The Giant Squid · 大章鱼 · 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea · Simplified Mandarin · HSK 1

外面有很多军舰。军舰在打潜水艇。潜水艇往下走。水下太黑了。尼莫和教授在看。

一只大章鱼出来。这只大章鱼太大了！大章鱼在打潜水艇。潜水艇往上走。外面是晚上。外面的风和雨很大。晚上的风很大。大风打潜水艇。晚上的雨也很大。大雨也打潜水艇。

尼莫和尼德出来。他们出来打大章鱼。大章鱼要尼莫的命。尼德出来救人。尼德要去救尼莫。尼德救了尼莫的命。尼莫的命还在。尼莫说：“ 谢谢你！” 尼莫很谢谢尼德。尼莫和尼德说谢谢。

大章鱼不见。尼莫去看教授。助手也在看尼莫。尼莫和教授说话。 “我不想打人。我想和人做朋友。我要说出秘密了。”

语法 · Grammar

Directional Movement with 往

往 + Direction + Verb

The preposition 往 is used to indicate the direction of an action. It is placed before a direction word (like 上 'up' or 下 'down'), which is then followed by the verb.

潜水艇往下走。The submarine goes down.

潜水艇往上走。The submarine goes up.

Expressing Extremes with 太……了

太 + Adjective + 了

This structure is used to express that something is excessive or extreme, often translated as 'too' or 'extremely'. The 了 at the end is part of the fixed pattern.

这只大章鱼太大了！This giant octopus is too big!

水下太黑了。Underwater is too dark.

练习二 · Matching

Match each Chinese word to its English meaning.

1.潜水艇

2.助手

3.命

4.朋友

5.说话

a.friend

b.submarine

c.to speak

d.assistant

e.life

1-b · 2-d · 3-e · 4-a · 5-c

译文 · Translation

Outside there are many warships. The warships are attacking the submarine. The submarine goes down. Underwater it is too dark. Nemo and the professor are watching.

A giant octopus comes out. This giant octopus is too big! The giant octopus is attacking the submarine. The submarine goes up. Outside it is night. The wind and rain outside are very strong. The night wind is very strong. The strong wind attacks the submarine. The night rain is also very heavy. The heavy rain also attacks the submarine.

Nemo and Ned come out. They come out to fight the giant octopus. The giant octopus wants Nemo's life. Ned comes out to save people. Ned wants to go save Nemo. Ned saved Nemo's life. Nemo is still alive. Nemo says: "Thank you!" Nemo is very thankful to Ned. Nemo and Ned say thanks.

The giant octopus disappears. Nemo goes to see the professor. The assistant is also watching Nemo. Nemo and the professor talk. "I don't want to fight people. I want to make friends with people. I am going to tell the secret."