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巴西三比零赢了海地
Brazil Beat Haiti 3–0
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用最简单的中文，听一场真实的世界杯比赛：巴西三比零大胜海地，库尼亚梅开二度。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 — a lot of people wanted to watch it.
In this match, there are two teams.
One team is big, and also very strong.
The other team is fairly small.
That very strong team — everybody knows it.
A lot of people love that very strong team.
Everyone thought: the strong team will win.
Everyone thought: the small team will lose.
Both teams came to play this match.
Both teams wanted to play well.
The people who came to watch were many, many.
Everyone wanted to watch that strong team play.
The people watching were all very happy.
The two teams — who would win?
Everyone wanted to know.
They also wondered: how many goals would there be?
The people watching this match were really very many.
Okay, now let's look at this match.
Of these two teams, one is Brazil.
The other one is Haiti.
Brazil is that very famous, strong team.
Many people say Brazil plays soccer the best.
On the Brazil team, there are many amazing players.
Haiti, then, is a fairly small team.
Haiti's fame is not as big as Brazil's.
So everyone thought Brazil would win.
Okay, the match has begun.
Both teams want to score.
"To score" means to kick the ball in.
After playing a while, Brazil scored a goal.
One to zero — Brazil was ahead.
The one who scored was Brazil's player Cunha.
A while later, Cunha scored another goal.
Two to zero — Brazil pulled further ahead.
By this point, Cunha had already scored two goals.
Brazil's fans were all very happy.
Near the end of the first half, Brazil scored again.
This time the scorer was Brazil's star Vinícius.
Three to zero — Brazil scored three goals in the first half.
Scoring three goals in just the first half is really a lot.
The people watching were all very happy.
Haiti wanted to score, but it was too hard.
Brazil was too strong; Haiti could hardly get the ball.
Haiti tried a few times, but the ball never went in.
They also wanted to score a goal, to make their fans happy.
In the second half, Brazil controlled the match the whole time.
They passed the ball around, playing slowly.
Haiti tried hard, but still couldn't score.
In the end, the match finished, three to zero.
Brazil beat Haiti by a lot.
Brazil's players were all very happy.
They played fast and well.
Their fans were all very happy too.
Everyone applauded for Brazil.
Of course, even though Haiti lost, they also tried hard.
They fought to the very end and didn't give up.
It's just that Brazil really was too strong.
For Haiti, getting to play in this match is already very good.
Getting to play against a team like Brazil is also a good thing.
After the match, many people were talking about Brazil.
Some said Brazil played really well, very impressive.
Others said Vinícius and Cunha were both great.
Everyone really loves watching them play.
Actually, this is the fun part of soccer.
When a strong team plays well, the match is great to watch.
Watching Brazil play, everyone loves it.
With a team like this, the match is even more interesting.
For Brazil, this is a very good start.
For Haiti, the tournament isn't over; there are still chances.
Alright, today's soccer match — that's all for here.
Brazil beat Haiti three to zero.
Cunha scored two goals, and Vinícius scored one too.
The two of them both played wonderfully today.
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. 巴西队里有很多很厉害的球员。
考纲词. 大家都想，强队会赢。
考纲词. 巴西是一个很强的队。
考纲词. 巴西的球员都很高兴。
把球踢进去，就是进球。
喜欢看球的人，就是球迷。
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法又…了
'… again' — repeats an action that happened once more.
过了一会儿，库尼亚又进了一个球。
虽然…可是…
'Although …, but …' links a fact with a contrasting one.
海地虽然输了，可是也很努力。
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