mean 'is [adjective]'.
他很有名。 — He is very famous.
那里很冷。 — It's very cold there.
他很有钱。 — He is very rich.
Subject + 是 + Noun
Use 是 (shì) to connect a subject with a noun, meaning 'is' or 'am'. It is NOT used with adjectives (use 很 instead).
他是中国人。 — He is Chinese.
他是老师。 — He is a teacher.
他是好老师。 — He is a good teacher.
Verb + 了 (completed action)
Place 了 (le) after a verb to show that an action has been completed, similar to past tense.
他死了。 — He died.
他赢了。 — He won.
医生来了。 — The doctor came.
因为 … (giving reasons)
Use 因为 (yīnwèi) at the start of a clause to give a reason, meaning 'because'.
因为他们信他。 — Because they trusted him.
因为他。 — Because of him.