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道奇队8比2胜红人，西区五连冠
Dodgers Clinch 5th Straight NL West Title
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Kyle Tucker's four hits helped the Dodgers beat the Reds 8–2 to clinch their fifth straight NL West crown, with Ohtani and Pages injured. HSK 3 Chinese listening practice.
This is an HSK 3-4 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 8 key vocabulary words such as 完成、比赛、已经 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
On September 17, the Dodgers were set to play the Reds, with the West division title at stake.
Their star Shohei Ohtani was on the injured list and could not play.
Andy Pages, another important hitter, was also on the injured list.
Without them, the Dodgers needed other players to step up.
That day, Kyle Tucker delivered four hits.
He also drove in three runs, helping his teammates score.
A hit means the batter puts the ball in play and reaches a base safely.
Four hits meant Tucker got on base again and again that day.
He was one triple short of hitting for the cycle.
To hit for the cycle in one game, a player needs a single, double, triple, and home run.
The triple never came, so Tucker did not complete the cycle.
What the Dodgers needed most was a win, not a pretty individual record.
The Dodgers scored eight runs; the Reds scored two.
That eight-to-two score gave the Dodgers the West division title.
For the Dodgers, it was their fifth straight year finishing first in the West.
They have won this division in thirteen of the last fourteen years.
The players celebrated in the locker room, spraying drinks.
The celebration looked big because finishing first five years in a row is not easy.
The players were happy, but they were not celebrating a World Series title yet.
A division title means they finished first among teams in their area.
The World Series winner will only be known after the playoffs.
Looking back, the Dodgers have won the World Series two years in a row.
This year they hope to win a third and become a rare three-peat team.
So this West title is one step toward their ultimate goal.
The Dodgers pitchers also faced a challenge in this game.
They used several pitchers in sequence, each working part of the game.
This is a bullpen game: one pitcher leaves and another comes in.
Without Ohtani, other hitters had to score; without a regular starting pitcher, the bullpen had to protect the lead.
Tucker's four hits gave them exactly the support they needed.
By the end of the game, the Dodgers had secured a playoff spot.
The West title also told them this division was theirs again this year.
At the time, nine regular-season games remained, and they still had to play on.
When injured players return will also affect their playoff choices.
For now, the clearest fact is that they beat the Reds eight to two and won a fifth straight West title.
With the West title, the Dodgers moved one step closer to the World Series.
If you were a teammate watching Tucker get four hits on such an important day, would you celebrate first or think about the next game?
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇三垒安打没来，所以 Tucker 没有完成完全打击。
到比赛结束，道奇队已经拿到进入季后赛的资格。
Dodgers 已经连续两年赢得世界大赛。
世界大赛，要等季后赛打完才知道结果。
Kyle Tucker 就在这一天，打出了四支安打。
他只差一支三垒安打，就能完成完全打击。
这种安排叫牛棚战：一名投手下场，另一名投手上场。
八比二的比分，让 Dodgers 拿到了西区冠军。
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What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法只差……就……
Use 只差 to say one thing remains before a result.
他只差一支三垒安打，就能完成完全打击。
是……不是……
Contrast the real focus with a mistaken one.
道奇队眼前要的，是胜利，不是漂亮的个人纪录。
什么时候……也会……
Express that the timing of something affects a later result.
伤员什么时候回来，也会影响他们在季后赛的选择。
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