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荷兰五比一赢了瑞典
Netherlands Beats Sweden 5–1
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用最简单的中文，听一场真实的世界杯比赛：荷兰进攻火力全开，五比一大胜瑞典，两名球员各进两球。含生词、语法和全文翻译，特别适合零基础和初级中文学习者。. HSK 1 Chinese listening practice.
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 5 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 比赛、进球、赢 and walks through 2 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
Many people love watching soccer.
I love watching soccer too.
Today, I want to talk about a soccer match.
This match is great to watch.
In this match, there are two teams.
Both teams are very good at soccer.
Both teams want to win.
Both teams also want to play well.
Everyone wants to watch this match.
The people who came to watch were many, many.
The people watching were all very happy.
The two teams — who would win?
Everyone wanted to know.
These two teams both really wanted to win.
They both wanted to play very well.
Everyone really wanted to watch them play too.
The people watching this match were also many, many.
Some people like this team.
Some people like that team.
Everyone hoped the team they liked would win.
The people watching were all very happy.
Everyone sat down to watch this match.
Today's match would have many goals.
Everyone would enjoy watching it.
Okay, now let's look at this match.
Of these two teams, one is the Netherlands.
The other one is Sweden.
The Netherlands is very famous.
Many people say the Netherlands is very strong.
So today, will the Netherlands win?
Everyone wanted to know.
Okay, the match has begun.
Both teams want to score.
"To score" means to kick the ball in.
Today, the Netherlands played especially well.
One by one, they scored many goals.
The match had only been going a little while when the Netherlands scored.
After scoring the first goal, the Netherlands wanted to score even more.
First they scored one, then another.
Later, they scored several more.
With each goal, the Netherlands fans shouted loudly.
Everyone was very happy, more delighted the more they watched.
The Netherlands scored five goals in all.
Five goals — really a lot!
Sweden, then, scored one goal too.
But one goal was too few.
Five to one — the Netherlands won by a lot.
Today, the Netherlands had two especially impressive players.
Those two each scored two goals.
Scoring two goals as one person is already impressive.
Today, two people both did it.
That's why the Netherlands scored so many goals.
Their goals went in fast and well.
Some goals came from close.
Some goals came from far.
The people watching all enjoyed it.
Sweden wanted to score more goals too.
They kept pushing forward as well, wanting a few more.
But they didn't play very well today.
The Netherlands was too strong; Sweden couldn't hold them off.
In the end, the match finished, five to one.
The Netherlands beat Sweden.
The Netherlands' players were all very happy.
Their fans were all especially happy too.
Because the Netherlands won by so many goals.
In this match, the Netherlands played extremely well.
For the Netherlands, this was a very important match.
Before this, the Netherlands hadn't won yet.
So winning this one by so much made them especially happy.
Winning this match gave them more confidence.
Of course, Sweden lost today.
Losing by so many goals didn't feel good either.
But there's still the next match in soccer.
They can work hard again and come back next time.
Actually, this is the fun part of soccer.
Sometimes, a team scores many goals.
Sometimes, a match is great to watch.
Alright, today's soccer match — that's all for here.
The Netherlands beat Sweden five to one.
The Netherlands scored lots and lots of goals today.
Two players each scored two goals.
This truly was an impressive match.
Watching a match like this makes everyone happy.
Thank you for listening; see you next time.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇考纲词. 今天有一场很好看的比赛。
考纲词. 荷兰五比一赢了瑞典。
考纲词. 荷兰有两个球员特别厉害。
考纲词. 荷兰今天踢得太厉害了。
考纲词. 荷兰的球员都很高兴。
把球踢进去，就是进球。
喜欢看球的人，就是球迷。
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法一…一…地
Reduplication '… by …' shows an action happening one at a time.
他们一个一个地，进了很多球。
越…越…
'The more …, the more …' links two rising changes.
大家都很高兴，越看越开心。
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