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湖北男子照盗墓小说挖古墓,被判十二年 — A Hubei Man Copies Tomb-Robbing Novels and Gets Twelve Years in Prison

· 1:42 · Episode 8

Episode 湖北男子照盗墓小说挖古墓,被判十二年 — A Hubei Man Copies Tomb-Robbing Novels and Gets Twelve Years in Prison

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A Hubei Man Copies Tomb-Robbing Novels and Gets Twelve Years in Prison

A Hubei Man Copies Tomb-Robbing Novels and Gets Twelve Years in Prison

HSK 2 level · 1:42

Key Vocabulary

• 看 (kàn) — to look at; to read; to watch • 东西 (dōngxi) — thing; things • 去 (qù) — to go • 人 (rén) — person; people • 书 (shū) — book • 年 (nián) — year • 小说 (xiǎoshuō) — novel; fiction • 古墓 (gǔmù) — ancient tomb

Grammar Patterns

• 了 for completed action — 了 after a verb shows that an action is completed or a change has happened. • 是……的 structure for identification — 是……的 is used to identify or explain something, often giving a definition or category. • 要 + verb — 要 before a verb expresses intention, need, or a future action.

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