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挪威二比一赢了巴西
Norway Upsets Brazil 2–1 on Haaland Brace
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A beginner Chinese listening lesson on the World Cup last 16: Norway 2-1 Brazil, a huge upset with a Haaland brace. Simple HSK 1 sentences about a shock result.
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、吃惊、强 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 surprising.
There are two teams.
One team is called Brazil.
One team is called Norway.
Both teams want to win.
Brazil wants to win.
Norway 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.
Brazil is a very strong team.
Brazil has won the championship many times before.
Everyone thought Brazil would win.
Norway has one player, called Haaland.
Haaland is very good at scoring.
Alright, the game began.
At first, neither team scored.
The game went on for a long time.
Near the end, Haaland scored a goal.
Now it was zero to one.
Norway was ahead.
Everyone was very surprised.
Later, Haaland scored again.
This was his second goal.
Now it was zero to two.
Norway was two goals up.
Brazil was about to lose.
Later, Brazil scored a goal too.
The scorer is named Neymar.
Now it was one to two.
But there wasn't much time left.
Brazil didn't score again.
Later, the game ended.
Norway beat Brazil two to one.
Norway won!
Everyone was very surprised.
Brazil is strong, so Norway's win was very hard-earned.
This was the first time Norway had gone this far.
Norway was so happy.
Brazil lost and had to go home.
Brazil was very sad.
Haaland was so impressive.
He scored two goals by himself.
This was a very important game.
Lose, and you go home.
Norway can go on to the next match.
Today, Norway beat Brazil two to one.
That was today's game.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇考纲词。很会踢、实力高。巴西是一个很强的队。
考纲词。比赛拿第一名的。巴西以前拿过很多次冠军。
考纲词。分数更多、领先。挪威在前面。
考纲词。心里不好受。巴西很难过。
把球踢进门。哈兰德进了两个球。
没想到、觉得很意外。这场比赛很让人吃惊。
很强、很会踢。哈兰德太厉害了。
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法以前…过
'Has … before' — a past experience.
巴西以前拿过很多次冠军。
快要…的时候
'Just as it's about to…' — a moment right before something.
快要结束的时候，哈兰德进了一个球。
第一次…
'For the first time…' — a debut achievement.
这是挪威第一次走到这么后面。
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