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阿根廷三比一赢了约旦
Argentina Beats Jordan 3–1 to Advance
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A beginner Chinese listening lesson on the World Cup: Argentina 3-1 Jordan, with Messi on the scoresheet. Simple HSK 1 sentences about goals, a penalty, and a famous star.
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 进球、有名、点球 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 Jordan.
One team is Argentina.
Both teams wanted to win.
Jordan wanted to win.
Argentina 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.
Jordan wanted to score.
Argentina 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.
Many people came to watch Argentina.
Why?
Because Argentina has one player who is very famous.
His name is Messi.
Messi is the most famous player in the world.
Many people love him.
Everyone wanted to watch him play.
The match began.
Argentina played very well.
Soon, Argentina scored a goal.
The scorer is named Lo Celso.
It was one to zero.
Argentina was ahead.
Later, Argentina scored again.
This one was a penalty.
What is a penalty?
It's a kick from very close, easy to score.
Now it was two to zero.
Argentina played really well.
Jordan didn't give up.
They wanted to score too.
Later, Jordan scored a goal!
The scorer is named Al-Taamari.
Now it was two to one.
Jordan's people were happy.
But Argentina was too strong.
Jordan wanted another goal, but it was hard.
Near the end, Messi scored a goal!
The whole crowd stood up.
Everyone shouted together: Messi!
Messi!
Many came to the game just to see him score.
Today, they saw it.
This was the best goal of the day.
Now it was three to one.
The match was over.
The score was three to one.
Argentina scored three goals.
Jordan scored one goal.
So Argentina won.
Jordan lost, but played well too.
Argentina is impressive.
They have Messi, and many good players.
The last World Cup, Argentina won it.
So this time, everyone is backing them too.
Argentina won and advanced to the next round.
Everyone thinks Argentina is strong this year too.
Jordan played well too.
Jordan is a small country.
They've rarely reached the World Cup before.
To get here is already hard.
Today they even scored a goal.
Their goal was beautifully taken too.
Losing to Argentina is no disgrace at all.
Jordan's fans were happy for them too.
This was a World Cup match.
The World Cup happens only once every four years.
Many countries come to play.
Today, Argentina beat Jordan three to one.
Messi scored a goal too.
That was today's match.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇考纲词。很多人都知道。梅西很有名。
考纲词。不再去拼、不再去做。约旦没有放弃。
考纲词。很会踢，实力高。阿根廷太强了。
考纲词。觉得好、爱看。很多人都喜欢梅西。
考纲词。这里指球进得很好看。约旦的球进得很漂亮。
把球踢进门。梅西进了一个球。
在很近的地方踢的一球，很容易进。阿根廷得到一个点球。
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法什么是…？
'What is…?' — introduces and explains a term.
什么是点球？就是在很近的地方踢一脚。
又…了
'…again' — a repeated action.
阿根廷又进了一个球。
一点也不
'Not at all' — emphatic negation.
输给阿根廷，一点也不丢人。
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