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世界杯淘汰赛:奥纳希梅开二度,摩洛哥三比零加拿大
World Cup Last 16: Ounahi's Brace — Morocco Beat Hosts Canada 3-0
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An easy Chinese listening lesson on the World Cup last 16: Ounahi's two second-half goals and a Rahimi strike see Morocco beat co-hosts Canada 3-0. HSK 2 vocabulary on African soccer's rise and a host's proud but ended run.
This is an HSK 2 Chinese listening episode that runs about 2 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 东道主、非洲、进步 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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Today we're talking about a World Cup knockout game: Morocco beat co-hosts Canada three to zero.
The score looks like a big win, but Morocco also won it patiently.
First, a word on Morocco.
Morocco come from Africa, and are a team that has improved hugely in recent years.
They play fast and smart, and combine very well.
At the last World Cup, they finished very high, making the whole world remember them.
Now a word on Canada.
Canada are one of this World Cup's hosts, playing at their own home ground.
Alright, let's look at the game.
In the first half, both teams played cautiously, and neither scored.
But in the second half, Morocco found a way.
In the fiftieth minute, Hakimi delivered a lovely pass, and Ounahi fired a powerful shot from outside the box into the net — zero to one.
Morocco led, and played with more and more confidence.
Not long after, Ounahi seized a gap in Canada's defense and scored again — zero to two.
Scoring both goals himself, Ounahi became the brightest star on the pitch.
In the final moments, substitute Rahimi scored another — zero to three.
Morocco had completely sealed the win.
Canada, meanwhile, never found a good chance and couldn't score at all.
In the end, Morocco won cleanly, three to zero.
So, how should we view this game?
For Morocco, this is a very impressive win.
They proved once again that African teams have every bit of the quality to go toe-to-toe with the world's best.
For Canada, losing is of course a shame.
But as hosts, reaching the knockout stage for the first time is already their own piece of history.
Though they lost today, their home fans are still proud of them.
That's Morocco three to zero Canada, a win belonging to Ounahi, and to African soccer.
See you next match.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇考纲词。变得越来越好。摩洛哥这几年进步非常大。
考纲词。为某事感到光荣。主场球迷为他们感到骄傲。
举办比赛的国家。加拿大是这届世界杯的东道主之一。
地球上的一个大洲。摩洛哥来自非洲。
小心、不冒险。两个队都踢得很谨慎。
很用力的射门。奥纳希一脚劲射,把球打进。
防守没盯住的空位。奥纳希抓住加拿大防守的空档。
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法看起来…,但…
'It looks…, but…' — corrects the surface impression.
比分看起来是大胜,但摩洛哥赢得也很有耐心。
又一次证明了…
'Once again proved that…' — a repeated demonstration.
他们又一次证明了,非洲球队有实力和世界强队掰手腕。
作为…,已经…
'As …, they have already …' — crediting an achievement.
作为东道主,他们第一次走到淘汰赛,已经创造了历史。
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