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比利时三比二赢了塞内加尔
Belgium Comes Back to Beat Senegal 3–2
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A beginner Chinese listening lesson on the World Cup knockouts: Belgium 3-2 Senegal after falling two goals behind. Simple HSK 1 sentences about an amazing comeback.
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 前面、重要、他们 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 fun to watch.
There are two teams.
One team is called Belgium.
One team is called Senegal.
Both teams want to win.
Belgium wants to win.
Senegal 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.
Belgium is a very good team.
Belgium has many good players.
Everyone thought Belgium would win.
But the game wasn't like that.
At the start, Senegal scored first.
Later, Senegal scored again.
Now it was zero to two.
Senegal was ahead.
Belgium was two goals down.
Everyone was very surprised.
Was Belgium going to lose?
But Belgium did not give up.
Near the end, Belgium scored a goal.
The scorer is named Lukaku.
Now it was one to two.
A little later, Belgium scored again.
The scorer is named Tielemans.
Now it was two to two.
The two teams were level.
Belgium's fans were so happy.
The game's time was up.
But it was still two to two.
The two teams had to play a bit more.
This is called extra time.
They played for a long time more.
In the end, Belgium got a penalty kick.
A penalty is easy to score.
Again it was Tielemans, and he scored.
Now it was three to two.
Belgium was ahead.
This goal came very, very late.
Later, the game ended.
Belgium won.
Senegal lost.
At the start, Belgium was two goals down.
Later, Belgium scored three goals.
And Belgium won.
This was really not easy.
Senegal played very well too.
They scored the first two goals.
But Belgium did not give up.
So in the end Belgium won.
This was a very important game.
Lose, and you go home.
So, Senegal had to go home.
Belgium can go on to the next match.
Today, Belgium beat Senegal three to two.
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。塞内加尔先在前面。
考纲词。很关键、很要紧。这是很重要的比赛。
HSK 1. they; them.
HSK 1. today.
把球踢进门。比利时进了三个球。
没想到、觉得很意外。比利时先输两个球，大家都很吃惊。
不再努力、不再试。比利时没有放弃。
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法一开始…，后来…
'At first…, later…' — describes a change over time, perfect for a comeback.
一开始比利时输两个球，后来比利时进了三个球。
还是…
'Still the same / it's again…' — same person/thing once more.
还是蒂勒曼斯，他又踢进了球。
太…了
'Too / very …' — strong feeling.
比利时的球迷太高兴了。
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