A Chinese podcast · Same story, 4 levels
德国大赢库拉索
Germany Beat Curaçao Big
About this story
用最简单的中文听一场真实的世界杯比赛：德国七比一大胜世界杯新军库拉索。适合零基础初学者，含拼音生词、语法和全文英文翻译。. 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 10 key vocabulary words such as 喜欢、知道、高兴 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.
Read at your level
原文Read the complete story in Chinese. Reveal pinyin and English only when you need them.
English transcript reference
Lots of people love watching football.
I love watching football too.
Today, I want to talk about a football match.
A lot of people wanted to watch this match.
In this match, there were two teams.
One team was Germany.
The other team was Curaçao.
Germany are very good at football.
Many people know Germany.
And many people love Germany.
Germany play football very well.
Curaçao are a team too.
Curaçao came to play football as well.
Both teams came to play this match.
Both teams wanted to play well.
Germany wanted to win, and Curaçao wanted to play well too.
Everyone wanted to watch this match.
Everyone wanted to watch Germany play football.
Some people wanted to watch Curaçao play too.
The people who came to watch were many, many.
Everyone was very happy.
Which team would win?
Everyone wanted to know.
They all wanted to play very well.
Many people came to watch this match.
Some love Germany, and some wanted to watch Curaçao.
Everyone said this match would surely be fun to watch.
Both teams really wanted to play, and to play well.
The people coming to watch grew more and more.
Okay, let's watch this match.
The match began, and Germany kept attacking.
Germany played very well.
They really wanted to score.
"To score" means to kick the ball in.
Before long, Germany scored!
They scored one, then another.
Germany scored many, many goals.
Curaçao couldn't stop them; the balls went in one by one.
Germany's players played so well.
One Germany player scored two goals by himself.
Everyone cheered for Germany.
Germany scored one after another, and Curaçao could hardly stop it.
But Curaçao's players kept trying hard.
They didn't want to just lose, and kept running forward.
Still, Curaçao didn't give up either.
They really wanted to score one too.
Later, Curaçao actually scored a goal!
Curaçao's fans were all very happy.
They lost, but being able to score one is great too.
And so, the balls went in one by one.
Germany scored seven goals — really a lot.
In the end, the match was over.
Seven to one — Germany won.
Germany scored seven goals, Curaçao scored one.
This was a very big win.
Germany really played well.
Their players were each better than the last.
Watching Germany play was really fun.
And Curaçao?
Curaçao lost, and lost by quite a lot.
But nobody laughed at them.
Why?
Because Curaçao is a very small place.
This was their first time playing in such a big tournament.
For such a small place, just to be here is already not easy.
And besides, they even scored a goal.
For Curaçao, that's already great.
Their fans were happy for them too.
For such a small place, this is a very big thing.
Many people from Curaçao will remember this day.
Actually, football is just like this.
There are very strong teams, and very small teams.
The strong team won, and the small team tried hard too.
Germany are strong, so they won big.
Curaçao are small, but they were very brave.
Just being able to come is a good thing.
In the future, Curaçao will come again.
They'll play better year after year.
Watching a match like this makes us happy too.
The big team played well, and the small team was brave too.
That's football — really fun to watch.
Alright, that's all for today's football match.
Germany beat Curaçao seven to one.
Thanks for listening — see you next time.
Listen again
Try it without the transcript and notice what sounds clearer.
What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇HSK 1. 很多人都喜欢看足球.
HSK 1. 很多人都知道德国.
HSK 1. 库拉索的球迷都非常高兴.
考纲词. 库拉索的球员还在努力踢.
HSK 1. we; us.
德国很会踢足球.
Glossed: 进球，就是把球踢进去.
七比一，德国赢了.
库拉索输了，输得有点多. Opposite of 赢.
德国的球员，踢得太好了.
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法一个一个地…
'one by one' — describes an action happening repeatedly, one at a time.
球一个一个地进了。
虽然…，可是…
'Although …, but …'.
虽然输了，可是能进一个球，也很好。
因为…
'Because …' gives a reason.
因为库拉索是一个很小的地方。
Proper Nouns
专有名词Free account
Keep learning from this story
Create a free account to keep saved words and your preferred level together.
- Keep words with their story context
- Remember your preferred level
- Build your vocabulary over time