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挪威二比一赢了科特迪瓦
Norway Beat Ivory Coast Two to One
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A beginner Chinese listening lesson on the World Cup knockouts: Norway 2-1 Ivory Coast, with Haaland's late winner. Simple HSK 1 sentences about a game decided in the final minutes.
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.
There are two teams.
One team is called Norway.
One team is called Ivory Coast.
Both teams want to win.
Norway wants to win.
Ivory Coast wants to win too.
Score a goal, and you get a point.
The team with more points wins.
Many people came to watch today.
Really, so very many.
Everyone wants to watch these two teams.
Both teams really want to win.
Both teams really want points.
Norway wants to score.
Ivory Coast wants to score too.
Everyone sits there watching.
Watching these two teams.
Watching that ball.
Everyone is happy.
Everyone wants to see good soccer.
Norway has one player, named Haaland.
Haaland is very famous.
He's very good at scoring.
He is very tall.
He runs very fast.
Many people came just to watch him.
Alright, the game began.
Both teams wanted to score.
In the first half, Norway scored first.
The scorer is named Nusa.
Now it was one to zero.
Norway was ahead.
Ivory Coast was a goal down.
But they did not give up.
They kept trying to score.
They kept running forward.
Later, Ivory Coast scored too.
The scorer is named Diallo.
Now it was one to one.
The two teams were level.
Ivory Coast's fans were very happy.
Everyone was very happy.
Everyone was shouting.
But the game wasn't over yet.
Near the end, Haaland scored.
This was Norway's second goal.
Now it was one to two.
Norway was ahead again.
This goal was very important.
Later, the game ended.
Norway won.
Ivory Coast lost.
This was a very important game.
Lose, and you go home.
So, Ivory Coast had to go home.
They were a little sad.
But they played very well too.
They fought to the very end.
Everyone saw it.
Haaland really is impressive.
At the most important moment, he scored.
This is what a good player is.
A good player scores at the most important moment.
Norway won this game.
Norway can go on to the next match.
Today, Norway beat Ivory Coast.
Norway scored two goals.
Ivory Coast scored one goal.
So it was two to one.
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。挪威在前面。
考纲词。很多人都知道。哈兰德很有名。
考纲词。很关键、很要紧。这是很重要的比赛。
考纲词。回到自己家。输了就要回家。
把球踢进门。哈兰德进了一个球。
很强、很会踢。哈兰德真的很厉害。
不再努力、不再试。科特迪瓦没有放弃。
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法输了，就要…
'Lose, and then you have to…' — a consequence in a knockout game.
输了，就要回家。
在最重要的时候…
'At the most important moment…' — highlights clutch timing.
在最重要的时候，他进了球。
又…了
'…again' — something happens once more.
挪威又在前面了。
Proper Nouns
专有名词Free account
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