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厄瓜多尔和库拉索零比零
Curaçao Holds Ecuador 0–0 With 15 Saves
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用最简单的中文，听一场真实的世界杯比赛：小小的库拉索靠门将神勇扑救，零比零逼平厄瓜多尔。含生词、语法和全文翻译，特别适合零基础和初级中文学习者。. 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 7 key vocabulary words such as 比赛、进球、守门员 and walks through 2 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 soccer.
I love watching soccer too.
Today, I want to talk about a soccer match.
This match is great to watch.
In this match, there are two teams.
One team is big, and also very famous.
The other team is very small.
The big team is very good at soccer.
The small team isn't that famous.
But the small team really wants to win too.
Today is exactly that kind of match.
Both teams want to play well.
Both teams also want to win.
Everyone wants to watch — who would win?
The people who came to watch were many, many.
The people watching were all very happy.
Some wanted the big team to win.
Some also wanted the small team to win.
Everyone sat down to watch this match.
The match hadn't started, and everyone was waiting.
Everyone wondered: who would win today?
The people watching were all very happy.
Everyone really wanted to watch this match.
Watching this match — very nice.
Okay, now let's look at this match.
Of these two teams, one is Ecuador.
The other one is Curaçao.
Ecuador is the big team.
Curaçao is the small team.
Curaçao is a very small place.
There aren't very many people there.
So for this team to come play the World Cup is very hard.
Many people wondered: will Curaçao lose a lot of goals?
Okay, the match has begun.
From the start, Ecuador kept pushing forward.
They wanted to score quickly.
"To score" means to kick the ball in.
Ecuador tried once, and tried again.
They wanted to kick the ball into Curaçao's goal.
But Curaçao defended especially well.
Their players all stood in front of their own goal.
Everyone guarded their goal together.
When Ecuador went left, they defended left.
When Ecuador went right, they defended right.
No matter where the ball came from, they could hold firm.
Ecuador tried many times, and none went in.
Here, we have to talk about one person.
This person is Curaçao's goalkeeper.
A "goalkeeper" is the person who stands in front of the goal and keeps the ball out.
Today, this goalkeeper was amazing.
Ecuador's shots came time and again.
He pushed the ball away time and again.
Some shots were fast and tough, and he stopped them too.
He stopped the ball many, many times.
Everyone said he defended really well today.
Because of him, Ecuador just couldn't score.
And so the match went on and on.
Ecuador still didn't score.
Curaçao didn't score either.
In the end, the match finished.
The score was zero to zero.
Neither team scored.
For Ecuador, this was a bit of a shame.
They played so much, yet didn't win.
But for Curaçao, this was a great thing.
Because they held on and didn't lose.
For such a small team, this is really remarkable.
Their players were all especially happy.
For such a small team, getting this one point is very hard.
Their goalkeeper, even more, was the biggest hero today.
It was he who helped Curaçao hold this zero to zero.
After the match, many people were talking about this goalkeeper.
Everyone said he was amazing today.
Actually, this is the fun part of soccer.
A small team can also play very well.
A big team won't necessarily win.
Alright, today's soccer match — that's all for here.
Ecuador and Curaçao, zero to zero.
Tiny Curaçao held off big Ecuador.
Thank you for listening; see you next time.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇考纲词. 今天有一场很好看的比赛。
考纲词. 守门员一次次把球挡了出去。
考纲词. 厄瓜多尔踢了那么多，却没有赢，有点可惜。
考纲词. 对这么小的队来说，这真的很了不起。
考纲词. 守门员是今天最大的英雄。
把球踢进去，就是进球。
站在门前、不让球进去的人，就是守门员。
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法不管…都…
'No matter …, still …' says the result holds in every case.
不管球从哪里来，他们都守得住。
对…来说
'As for / from the standpoint of …' frames whose view follows.
对这么小的一个队来说，这真的很了不起。
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