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埃及点球赢了澳大利亚
Egypt Beats Australia on World Cup Penalties
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A beginner Chinese listening lesson on the World Cup knockouts: Australia 1-1 Egypt, and Egypt win the penalty shootout. Simple HSK 1 sentences about a heartbreaking finish.
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 3 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 进球、前面、追 and walks through 3 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
Today let's talk about a soccer game.
This game was very long.
And very tense.
There are two teams.
One team is called Australia.
One team is called Egypt.
Both teams want to win.
Australia wants to win.
Egypt wants to win too.
Score a goal, and you get a point.
The team with more points wins.
Many people came to watch today.
So very many people.
Everyone wants to watch these two teams.
Both teams really want to win.
Both teams want to score.
Everyone sits there watching.
Watching these two teams.
Watching that ball.
Egypt has one player, called Salah.
Salah is very famous.
Many people came just to watch him.
Alright, the game began.
Egypt scored first.
The scorer is named Ashour.
Now it was zero to one.
Egypt was ahead.
Australia was a goal down.
But Australia did not give up.
Later, Australia caught up with a goal too.
Now it was one to one.
The two teams were level.
The game's time was up.
But it was still one to one.
The two teams played a bit more.
Still one to one.
The two teams were still level.
So what do they do?
They have to take penalties.
One player shoots, one player keeps goal.
They shoot one by one.
Whoever scores more wins.
At this moment, everyone was very nervous.
Two of Australia's players didn't score.
Egypt shot very well.
So, Egypt won.
Egypt can go on to the next match.
Australia had to go home.
Australia was very sad.
They almost won.
Actually, Australia played very well too.
They were just a little unlucky.
This was a very important game.
Lose, and you go home.
Today, the two teams drew one to one.
In the end, Egypt won on penalties.
That was today's game.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇考纲词。分数更多、领先。埃及在前面。
考纲词。心里很紧、放不下。这个时候大家都很紧张。
考纲词。事情碰巧的好坏。只是运气差了一点。
考纲词。心里不好受。澳大利亚很难过。
把球踢进门。埃及先进了一个球。
把落后的分数赶回来。澳大利亚也追到了一个球。
一个人踢，一个人守门。他们要踢点球。
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法那怎么办呢？
'So what do they do?' — a rhetorical setup before the answer.
还是一比一。那怎么办呢？
谁…谁就…
'Whoever … , that one …' — a general rule.
谁进的球多，谁就赢。
只是…差了一点
'Just fell a little short in…' — a narrow shortfall.
他们只是运气差了一点。
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