A Chinese podcast · Same story, 4 levels
世界杯:巴西 1 比 1 被摩洛哥逼平
World Cup: Brazil Held to a 1–1 Draw by Morocco
About this story
用简单中文回顾巴西对摩洛哥的世界杯比赛:摩洛哥先进球,维尼修斯扳平,最终一比一。含生词、语法和翻译,适合初级学习者。. HSK 2 Chinese listening practice.
This is an HSK 2 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 意外、努力、机会 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.
Read at your level
原文Read the complete story in Chinese. Reveal pinyin and English only when you need them.
English transcript reference
Today let's talk about a match many people were waiting for.
This match was Brazil against Morocco.
First the result: the two teams drew, one to one.
This result surprised a lot of people.
Why a surprise?
Because Brazil is a very famous, very strong team.
Brazil has won the World Cup many times before.
Many people thought Brazil would surely win.
So before the match, everyone favored Brazil.
But Morocco is no pushover either.
Morocco is a very strong African team.
At recent World Cups, Morocco played very well too.
So this was really a match between two strong teams.
Yesterday's match was played at a very big stadium.
That stadium is famous and huge.
More than eighty thousand people came to watch.
Many Brazil fans came, and many Morocco fans came too.
Both sets of fans were passionate and kept singing.
When the match began, everyone wanted to see Brazil score.
Because Brazil has many famous players.
They play beautifully and look very impressive.
So everyone was waiting — waiting for Brazil to score first.
But unexpectedly, the one to score first was Morocco.
In the twenty-first minute, Morocco scored a goal.
The scorer was named Saibari.
Zero to one, Morocco in front.
At this point, many people were surprised.
Because everyone thought Brazil would win, but Brazil was behind.
The Brazil fans in the stadium suddenly went quiet.
They didn't expect Brazil to concede first.
Still, Brazil is a very strong team after all.
They didn't panic and kept pushing forward.
They wanted to get the goal back quickly.
After a dozen-odd minutes, the chance came.
In the thirty-second minute, Brazil scored a goal.
The scorer was Brazil's most famous player, named Vinícius.
He is Brazil's best star.
He played beautifully and slotted the ball in all by himself.
One to one — the two teams were level again.
The Brazil fans suddenly grew happy.
They started cheering loudly again.
In this match, Vinícius played the best.
Afterward, everyone named him the best player of the match.
But Brazil didn't have an easy time of it.
In the first half, two Brazil players each got a yellow card.
Getting a yellow card means you fouled and were warned by the referee.
So at halftime, the coach took both of them off.
This also shows Brazil played a bit nervously.
In the second half, both teams wanted to score again and win.
Brazil wanted to score, and Morocco wanted to score.
They both tried hard and both had chances.
Brazil came close to scoring a few times, but didn't.
Morocco wanted to steal another goal too, but didn't succeed.
But right up to the end, neither scored again.
So the match ended like that, one to one.
Both teams got one point.
For Brazil, this result is a bit of a pity.
Because everyone thought Brazil would win, but they only got one point.
As such a famous team, of course they wanted to win.
Taking only one point, they surely aren't too satisfied.
But for Morocco, this is a very good result.
Drawing with Brazil shows that Morocco really is strong.
They played bravely and weren't afraid of Brazil at all.
Facing so many of Brazil's big stars, they weren't scared either.
After the match, the Morocco fans were all very happy.
For them, this point felt as good as a win.
Now Brazil and Morocco both have one point in the group.
There are more matches in this group, and both teams still have a chance.
Brazil needs to find their form quickly and try harder next match.
Morocco wants to keep playing this well too.
Actually, a match like this is great to watch.
Two strong teams playing, neither giving an inch.
In recent years, there are more and more teams like Morocco.
They're not afraid of big teams at all, and dare to battle the strong ones.
So watching football now, you often can't guess who'll win.
A match like this is often the most memorable.
Brazil didn't win, Morocco is happy too — that's football.
Alright, that was the Brazil–Morocco match.
Thanks for listening, see you next time.
Listen again
Try it without the transcript and notice what sounds clearer.
What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇考纲词. 这个结果让很多人有点意外.
考纲词. 他们都很努力 — they all tried hard.
考纲词. 过了十几分钟,机会来了 — after a dozen minutes, the chance came.
大家都很看好巴西 — everyone favored Brazil.
HSK 1-2. why.
摩洛哥进了一个球 — Morocco scored a goal.
很多巴西球迷来了 — many Brazil fans came.
Glossed: 拿到黄牌,就是因为犯规,被裁判警告.
教练把这两个人都换下了 — the coach took both players off.
他们踢得很勇敢 — they played bravely.
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法因为…
'Because …' gives the reason.
因为巴西是一个非常有名、非常强的队。
没想到…
'Unexpectedly / who'd have thought …'.
但是没想到,先进球的是摩洛哥。
对…来说
'For / as far as … is concerned'.
对摩洛哥来说,这是一个很好的结果。
Proper Nouns
专有名词Sources
来源Free account
Keep learning from this story
Create a free account to keep saved words and your preferred level together.
- Keep words with their story context
- Remember your preferred level
- Build your vocabulary over time