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科特迪瓦一比零赢了厄瓜多尔
Ivory Coast Beat Ecuador One to Zero
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A beginner Chinese listening lesson on the World Cup: Ivory Coast 1-0 Ecuador. Simple HSK 1 sentences about a goalless game and a dramatic late winner by Diallo.
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、机会、有用 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 match.
There are two teams.
One team is Ivory Coast.
One team is Ecuador.
Their names are a little long.
That's okay, you'll remember them bit by bit.
Both teams wanted to win.
Ivory Coast wanted to win.
Ecuador 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.
Ivory Coast wanted to score.
Ecuador 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.
This match, many people wanted to watch.
The match began.
Both teams were running.
They kept kicking the ball.
You pass to me, I pass to you.
Both teams played well.
But for a long time, no one scored.
Ivory Coast wanted to score.
They shot many times.
Some shots were too high.
Some shots were blocked.
Nothing went in.
Ecuador wanted to score too.
They also shot many times.
Nothing went in either.
Neither team could score.
Time passed minute by minute.
It was still zero to zero.
Nobody had scored.
Everyone was thinking: will there be a goal?
Many people were a little anxious.
At the end, the match was almost over.
Right at that moment, something happened!
Ivory Coast got the ball.
The ball reached Diallo's feet.
Diallo is an Ivory Coast player.
Diallo took a shot.
The ball went in!
One to zero!
Everyone stood up.
Everyone shouted out loud together.
Wonderful!
Diallo scored a very important goal.
This goal came very late.
It went in right when it was almost over.
So it made people even happier.
They played a long time with no goal.
Everyone was getting a little tired.
Right at the end, Diallo scored.
This one goal let Ivory Coast win.
You see, soccer really is amazing.
Sometimes, one goal is enough.
With that goal, Ivory Coast was about to win.
There was only a little time left.
Ecuador wanted to equalize.
But there was too little time.
They didn't score.
The match was over.
The score was one to zero.
Ivory Coast won.
Ecuador lost.
Ecuador was a little sad.
They didn't play badly either.
But they didn't score, so they lost.
Soccer is just like this.
Playing well isn't enough — you have to score.
Ivory Coast was very happy.
They won a game.
They took three points.
This is important for them.
Winning the first game is a good start.
They want to go further in the group.
So these three points are very useful.
This was a World Cup match.
The World Cup happens only once every four years.
Many countries come to play.
Ivory Coast one to zero Ecuador.
The one who scored is Diallo.
That was today's match.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇考纲词。很有意义。迪亚洛进了一个很重要的球。
考纲词。可以进球的好时候。最后科特迪瓦得到一个机会。
考纲词。能帮上忙。这三分很有用。
HSK 1. it doesn't matter.
把球踢进门。这场只有一个进球。
把球拦下来，不让它进。有的球被挡住了。
落后的队再进球，把比分变成一样。
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法就在这个时候
'Right at this moment' — marks a sudden turning point.
就在这个时候，事情来了！
也要…才行
'You still have to… for it to work' — a condition that must be met.
踢得好，也要进球才行。
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