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阿森纳赢了：22 年来第一次
Arsenal Win the Title — First in 22 Years
This is an HSK 2 Chinese listening episode that runs about 4 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 12 key vocabulary words such as 朋友、等、第一 and walks through 4 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.
今天我们说一个足球的新闻。
Today we're going to talk about a football news story.
是英国的新闻。
It's news from England.
英国的足球，
English football,
你听过吗？
have you heard of it?
英国的最大的足球比赛，
The biggest football competition in England
叫"英超"。
is called the "Premier League."
英超有 20 个队。
The Premier League has 20 teams.
他们一年一年地比。
They compete season after season.
最后赢的那个队，
The team that wins at the end,
就是"冠军"。
is the "champion."
很多年来，
For many years,
有一个队一直没有拿到冠军。
there was a team that kept missing the title.
这个队叫阿森纳。
That team is Arsenal.
阿森纳是英国一个很老的足球队。
Arsenal is a very old English football club.
有 140 年。
140 years old.
他们以前是冠军。
They used to be champions.
13 次冠军。
13 times champions.
但是上一次拿冠军，
But the last time they won the title,
已经是 22 年前的事了。
was already 22 years ago.
22 年里，
In those 22 years,
阿森纳每一年都很努力。
Arsenal worked hard every year.
每一年都差一点。
Every year they came close.
每一年都不是第一。
Every year they were not first.
阿森纳的球迷，
Arsenal's fans
等了很久。
waited a long time.
有的人从小看到大。
Some watched since they were small.
有的人，
Some,
跟自己的爸爸一起看了 22 年。
watched with their dads for all 22 years.
但是今年不一样了。
But this year is different.
今年阿森纳赢了 25 场，
This year Arsenal won 25 matches,
输的很少。
and lost very few.
他们的主教练叫阿尔特塔。
Their head coach is named Arteta.
阿尔特塔以前也是阿森纳的球员。
Arteta used to play for Arsenal too.
他想：
He thought:
"我要让阿森纳再拿冠军。
"I'm going to make Arsenal champions again.
他用了很多年。
He took many years.
今年终于到了。
This year finally arrived.
最后两个比赛之前，
Before the last two matches,
情况是这样：
the situation was this:
阿森纳第一。
Arsenal first.
曼城第二。
Man City second.
曼城比阿森纳少几分。
Man City was several points behind Arsenal.
如果曼城输，
If Man City lost,
阿森纳就是冠军。
Arsenal would be champions.
5 月 18 号，
On May 18,
阿森纳先比赛。
Arsenal played first.
他们 1 比 0 赢了。
They won 1–0.
然后大家等曼城的比赛。
Then everyone waited for Man City's match.
5 月 19 号，
On May 19,
曼城和另一个队比。
Man City played another team.
那个队叫伯恩茅斯。
That team was Bournemouth.
曼城没有赢。
Man City did not win.
1 比 1 平了。
They drew 1–1.
也就是说：
That is to say:
阿森纳的分，
Arsenal's points,
曼城已经追不上了。
Man City could no longer catch.
阿森纳是冠军了！
Arsenal were champions!
英国的报纸，
England's newspapers,
头条都是阿森纳。
all had Arsenal on the front page.
22 年的等待，
The 22-year wait
今天结束了。
ended today.
球迷在伦敦的街上跑。
Fans ran in the streets of London.
他们哭。
They cried.
他们笑。
They laughed.
他们抱在一起。
They hugged each other.
主教练阿尔特塔说：
Head coach Arteta said:
"我们做到了。
"We did it.
"我们的球员太好了。
"Our players are too good.
"我们的球迷等了太久了。
"Our fans waited too long.
阿尔特塔的对手，
Arteta's rival,
曼城的瓜迪奥拉，
Man City's Guardiola,
说：
said:
"阿森纳今年比我们好。
"Arsenal were better than us this year.
"我们要向他们学习。
"We have to learn from them.
但是这个故事，
But the story
还没有完。
isn't over.
5 月 30 号，
On May 30,
阿森纳还有一个大比赛。
Arsenal have another huge match.
叫"欧洲冠军联赛决赛"。
It's called the "Champions League final."
就是欧洲所有的球队里，
It's the match between the two teams left
最后剩下两个队的比赛。
out of all the football clubs in Europe.
阿森纳是其中一个。
Arsenal is one of them.
另一个是法国的巴黎圣日耳曼。
The other is Paris Saint-Germain of France.
如果阿森纳赢了，
If Arsenal win,
他们就是欧洲第一。
they will be the champions of Europe.
不管赢不赢，
Whether they win or not,
今年都已经是阿森纳很好的一年。
this year is already a wonderful year for Arsenal.
最后，
Finally,
我问你一个问题：
I'll ask you one question:
你也有等了很久的事吗？
Do you have something you've waited a long time for?
是什么？
What is it?
你想一下。
Think about it.
好。
Okay.
今天就说到这里。
That's all for today.
明天再聊。
Talk tomorrow.
Friend. The fanbase here, in the narrator's framing, is a community of friends — a generation of Arsenal supporters who waited together.
To wait. Structural verb of the episode: 等了 22 年 — waited 22 years. The closing call-to-think is also about 等.
First, number one. Arsenal 是第一 — Arsenal are first. The whole episode is the journey from 'every year not first' to '第一'.
News. The framing — 'today we're talking about a 足球的新闻.' Front-page headlines, English papers, all about Arsenal.
To think, to feel (subjective). 阿尔特塔觉得 he could turn it around. The episode's softer alternative to 想 when reporting opinions.
To cry. After 22 years, fans 哭 in the streets of London — happy tears earned across two decades.
Football. 足 (foot) + 球 (ball). The sport. Distinguish from 美式足球 (American football).
Champion. 冠 (crown) + 军 (army). The headline of the entire story. After 22 years, Arsenal are 冠军.
Head coach / manager. 主 (chief) + 教练 (coach). Arteta is the 主教练 — the architect of the rebuild.
A sports fan (especially football). 球 (ball) + 迷 (one who is obsessed). The whole emotional weight of the episode is on the 球迷, not the players.
Wait (n. or v., more formal). 22 年的等待，今天结束了 — today the 22-year wait ended. Headline-grade vocabulary.
The final (of a tournament). The Champions League 决赛 vs PSG is still to come on May 30 — Arsenal's last big chance of the season.
* beyond level超纲词
每 X 都 Y
Universal-distributive structure. 每一年都很努力，每一年都差一点 — every year hardworking, every year just short. The repetition stacks the heartbreak.
每一年都很努力。
每一年都差一点。
如果 X，就 Y
Standard conditional. The verdict math: 如果曼城输，阿森纳就是冠军 — if Man City lose, Arsenal are champions. 就 marks the consequence kicking in.
如果曼城输，阿森纳就是冠军。
如果阿森纳赢了，他们就是欧洲第一。
也就是说 + clause
Used to restate a fact in plainer terms. The narrator uses it to translate the math into the emotional headline: 也就是说，阿森纳的分曼城已经追不上了 — i.e., Arsenal's lead is now unreachable.
也就是说，阿森纳的分曼城已经追不上了。
也就是说，阿森纳是冠军了。
不管 X，都 Y
不管...都... = regardless of X, Y holds. The closing line about the upcoming Champions League final: 不管赢不赢，今年都已经是阿森纳很好的一年 — no matter whether they win or not, it's already a great year.
不管赢不赢，今年都已经是阿森纳很好的一年。
不管他怎么说，我都不去。