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苏格兰一比零赢了海地

Scotland Beats Haiti 1–0 for First Win in 30 Years

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A beginner Chinese listening lesson on the World Cup: Scotland 1-0 Haiti. Simple HSK 1 sentences about a goal, a keeper's save, and a long-awaited win.

This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 4 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 重要、终于、没关系 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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原文

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今天说一个球赛。
这个球赛有人赢了。
赢的队是苏格兰。
还有一个队，是海地。
两个队都想赢。
苏格兰想赢。
海地也想赢。
他们都想进球。
进一个球，有一分。
分多的队会赢。
今天来看球的人很多。
人很多很多。
大家都想看两个队踢球。
两个队都很想赢。
两个队都很想要分。
苏格兰想进球。
海地也想进球。
两个队都很想进球。
大家都坐在那里看球。
他们看两个队。
他们看这个球。
两个队都来了。
他们都想踢好。
他们都不想输。
今天的球赛，很多人想看。
球赛开始了。
两个队都在跑。
苏格兰踢得很多。
苏格兰一直往前。
他们想进球。
海地在后面守。
海地不想丢球。
后来，苏格兰踢了一脚。
球往门里去。
可是海地的守门员把球挡了。
球没有进。
大家都说，好可惜。
可是球又回来了。
球到了麦金的脚下。
麦金是苏格兰的人。
麦金再踢一脚。
这一次，球进了！
一比零！
苏格兰进球了。
大家都很高兴。
苏格兰的人都站了起来。
他们一起大声喊。
太好了！
麦金很厉害。
他进了一个很重要的球。
这个球，是这场球赛里唯一的进球。
就是这一个球，让苏格兰赢了。
进球以后，苏格兰还想再进。
他们踢了很多次。
有的球太高了。
有的球被海地挡住了。
苏格兰没有再进球。
海地不想输。
他们也想进球。
后面的时间，海地往前踢。
他们想进一个球。
他们想追上来。
可是球一直没有进。
海地的球，被苏格兰挡住了。
最后，球赛完了。
还是一比零。
苏格兰赢了。
海地输了。
海地有一点难过。
可是他们也很努力。
这场球，对苏格兰很重要。
苏格兰很久很久没有在世界杯赢过球了。
今天，他们终于又赢了一次。
所以他们特别高兴。
这对他们是一件大好事。
很多苏格兰人，等这一天等了很久。
有的人，高兴得哭了。
赢一场球，为什么这么开心？
因为他们等得太久了。
海地也踢得很好。
他们是一个小国家。
能来世界杯，已经很不容易。
今天输了，可是他们没有放弃。
下一场，他们还会再来。
这是世界杯的球赛。
世界杯四年才有一次。
很多国家都来踢球。
赢了，大家都很高兴。
输了，也没关系，下次再来。
苏格兰一比零海地。
苏格兰进了一个球。
进球的人是麦金。
这就是今天的球赛。
English transcript reference

Today let's talk about a soccer match.

In this match, someone won.

The team that won is Scotland.

There's another team, Haiti.

Both teams wanted to win.

Scotland wanted to win.

Haiti wanted to win too.

They all wanted to score.

Score one goal, and you get one point.

The team with more points wins.

Many people came to watch today.

So very many people.

Everyone wanted to watch the two teams play.

Both teams really wanted to win.

Both teams really wanted points.

Scotland wanted to score.

Haiti wanted to score too.

Both teams really wanted to score.

Everyone sat there watching the game.

They watched the two teams.

They watched the ball.

Both teams came out.

They all wanted to play well.

None of them wanted to lose.

Today's match, many people wanted to watch.

The match began.

Both teams were running.

Scotland played a lot of the ball.

Scotland kept pushing forward.

They wanted to score.

Haiti defended at the back.

Haiti didn't want to concede.

Then, Scotland took a shot.

The ball went toward the goal.

But Haiti's goalkeeper blocked it.

The ball didn't go in.

Everyone said, what a shame.

But the ball came back.

The ball reached McGinn's feet.

McGinn is a Scotland player.

McGinn shot again.

This time, the ball went in!

One to zero!

Scotland scored.

Everyone was very happy.

Scotland's people all stood up.

They shouted out loud together.

Wonderful!

McGinn is amazing.

He scored a very important goal.

This goal was the only goal in the match.

It was this one goal that let Scotland win.

After scoring, Scotland wanted more.

They shot many times.

Some shots were too high.

Some shots were blocked by Haiti.

Scotland didn't score again.

Haiti didn't want to lose.

They wanted to score too.

In the time after, Haiti pushed forward.

They wanted to score a goal.

They wanted to catch up.

But the ball just wouldn't go in.

Haiti's shots were blocked by Scotland.

At last, the match was over.

It was still one to zero.

Scotland won.

Haiti lost.

Haiti was a little sad.

But they tried hard too.

This match was very important to Scotland.

Scotland hadn't won at the World Cup in a very, very long time.

Today, they finally won once again.

So they were especially happy.

This was a wonderful thing for them.

Many Scots had waited a long time for this day.

Some people were so happy they cried.

Winning one match, why so happy?

Because they had waited too long.

Haiti played well too.

They are a small country.

Just to reach the World Cup is already hard.

They lost today, but they didn't give up.

Next match, they'll be back again.

This was a World Cup match.

The World Cup happens only once every four years.

Many countries come to play.

When you win, everyone is happy.

When you lose, it's okay, come back next time.

Scotland one to zero Haiti.

Scotland scored one goal.

The one who scored is McGinn.

That was today's match.

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What vocabulary does this episode teach?

词汇
zhòngyàoimportant

考纲词。很有意义，不能不在乎。这个球很重要。

zhōngyúfinally; at last

考纲词。等了很久，最后发生了。他们终于赢了。

méiguānxiit doesn't matter

HSK 1. it doesn't matter.

tāmenthey; them

HSK 1. they; them.

yíngto win

考纲词。比分高的队就赢了。

shūto lose

考纲词。比分低的队就输了。

jìnqiúto score a goal

把球踢进门。这场只有一个进球。

* beyond level超纲词

What grammar patterns appear in this episode?

语法

又…了

'…again' — an action happened once more.

球又回来了。

把↗

The 把 construction puts the object before the verb to show what happens to it.

守门员把球挡了。

苏格兰把球踢进门。

因为

'Because' — gives the reason.

因为他们等得太久了。

Proper Nouns

专有名词
苏格兰SūgélánScotland海地HǎidìHaiti麦金MàijīnMcGinn (John McGinn, Scotland)

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