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哥伦比亚一比零赢了加纳
Colombia Beat Ghana One to Zero
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A beginner Chinese listening lesson on the World Cup knockouts: Colombia 1-0 Ghana, an early goal and total control. Simple HSK 1 sentences about a dominant clean-sheet win.
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、传球、前面 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.
There are two teams.
One team is called Colombia.
One team is called Ghana.
Both teams want to win.
Colombia wants to win.
Ghana 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.
Today the weather was very hot.
But everyone still came.
Alright, the game began.
The game had only just started when Colombia scored.
The scorer is named Arias.
A teammate passed first, and then he put the ball in.
Now it was one to zero.
Colombia was ahead.
Colombia's fans were happy.
After that, Colombia kept playing very well.
They kept control of the ball.
Ghana wanted to score, but it was hard.
Ghana just couldn't win the ball.
Colombia defended well too.
So Ghana didn't score a single goal.
Actually, Ghana didn't have a single good chance today.
Not even one.
Colombia was too strong.
Colombia had many more chances.
They almost scored again.
Later, the game ended.
Colombia beat Ghana one to zero.
Colombia scored only one goal.
But that one goal was enough.
Ghana didn't score a single goal.
They wanted to win too.
But today they didn't play very well.
So Ghana had to go home.
This was a very important game.
Lose, and you go home.
Colombia can go on to the next match.
Today, Colombia beat Ghana one to zero.
That was today's game.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇考纲词。分数更多、领先。哥伦比亚在前面。
考纲词。牢牢掌握、说了算。他们一直控制着球。
考纲词。能做成一件事的时机。加纳一次好机会都没有。
考纲词。很会踢、实力高。哥伦比亚太强了。
考纲词。到了需要的程度。这一个球就够了。
把球踢进门。哥伦比亚进了一个球。
把球传给队友。他的队友先传球。
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法才…就…
'As soon as … , then …' — something happens very early.
比赛才开始一会儿，哥伦比亚就进了一个球。
一…都没有
'Not even a single …' — strong emphasis with 都.
加纳今天一次好机会都没有。
就够了
'…is enough' — that much suffices.
这一个球就够了。
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