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英格兰六比四赢了法国，得了第三名
England Beats France 6–4 for World Cup Third
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A beginner Chinese listening lesson on the World Cup third-place match: England 6-4 France, a ten-goal thriller. England raced ahead, France fought back, Saka scored three. Simple HSK 1 sentences.
This is an HSK 1 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 比赛、赢、好看 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.
This is a soccer match.
There are two teams.
One team is England.
One team is France.
Both teams want to win.
England wants to win.
France wants to win too.
This match is really fun to watch.
Many people came to watch.
Everyone sits there.
Everyone is watching these two teams.
Everyone is watching that ball.
Alright, the game began.
In the first half, England scored many goals.
England scored four goals.
France did not score a single goal.
Everyone thought England was about to win.
England has a player named Saka.
Saka plays very well.
In the second half, France started scoring too.
France has a player named Mbappé.
Mbappé is very famous, and he scored two goals.
France scored a few more goals.
France got closer and closer.
The game became very tense.
Everyone was very anxious.
Then, Saka scored another goal.
Saka alone scored three goals.
Three goals, so amazing.
England was in the lead again.
In the end, each team scored one more goal.
The goals came one after another.
Everyone watched with great joy.
Later, the game ended.
England scored six goals.
France scored four goals.
England had more goals, so England won.
This game had ten goals in all.
Ten goals, that's really a lot.
England took third place.
France came fourth.
Saka scored three goals, the most impressive.
Mbappé scored two goals too.
Both teams played very well.
Today, England beat France.
Six to four.
That was today's game.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇考纲词。两个队一起踢球，看谁赢。这是一场好看的比赛。
考纲词。进的球比对方多。英格兰赢了法国。
考纲词。让人喜欢看。这场比赛很好看。
考纲词。心里很急。比赛很紧张，大家都很着急。
把球踢进门。这场比赛一共进了十个球。
分数比对方多。萨卡进球后，英格兰又领先了。
很强、很会踢。萨卡进了三个球，太厉害了。
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法一个…都没…
'Not even a single …' — total absence.
上半场法国一个球都没进。
越来越…
'More and more …' — a growing change.
法国追得越来越近了。
一个接一个
'One after another' — things happening in quick succession.
球一个接一个地进。
Proper nouns
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