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西班牙二比零赢了法国
Spain Beat France Two to Zero
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A beginner Chinese listening lesson on the World Cup semi-final: Spain 2-0 France, shutting down Mbappé to reach the final. Simple HSK 1 sentences about a great defensive 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、前面、有名 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 game was very important.
There are two teams.
One team is called France.
One team is called Spain.
Both teams want to win.
France wants to win.
Spain 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.
France has one player, called Mbappé.
Mbappé is very famous and very good at scoring.
Spain is a very strong team too.
Alright, the game began.
In the first half, Spain scored first.
It was a penalty.
It was scored by Oyarzabal.
Now it was zero to one.
Spain was ahead.
In the second half, Spain scored again.
The scorer is named Porro.
Now it was zero to two.
Spain was two goals up.
France really wanted to score too.
Mbappé wanted to score too.
But Spain defended too well.
The Spain players kept watching Mbappé.
They didn't let him get a chance.
France didn't score a single goal.
Mbappé didn't score today either.
Later, the game ended.
Spain beat France two to zero.
Spain are so impressive.
Spain can go play the last game.
The last game is the final.
Win the final, and you are number one in the world.
France are strong too, but today Spain were better.
So France had to go home.
This was a very important game.
Lose, and you go home.
Today, Spain beat France two 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。西班牙在前面。
考纲词。很多人都知道。姆巴佩很有名。
考纲词。挡住对方、不让他们进球。西班牙守得太好了。
把球踢进门。西班牙进了两个球。
一个人对着守门员踢。这是一个点球。
最后一场比赛，赢了就是冠军。西班牙进入了决赛。
很强、很会踢。西班牙太厉害了。
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法是…踢进的
'It was … who scored it' — attributing the goal.
这个点球是奥亚萨瓦尔踢进的。
守得太好了
'Defended too well' — praising the defense.
可是西班牙守得太好了。
赢了…，就是…
'Win …, and you are …' — the stakes of a match.
赢了决赛，就是世界第一。
Proper Nouns
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