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摩洛哥点球赢了荷兰
Morocco Upsets Netherlands on Penalties
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A beginner Chinese listening lesson on a World Cup upset: Morocco knock out the Netherlands on penalties. Simple HSK 1 sentences about a late equalizer and a shootout.
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 放弃、紧张、勇敢 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 the Netherlands.
One team is Morocco.
Both teams wanted to win.
The Netherlands wanted to win.
Morocco 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.
The Netherlands wanted to score.
Morocco 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 is the knockout stage.
In the knockouts, lose and you go home.
So both teams were very careful.
Neither wanted to lose.
Today's game was especially tense.
The match began.
For a long time at first, no one scored.
Then, the Netherlands scored a goal.
It was one to zero.
The Netherlands was ahead.
The Dutch fans were happy.
Morocco fell behind.
But Morocco didn't give up.
They kept pushing forward.
They wanted to score.
Time was running out.
People wondered: can Morocco score?
Right at the very end, Morocco scored!
The scorer is named Diop.
This goal came so late.
It went in just as it was almost over.
Now it was one to one.
Morocco had caught up!
Morocco's people went wild.
After that, both teams wanted to score again.
But neither could.
Right to the end, it was still one to one.
The two teams were level.
In the knockouts, it can't be a draw.
There must be a winning team.
So they have to take penalties.
Taking penalties means kicking one by one.
Kicking from very close.
Whoever scores more wins.
The two teams took penalties one by one.
You take one, I take one.
With each kick, everyone was tense.
Some went in, some didn't.
In a shootout, it comes down to whose nerve is steadier.
In the end, Morocco scored more.
So Morocco won!
Only at the last kick did they know the result.
Morocco was so happy.
They beat the Netherlands and advanced to the next round.
The Netherlands is famous and strong.
But today, the Netherlands lost.
The Dutch fans were sad.
They had to go home.
Morocco played very well today.
Behind at the start, they didn't give up.
In the last minute they still scored, leveling it.
They won the shootout too.
To win after falling behind is really not easy.
This shows their hearts are strong.
Morocco is a very brave team.
This was a World Cup match.
This is the knockout stage.
Lose and you go home.
Today, Morocco beat the Netherlands.
That was today's match.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇考纲词。不再去拼、不再去做。摩洛哥没有放弃。
考纲词。心里很急、很怕。今天这场球特别紧张。
考纲词。不怕困难、敢拼。摩洛哥是一支很勇敢的队。
HSK 1. they; them.
在很近的地方踢的一球。打平后靠踢点球决定输赢。
输了就回家、不能再踢的比赛。这是淘汰赛。
分比对面少。摩洛哥落后了。
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法就在最后的时候
'Right at the very end' — marks a dramatic last moment.
就在最后的时候，摩洛哥进了一个球！
一定要有…
'There must be…' — a necessary requirement.
淘汰赛不能是平的，一定要有一个赢的队。
落后了，也不放弃
'Behind, but still not giving up' — persistence despite a setback.
一开始落后，也不放弃。
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