The Armada Descends · 天軍降臨 · Havoc in Heaven · Traditional Mandarin · HSK 3

天上的黑雲很多，黑雲遮住了太陽，天上看不見太陽。玉皇大帝非常生氣。他馬上派李靖去抓孫悟空。所有的天兵都來了。

李靖剛來到山前，孫悟空就拿出了金箍棒。孫悟空比天兵強大很多。他揮動金箍棒，很快打敗了李靖。天兵都沒有辦法。

玉皇大帝又派二郎神去抓孫悟空。二郎神比李靖厲害很多。他來到了孫悟空面前。他們開始了戰鬥。

孫悟空看到二郎神，變成了一隻小鳥。小鳥剛飛上天，二郎神就變成了一隻大鳥。大鳥比小鳥飛得快，大鳥想抓住小鳥。

孫悟空馬上飛下來，變成了一條小魚。小魚剛游進水裡，二郎神就變成了一條大魚。大魚比小魚游得快。大魚張開嘴巴，想把小魚吃掉。

孫悟空跑到山下。他變成了一間奇怪的房子。但是他還有一根長尾巴。他不知道怎麼藏這根尾巴。他把尾巴變成一根高木頭。這根木頭立在房子的後面。

二郎神來到了山下。他有神奇的第三隻眼。這隻眼睛能看到真相。二郎神剛打開眼睛，就看到了那間房子。這間房子比別的房子奇怪。他發現房子後面有一根尾巴。二郎神看著房子。他知道孫悟空跑不掉了。

語法 · Grammar

As soon as... then... (剛... 就...)

Subject + 剛 + Action 1, (Subject) + 就 + Action 2

This structure is used to express that one action happens immediately after another. It translates well to 'as soon as' or 'right after' in English.

李靖剛來到山前，孫悟空就拿出了金箍棒。As soon as Li Jing arrived at the front of the mountain, Sun Wukong took out his golden cudgel.

二郎神剛打開眼睛，就看到了那間房子。As soon as Erlang Shen opened his eyes, he saw that house.

Emphasis in Comparisons (比... 很多)

A + 比 + B + Adjective + 很多

To emphasize that there is a large difference in a comparison sentence, you can place 很多 (a lot / much) immediately after the adjective. This translates to A is 'much more [adjective]' than B.

孫悟空比天兵強大很多。Sun Wukong was much stronger than the Heavenly troops.

二郎神比李靖厲害很多。Erlang Shen was much more powerful than Li Jing.

練習二 · Matching

Match each vocabulary word to its English meaning.

1.戰鬥

2.揮動

3.厲害

4.奇怪

5.發現

a.strange

b.battle

c.to discover

d.fierce / powerful

e.to wave

1-b · 2-e · 3-d · 4-a · 5-c

譯文 · Translation

There were many black clouds in the sky, and the black clouds covered the sun, so the sun could not be seen in the sky. The Jade Emperor was very angry. He immediately sent Li Jing to catch Sun Wukong. All the Heavenly troops came.

As soon as Li Jing arrived at the front of the mountain, Sun Wukong took out his golden cudgel. Sun Wukong was much stronger than the Heavenly troops. He waved the golden cudgel and quickly defeated Li Jing. The Heavenly troops had no way to deal with him.

The Jade Emperor then sent Erlang Shen to catch Sun Wukong. Erlang Shen was much more powerful than Li Jing. He arrived in front of Sun Wukong. They began their battle.

When Sun Wukong saw Erlang Shen, he turned into a small bird. As soon as the small bird flew up into the sky, Erlang Shen turned into a large bird. The large bird flew faster than the small bird, and the large bird wanted to catch the small bird.

Sun Wukong immediately flew down and turned into a small fish. As soon as the small fish swam into the water, Erlang Shen turned into a large fish. The large fish swam faster than the small fish. The large fish opened its mouth, wanting to eat the small fish.

Sun Wukong ran to the bottom of the mountain. He turned into a strange house. But he still had a long tail. He didn't know how to hide this tail. He turned the tail into a tall piece of wood. This piece of wood stood behind the house.

Erlang Shen arrived at the bottom of the mountain. He had a magical third eye. This eye could see the truth. As soon as Erlang Shen opened his eye, he saw that house. This house was stranger than other houses. He discovered that there was a tail behind the house. Erlang Shen looked at the house. He knew Sun Wukong could not escape.