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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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今天我们来说世界淘汰摩洛哥赢了东道主加拿大
比分看起来摩洛哥赢得很有耐心
摩洛哥
摩洛哥来自非洲几年进步非常一支球队
他们踢得聪明配合很好
世界他们打进靠前名次全世界记住他们
再说加拿大
加拿大世界东道主之一自己踢球
我们来看比赛
半场得很谨慎也没有
但是到了半场摩洛哥找到办法
第五十分钟送出漂亮禁区一脚打进
摩洛哥领先踢得越来越自信
没过多久抓住加拿大防守再进一球
一个打进成了
到了比赛最后时刻又进一个
摩洛哥彻底锁定胜利
加拿大这边一直没有找到好的机会一个也没能进
最后摩洛哥干净落地下了比赛
那么怎么比赛
摩洛哥来说非常漂亮胜利
他们一次证明非洲球队完全实力世界手腕
加拿大来说输了当然很可惜
但是作为东道主他们第一次走到淘汰已经创造自己历史
虽然今天输了球迷依然他们感到骄傲
就是摩洛哥加拿大属于属于非洲足球胜利
我们再会
English transcript reference

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
jìnbùto improve; progress

考纲词。变得越来越好。摩洛哥这几年进步非常大。

jiāo'àoproud

考纲词。为某事感到光荣。主场球迷为他们感到骄傲。

dōngdàozhǔthe host (nation)

举办比赛的国家。加拿大是这届世界杯的东道主之一。

FēizhōuAfrica

地球上的一个大洲。摩洛哥来自非洲。

jǐnshèncautious

小心、不冒险。两个队都踢得很谨慎。

jìnshèa powerful shot

很用力的射门。奥纳希一脚劲射,把球打进。

kòngdànga gap (in the defense)

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。

Proper Nouns

专有名词
加拿大JiānádàCanada摩洛哥MóluògēMorocco奥纳希ÀonàxīOunahi (Azzedine Ounahi, Morocco)哈基米HājīmǐHakimi (Achraf Hakimi, Morocco, assist)拉希米LāxīmǐRahimi (Soufiane Rahimi, Morocco)

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