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阿根廷二比零赢了奥地利
Argentina Beats Austria 2–0 on Messi Brace
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用最简单的中文，听一场真实的世界杯比赛：梅西梅开二度，还成为世界杯进球最多的球员，阿根廷二比零战胜奥地利。含生词、语法和全文翻译，特别适合零基础和初级中文学习者。. HSK 1 Chinese listening practice.
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 5 minutes. The full Mandarin script is shown with tap-for-pinyin and a line-by-line English translation, so you can listen and read at once — comprehensible input in the sense of Stephen Krashen's i+1 theory. It teaches 7 key vocabulary words such as 比赛、球员、进球 and walks through 2 grammar patterns, each explained in English with examples. The same news story is retold at 4 difficulty levels — use the level selector above to find the version that is challenging but still understandable for you.
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English transcript reference
Many people love watching soccer.
I love watching soccer too.
Today, I want to talk about a soccer match.
This match is great to watch.
In this match, there are two teams.
Both teams are very good at soccer.
Both teams want to win.
Both teams also want to play well.
Everyone wants to watch this match.
The people who came to watch were many, many.
The people watching were all very happy.
The two teams — who would win?
Everyone wanted to know.
These two teams both really wanted to win.
They both wanted to play very well.
Everyone really wanted to watch them play too.
The people watching this match were also many, many.
In this match, there's a very famous player.
Many people came to watch just to see him.
No matter where he plays, many people go to watch.
Who is he?
Let's say it slowly.
Okay, now let's look at this match.
Of these two teams, one is Argentina.
The other one is Austria.
On the Argentina team, there's a very famous player.
His name is Messi.
Messi is one of the most famous players in the world.
Many, many people love Messi.
So today, will Messi score?
Everyone wanted to know.
Okay, the match has begun.
Both teams want to score.
"To score" means to kick the ball in.
After playing a while, Argentina scored a goal.
The scorer was Messi.
One to zero — Argentina was ahead.
Seeing Messi score, everyone was very happy.
The people in the stadium all shouted loudly.
Everyone loves watching Messi play.
Later, near the end of the match, Messi scored another goal.
This was his second goal of the day.
Two to zero — Argentina was winning by more.
In the end, the match finished, two to zero.
Argentina beat Austria.
Today, Messi alone scored two goals.
He really is amazing.
What's more, these two goals were also special.
Because after Messi scored these two goals, he set a new record.
A "record" is the best, the most that anyone has done.
At the World Cup, Messi has scored more goals than anyone.
That is to say, he is the person with the most World Cup goals.
Before, no one had scored this many.
Now, Messi is number one.
This is really a remarkable thing.
You should know that Messi has been playing for many years.
He's not young anymore, yet he's still this good.
So everyone is especially happy for him.
Argentina won this match and reached the next round.
The "next round" means the more important matches that follow.
That is to say, Argentina can keep playing on.
For Argentina, this was a very good day.
They won the match, and Messi was happy too.
Of course, Austria lost today.
But they played well too.
They fought to the very end and didn't give up.
They wanted to score too, but didn't.
It's just that today, Argentina had Messi and was a bit stronger.
Actually, this is the fun part of soccer.
One amazing player can often help his team win.
Today, Messi helped Argentina win.
Alright, today's soccer match — that's all for here.
Argentina beat Austria two to zero.
Messi scored two goals and set a new record.
He truly is a remarkable player.
Thank you for listening; see you next time.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇考纲词. 今天有一场很好看的比赛。
考纲词. 这场比赛有一个很有名的球员。
考纲词. 阿根廷二比零赢了奥地利。
考纲词. 梅西真的太厉害了。
考纲词. 这真是一件了不起的事。
把球踢进去，就是进球。
做得最好、最多的那个，就是记录。
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法也就是说，…
'That is to say, …' restates a point more plainly.
也就是说，他是进世界杯球最多的人。
一…就…
Links one event closely to the result that follows.
梅西进了这两个球以后，他就有了一个新的记录。
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