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澳大利亚赢了土耳其
Australia Beat Türkiye
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用最简单的中文听一场真实的世界杯比赛：澳大利亚二比零赢了土耳其。适合零基础初学者，含拼音生词、语法和全文英文翻译。. 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 10 key vocabulary words such as 喜欢、高兴、知道 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
Lots of people love watching football.
I love watching football too.
Today, I want to talk about a football match.
A lot of people wanted to watch this match.
In this match, there were two teams.
One team was Australia.
The other team was Türkiye.
Australia are very good at football.
Türkiye are very good at football too.
Both teams are very good.
Both teams wanted to play this match well.
Many people love Australia.
And many people love Türkiye.
Everyone wanted to watch this match.
Everyone wanted to watch the two teams play football.
This match was really fun to watch.
Many people came to watch.
They all wanted to watch football.
They all wanted to watch these two teams.
Both teams really wanted to play well.
They all wanted to play very well.
Everyone wanted to know who played better.
Everyone wanted to know who would win.
Okay, let's watch this match.
In this match, Türkiye played the ball a lot.
Türkiye had the ball a lot.
Australia had the ball a bit less.
But Australia played very well.
Türkiye kept wanting to play forward.
They wanted to kick it in, to score.
"To score" means to kick the ball in.
But Türkiye played a lot and didn't score.
Türkiye's players kept passing, looking for a chance.
But Australia's players all guarded the front.
Türkiye couldn't find a good chance, and couldn't score.
Australia played very cleverly.
First they defended at the back.
Then, they quickly went forward.
Later, Australia scored!
The scorer was very young, named Irankunda.
It was his first time scoring at a World Cup.
He was very, very happy.
There were many people in the stadium, and they all cheered for him.
One to zero — Australia were in front.
Türkiye were a little anxious.
They wanted to quickly score one too.
So they kept playing forward.
But Australia defended very well.
Australia's goalkeeper blocked a lot of shots.
A "goalkeeper" is the person who stands in front of the goal.
Today he blocked a lot of shots — he was excellent.
So Türkiye still couldn't score.
Later, Australia scored another goal.
This goal was scored by another player.
His name is Metcalfe.
Two to zero — Australia were playing even better.
Now Australia had two goals.
Türkiye had to score two goals just to not lose.
That was very hard.
Türkiye wanted to chase, but there wasn't much time.
In the end, the match was over.
Two to zero — Australia won.
Türkiye lost.
Many people were very surprised.
Because Türkiye had the ball so much, but didn't win.
Why?
Because in football, having more of the ball doesn't mean you'll win.
You also have to play cleverly, and defend well.
That's exactly how Australia won.
They defended well, and they scored quickly too.
Their ball was less, but every one was useful.
That young player, Irankunda, played the best.
Many people remembered him.
Türkiye played hard too.
Türkiye hadn't been to this big tournament for a long time.
Losing this time, they must be very sad.
But football is just like this.
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.
Actually, this match was very interesting.
It also tells us: football isn't only about who has more of the ball.
They have more matches ahead, and they can try again.
Alright, that's all for today's football match.
Australia beat Türkiye two to zero.
Thanks for listening — see you next time.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇HSK 1. 很多人都喜欢看足球 — lots of people love watching football.
HSK 1. 他非常非常高兴 — he was very, very happy.
HSK 1. 大家都想知道谁会赢 — everyone wanted to know who would win.
HSK 1. we; us.
HSK 1. they; them.
考纲词. 两个队都很会踢足球 — both teams are good at football.
考纲词. 这个比赛很多人都想看 — many people wanted to watch this match.
Glossed: 进球，就是把球踢进去.
Glossed: 守门员，就是站在门前面的那个人.
土耳其有一点着急 — Türkiye were a little anxious.
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法可是…
'But …' introduces a contrast.
可是，土耳其踢了很多，没有进球。
不是…就…
'It's not the case that … then …' — corrects a wrong assumption.
踢足球，不是球多就会赢。
又…了
又 + verb + 了 — did something again.
后来，澳大利亚又进了一个球。
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