A Chinese podcast · Same story, 4 levels
法国三比零赢了伊拉克
France Beats Iraq 3–0 After Storm Delay
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用最简单的中文，听一场真实的世界杯比赛：球星姆巴佩梅开二度，法国三比零大胜伊拉克，比赛中途还下了一场大雨。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、球星、进球 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.
Both teams are very good at soccer.
Both teams want to win.
Both teams also want to play well.
Everyone wants to watch this match.
The people who came to watch were many, many.
The people watching were all very happy.
The two teams — who would win?
Everyone wanted to know.
These two teams both really wanted to win.
They both wanted to play very well.
Everyone really wanted to watch them play too.
The people watching this match were also many, many.
Today's match would be great to watch.
Everyone really wanted to watch.
Okay, now let's look at this match.
Of these two teams, one is France.
The other one is Iraq.
France — many people know this team.
Everyone says France is very strong.
On the France team, there's a very famous star.
His name is Mbappe.
Mbappe runs very fast and scores a lot of goals.
When he runs, others can hardly catch up.
Many people love watching him play.
No matter where he plays, many people go to watch.
So today, will France win?
Everyone wanted to know.
Okay, the match has begun.
Both teams want to score.
"To score" means to kick the ball in.
In today's match, something else also happened.
Halfway through the match, heavy rain fell from the sky.
The rain was too heavy, so the match had to stop first.
The players all went back, and everyone waited for the rain to stop.
Everyone waited a very long time; when the rain eased, they played on.
This sort of thing isn't very common at the World Cup.
So many people remembered this match.
Okay, let's go on talking about the match.
Today, France played especially well.
Mbappe scored first.
This goal was fast and great to watch.
One to zero — France was ahead.
Later, Mbappe scored another goal.
Two to zero — France pulled further ahead.
Mbappe alone scored two goals.
He really is so fast, so impressive.
Later, another France player scored a goal too.
Three to zero — France was winning by more.
France's goals went in one by one.
The people watching all enjoyed it.
And Iraq?
Iraq wanted to score too.
They kept pushing forward, wanting to score a goal.
But France was too strong; it was hard for Iraq.
France defended well, and Iraq couldn't get through.
Playing the whole match, Iraq didn't score a single goal.
In the end, the match finished, three to zero.
France beat Iraq.
France's players were all very happy.
Their fans were all especially happy too.
The best today was Mbappe.
It was he who helped France score many goals.
Of course, Iraq played well too.
They fought to the very end and didn't give up.
Even though they lost, they played very seriously.
It's just that today, France was a bit stronger.
Actually, this is the fun part of soccer.
A very fast player can often help his team score.
Alright, today's soccer match — that's all for here.
France beat Iraq three to zero.
Mbappe scored two goals — really impressive.
This match also had a big rainstorm, which was special.
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. 比赛踢到一半，下起了大雨。
考纲词. 法国三比零赢了伊拉克。
考纲词. 姆巴佩真的太厉害了。
考纲词. 这样的事，在世界杯上很特别。
很有名的球员，就是球星。
把球踢进去，就是进球。
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法只好…
'Had no choice but to …' marks a forced, reluctant action.
雨太大了，比赛只好先停下来。
一个人，就…
'One person alone … ' stresses an individual's outsized impact.
姆巴佩一个人，就进了两个球。
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