What's In the News? 新闻里说了什么？
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ID: 10020
Intermediate
In this lesson, two friends discuss a news story about a Hong Kong company that was scammed for 200 million HK dollars by an AI deepfake video conference. Learn how to use reported speech and vocabulary to discuss technology and news media.
Yvonne, Cary
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 新闻 | xīnwén | news | |
| 骗 | piàn | to deceive, or to scam | |
| 参加 | cānjiā | to attend, or to join | |
| 视频会议 | shìpín huìyì | video conference |
哎，新闻里说香港有家公司被人用AI骗了两亿！你看了吗？
Āi, xīnwén lǐ shuō Xiānggǎng yǒu jiā gōngsī bèi rén yòng AI piàn le liǎng yì! Nǐ kàn le ma?
Hey, the news says a Hong Kong company got scammed for 200 million by people using AI! Did you see it?
是的。听说那个人参加了公司的视频会议，但里面的人全是假的。
Shì de. Tīngshuō nàge rén cānjiā le gōngsī de shìpín huìyì, dàn lǐmiàn de rén quán shì jiǎ de.
Yes. I heard the guy joined a company video conference, but everyone inside was fake.
对，据说都是提前录好的视频。
Duì, jùshuō dōu shì tíqián lù hǎo de shìpín.
Right — it's said they were all pre-recorded videos.
这也太可怕了，他怎么没有发现呢？
Zhè yě tài kěpà le, tā zěnme méi yǒu fāxiàn ne?
That's so scary — how did he not notice?
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