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加拿大六比零大胜卡塔尔
Canada Beats Nine-Man Qatar 6–0
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用最简单的中文听一场真实的世界杯比赛：加拿大在自己的家里大胜卡塔尔，进了六个球，球星戴维一个人就进了三个，加拿大第一次在世界杯赢球。适合零基础初学者，含拼音生词、语法和全文英文翻译。. 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 10 key vocabulary words such as 喜欢、知道、高兴 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
Many people love watching football.
I love watching football too.
Today, I want to talk about a football match.
Many people wanted to watch this match.
In this match, there are two teams.
Both teams are very good at football.
Both teams want to win.
Both teams also want to play well.
Everyone wanted to watch this match.
Lots and lots of people came to watch.
The people watching were all happy.
Which of the two teams would win?
Everyone wanted to know.
Both of these teams really wanted to win.
They both wanted to play very well.
Everyone really wanted to watch them play.
There were a lot of people watching this match too.
This match was played at one team's home.
So even more people came to watch.
Everyone came to watch this match.
Both teams really wanted to win.
Everyone wondered: who would win today?
Okay, now let's watch this match.
Of these two teams, one is Canada.
The other is Qatar.
This match was played in Canada.
So many of the people watching were Canada fans.
On the Canada team, there is one very good player.
His name is David.
David is very good at scoring.
Okay, the match has begun.
Both teams want to score.
"To score" means kicking the ball into the goal.
After a while, Canada scored a goal.
One to nil — Canada was ahead.
The scorer was David.
Canada's fans were all happy.
Later, Canada scored another goal.
Two to nil — Canada pulled further ahead.
Qatar wanted to catch up, but it was hard.
They wanted to score, but couldn't.
And besides, two Qatar players had to leave.
"Had to leave" means they couldn't play anymore.
So Qatar had only nine players left.
Other teams have eleven players; they had only nine.
With fewer players, it was even harder for them to play.
Canada, meanwhile, played better and better.
Canada had more players and played better too.
Canada scored more goals — three to nil, four to nil.
The goals kept adding up.
Later, Canada scored more — five to nil, six to nil.
Six to nil!
Canada scored a lot of goals.
David alone scored three goals.
One person scoring three goals is really amazing.
Very few people can score three goals by themselves.
So everyone really likes David.
In the end, the match finished, six to nil.
Canada beat Qatar by a lot.
Canada's players were all very happy.
Their fans were especially happy too.
Because this was Canada's first win at a World Cup.
They had waited a very, very long time for this day.
And this time, they won at home too.
So for Canada, this day was very special.
They will surely remember this day for a long time.
Of course, Qatar lost by a lot today.
Because they had fewer players and ran into a very strong Canada.
For them, today was really hard.
But football is just like this — win some, lose some.
Next match, they can try again.
Actually, in today's match, Canada was really great.
At home, they won by so many goals.
They even scored six goals — really rare.
The fans were thrilled.
They sang as they celebrated for the Canada team.
Alright, that's it for today's football match.
Canada beat Qatar six to nil.
David scored three goals, and everyone loves him.
This was a very happy day for Canada.
Thank you for listening — see you next time.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇很多人都喜欢看足球。
HSK 1. 大家都想知道。
HSK 1. 加拿大的球员，都非常高兴。
HSK 1. 这个比赛，在一个队的家里踢。
HSK 1. 他的名字，叫戴维。
课文里解释过：进球，就是把球踢进去。
考纲词。卡塔尔有两个球员，要走了。
考纲词。他们的球迷，也都特别高兴。
考纲词。加拿大队里，有一个人很厉害。
考纲词。大家都来给加拿大队加油。
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法越…越…
'the more …, the more …'.
加拿大呢，越踢越好。
因为…
'because' — gives a reason.
因为他们人少了，又遇到了很厉害的加拿大。
有赢有输
'win some, lose some' — a set phrase about sport.
不过，足球就是这样，有赢有输。
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