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- 他们把几千条内裤埋进二十五个国家的土里：这项研究拿了今年的搞笑诺贝尔奖 — Buried Underpants Reveal Soil Health in 25 Countries
The 2026 Ig Nobel Prizes, awarded in Zurich on September 3 — the first time in Europe after 35 years in the US — including a soil-science prize for burying thousands of pairs of cotton underpants across 25 countries to measure soil health
Buried Underpants Reveal Soil Health in 25 Countries
HSK 1 level · 3:32
Key Vocabulary- 衣服 (yīfu) — clothes
- 想 (xiǎng) — to think
- 知道 (zhīdào) — to know
- 菜 (cài) — vegetable
- 水果 (shuǐguǒ) — fruit
- 月 (yuè) — month
- 奖 (jiǎng) — prize, award
- 笑 (xiào) — to laugh
- 先……，再…… — First do one thing, then the other. It is the prize's entire motto, so this episode repeats it until it sticks.
- A 好，B 就多 — Linked conditions — when A holds, B follows. The episode stacks four of these in a row to walk through the science one step at a time.
- 把 + object + verb — Puts the object before the verb to focus on what happens to it. Very common with physically moving something.
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4 min - 纽约禁止六十万中小学生在校用 AI：反对的人说，这还不够 — NYC Bans AI in Schools for 600,000 Children
New York City, the largest school district in the United States, bans generative AI for 600,000 students from pre-K through 8th grade for the 2026-27 year — and the loudest criticism is that the pause is too short
NYC Bans AI in Schools for 600,000 Children
HSK 1 level · 3:31
Key Vocabulary- 学校 (xuéxiào) — school
- 学生 (xuésheng) — student
- 老师 (lǎoshī) — teacher
- 电脑 (diànnǎo) — computer
- 写 (xiě) — to write
- 想 (xiǎng) — to think
- 用 (yòng) — to use
- 纽约 (Niǔyuē) — New York
- 不可以 + verb — Says something is not permitted (as opposed to not possible). It is the sentence the whole news story is made of, so the episode repeats it many times.
- A 就 B — B follows immediately from A. It is what makes AI sound effortless in this episode — you ask, and instantly the answer is there.
- 要自己 + verb — Says you must do it yourself. 自己 sits between 要 and the verb, and repeating it is how the episode makes its argument without ever editorialising.
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4 min - 苹果第一部折叠 iPhone，9 月 9 日发布：新 CEO 上任第八天的第一场大考 — Foldable iPhone Is Apple's New CEO's First Test
Apple sets a September 9 event to launch its first foldable iPhone — the first product launch under new CEO John Ternus, eight days after he took over from Tim Cook
Foldable iPhone Is Apple's New CEO's First Test
HSK 1 level · 3:43
Key Vocabulary- 苹果 (píngguǒ) — apple; Apple
- 水果 (shuǐguǒ) — fruit
- 书 (shū) — book
- 买 (mǎi) — to buy
- 钱 (qián) — money
- 电影 (diànyǐng) — film, movie
- 手机 (shǒujī) — mobile phone
- 公司 (gōngsī) — company
- 可以 A，也可以 B — Lists two things that are both possible. The 也 in the second half is what ties them together — English would just repeat "can".
- ……的时候 — Marks when something is true. It attaches to the END of the clause, where English puts "when" at the front.
- A 像 B — Says A resembles B. This is the sentence the whole episode is built to earn.
Get more from this episode at fluentide.com:
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4 min - State Farm 拒赔屋顶，一年少赔十四亿美元：最先反对的，是它自己的代理人 — State Farm Kept $1.4 Billion by Denying Roof Claims — Its Own Agents Tried to Stop It
Unsealed court documents allege State Farm systematically cut roof-damage payouts, keeping $1.4 billion in a single year
State Farm Kept $1.4 Billion by Denying Roof Claims — Its Own Agents Tried to Stop It
HSK 1 level · 5:22
Key Vocabulary- 家 (jiā) — home
- 钱 (qián) — money
- 天气 (tiānqì) — weather
- 上面 (shàngmiàn) — the top, the upper side
- 工作 (gōngzuò) — to work
- 高兴 (gāoxìng) — happy, pleased
- 给 (gěi) — to give
- 公司 (gōngsī) — company
- X，是 Y。 — The definition frame used all through this episode. Name the word, then explain it using only words the listener already has. At HSK 1 this replaces 就是, because 就 is HSK 2.
- ……的时候 — Marks the moment something happens. It attaches to the end of a clause, where English would put "when" at the front.
- 不能 + verb — Says something is not possible. The episode repeats it to build the consequence chain — water gets in, so you cannot live there.
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6 min - NASA 让卫星靠拍太空垃圾找到了自己。大家都嫌碎片危险，它成了天上唯一免费的路标。 — A NASA Satellite Found Itself With No GPS by Photographing Space Junk. The Debris Everyone Calls a Hazard Became the Map.
NASA's FALCON experiment on the Starling satellites navigated with no GPS by photographing other satellites and orbital debris and matching them to a catalogue
A NASA Satellite Found Itself With No GPS by Photographing Space Junk. The Debris Everyone Calls a Hazard Became the Map.
HSK 1 level · 1:41
Key Vocabulary- 东西 (dōngxi) — thing, object
- 知道 (zhīdào) — to know
- 哪 (nǎ) — which, where
- 怎么 (zěnme) — how
- 卫星 (wèixīng) — satellite
- 相机 (xiàngjī) — camera
- 怎么 + verb — How does one do it? 怎么 sits before the verb.
- ……就…… — Then / immediately. Links a trigger to what follows.
- 可是 — "But" — a plainer, more spoken alternative to 但是.
Get more from this episode at fluentide.com:
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2 min - 四十年拿不下来的靶点被拿下了。胰腺癌病人多活半年，代价是一个月三万九千八百美元。 — A Target Called Undruggable for Forty Years Just Fell. Pancreatic Cancer Patients Gain Six Months, at $39,800 a Month.
FDA approved daraxonrasib for metastatic pancreatic cancer, the first drug against the RAS target long called undruggable; median survival 6.7 to 13.2 months at $39,800 a month
A Target Called Undruggable for Forty Years Just Fell. Pancreatic Cancer Patients Gain Six Months, at $39,800 a Month.
HSK 1 level · 2:50
Key Vocabulary- 月 (yuè) — month
- 可以 (kěyǐ) — can, may
- 钱 (qián) — money
- 医院 (yīyuàn) — hospital
- 药 (yào) — medicine, drug
- 病人 (bìngrén) — patient
- 不是 A，是 B — Not A, but B — used here to make a number land.
- ……不起 — Cannot afford to. The 起 complement is about capacity, not ability.
- 可以 + verb — Lists what becomes possible. Repetition builds the picture.
Get more from this episode at fluentide.com:
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3 min - 尼泊尔和西藏之间的冰川塌了。仪器上那个四点四级的地震，其实是山掉下来的声音。 — A Glacier and the Rock Beneath It Fell 1,200 Metres on the Nepal–Tibet Border. The Magnitude 4.4 "Earthquake" Was the Mountain Landing.
A glacier and the bedrock under it collapsed on the Nepal-Tibet border, damming and then releasing a river; USGS revised the M4.4 "earthquake" to the landslide itself
A Glacier and the Rock Beneath It Fell 1,200 Metres on the Nepal–Tibet Border. The Magnitude 4.4 "Earthquake" Was the Mountain Landing.
HSK 1 level · 1:35
Key Vocabulary- 水 (shuǐ) — water
- 块 (kuài) — measure word for lumps, blocks, pieces
- 下面 (xiàmiàn) — below, underneath
- 知道 (zhīdào) — to know
- 冰 (bīng) — ice
- 山 (shān) — mountain
- 越来越…… — "More and more" — the quality keeps increasing.
- ……不了 — Cannot manage to do it. Attached to the verb.
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2 min - 半夜四点房子着火，他开走了来救他的消防车，还碾过了正在给他家浇水的水带。 — His House Was Burning at 4 A.M., So He Drove Off in the Rescue Truck Sent to Save It — Over the Hoses Watering His Own Fire.
A Dalton NH homeowner is accused of stealing a rescue truck during the fire at his own house, hitting an engine and driving over the supply lines
His House Was Burning at 4 A.M., So He Drove Off in the Rescue Truck Sent to Save It — Over the Hoses Watering His Own Fire.
HSK 1 level · 2:14
Key Vocabulary- 水 (shuǐ) — water
- 走 (zǒu) — to walk, to leave
- 时候 (shíhou) — time, moment
- 东西 (dōngxi) — thing, stuff
- 火 (huǒ) — fire
- 救 (jiù) — to save, to rescue
- 来 + verb — "Comes in order to do" — 来 before a verb marks purpose.
- ……的时候 — While / when. The clause comes first, 的时候 closes it.
- 也 + verb — "Also" — always before the verb.
Get more from this episode at fluentide.com:
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3 min - 阿拉斯加的选票上有两个丹·沙利文。要把他们分开，只能靠中间那一个字母。 — Alaska's Senate Ballot Will List Two Men Named Dan Sullivan. The Only Thing Telling Them Apart Is One Middle Initial.
Two men named Dan Sullivan advanced to the Alaska Senate general election; the ballot separates them by middle initial, and a third Dan Sullivan endorsed the incumbent
Alaska's Senate Ballot Will List Two Men Named Dan Sullivan. The Only Thing Telling Them Apart Is One Middle Initial.
HSK 1 level · 1:22
Key Vocabulary- 名字 (míngzi) — name
- 老师 (lǎoshī) — teacher
- 字 (zì) — character, letter
- 怎么 (zěnme) — how
- 选 (xuǎn) — to choose, to elect
- 一样 (yíyàng) — the same
- 也叫…… — "Is also called ..." — 也 goes before the verb, never after.
- A 一样，B 不一样 — Saying what matches and what does not, side by side.
- 怎么 + verb？ — How do you do it? 怎么 goes before the verb.
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2 min - 多莉·帕顿去世了。她最看重的不是那几千首歌，是每个月寄到孩子门口的一本书。 — Dolly Parton Died at 80. The Thing She Was Proudest Of Was a Free Book in the Mail, Because Her Father Never Learned to Read.
Dolly Parton died Aug 25 2026; her Imagination Library, started because her father could not read, has mailed 300M+ free books
Dolly Parton Died at 80. The Thing She Was Proudest Of Was a Free Book in the Mail, Because Her Father Never Learned to Read.
HSK 1 level · 2:30
Key Vocabulary- 书 (shū) — book
- 爸爸 (bàba) — dad, father
- 高兴 (gāoxìng) — happy, pleased
- 岁 (suì) — years old
- 送 (sòng) — to give, to deliver
- 聪明 (cōngming) — smart, clever
- 一……，两…… — Counting up to show scale, a very common spoken rhythm.
- 也不…… — "Not ... either." 也 comes before the negative.
- 从……到…… — From A to B, in time or in space.
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