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World Cup: Trossard's Brace and De Bruyne Strike — Belgium Thrash New Zealand 5-1

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An easy Chinese listening lesson on the World Cup: Trossard's brace, plus De Bruyne, Lukaku, and Saelemaekers, power Belgium to a 5-1 rout of New Zealand, with Just grabbing a brave goal. HSK 2 vocabulary on stars, passing, and the gap in quality.

This is an HSK 2 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 主动、精神、回忆 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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今天我们比分很大世界比赛比利一大新西兰
非常热闹比利一个就进
一堂关于""公开
比利
比利世界一支球员大多欧洲最好的踢球
他们几个世界比如都是大家熟悉名字
这样一支球队进攻起来非常可怕
他是这个时代球员之一
他的一脚常常直接送给队友一个机会
这样球员比利进攻总是很有办法
我们来看比赛
比利从一开始占据主动
第二十八分钟萨尔打进一球
新西兰顶住但是比利进攻一波一波
半场开始萨尔又进一个完成二度
没过多久大牌一球
这里比赛已经基本没有悬念
不过新西兰没有就此放弃
第八十四分钟新西兰抓住一次机会打进一球比分扳成
一支落后这么球队来说能进一个已经很不容易球员球迷都很高兴
有意思的是之前比赛进过新西兰这次世界踢得最好的球员之一
但是比利实在太强
之后,他们继续保持压力
很快打进一球,
到了阶段,勒马克斯一城,比分
声响,比利一大
怎么?
对比来说,淋漓,他们小组第一身份,状态非常
能进,说明球队进攻火力十足,后面淘汰
当然,真正硬仗后面,比利也不会因为骄傲
新西兰来说,比分当然不好
但是知道,他们面对的是世界,实力差距客观存在
重要的是,他们落后情况,踢进一个没有放弃,这种精神值得肯定
新西兰大洋洲球队世界舞台本身值得骄傲
回头新西兰这次世界,他们其实留下不少好的回忆
之前比赛,他们得很顽强,进过
虽然今天输得比较,不能抹去他们前面努力
一支球队来说,世界能进,已经很好
就是比利新西兰,火力展示,也是新西兰勇敢一战
English transcript reference

Today we're talking about a high-scoring World Cup match: Belgium beat New Zealand five to one.

Six goals in one game, very lively, and Belgium alone scored five.

This game is an open lesson on "just how strong a strong team is."

First, about Belgium.

Belgium is a top team in world soccer, with most players in Europe's best leagues.

They have several world-class stars, like De Bruyne and Lukaku, names everyone knows well.

A team like this is terrifying when it attacks.

Speaking of De Bruyne, he's one of the best passers of this era.

A single pass from him can directly hand a teammate a chance to score.

With a player like that, Belgium's attack always has ideas.

Let's look at the game.

Belgium took the initiative from the start.

In the twenty-eighth minute, Trossard scored first, one to zero.

New Zealand wanted to hold on, but Belgium's attacks came in wave after wave.

Just as the second half began, Trossard scored again, two to zero, completing his brace.

Not long after, the big-name star De Bruyne also scored, three to zero.

By this point, the game was basically beyond doubt.

But New Zealand didn't give up.

In the eighty-fourth minute, New Zealand's Just seized a chance and scored, pulling it back to three to one.

For a small team so far behind, scoring a goal is already hard — the players and fans were happy.

Interestingly, Just had scored in an earlier game too, one of New Zealand's best players at this World Cup.

But Belgium was simply too strong.

After conceding, they kept up the pressure.

Lukaku soon scored again, four to one.

In stoppage time, Saelemaekers added another, fixing the score at five to one.

The whistle blew, Belgium won big five to one.

How to view this game?

For Belgium, this is an emphatic big win — they advanced as group winners, in fine form.

Scoring five goals shows the team's attack is full of firepower, a good omen for the knockouts ahead.

Of course, the real hard battles lie ahead, and Belgium won't get proud over this one game.

For New Zealand, a heavy defeat is of course no fun.

But you have to know they faced a world-class strong team, and the gap in quality genuinely exists.

More importantly, while down zero to three, they could still score a goal and not give up — that spirit deserves recognition.

New Zealand comes from Oceania, and to stand on the World Cup stage is itself something to be proud of.

Looking back at New Zealand's World Cup, they actually left quite a few good memories.

In earlier games, they played tenaciously too, and Just even scored.

Though they lost badly today, that doesn't erase their earlier effort.

For a small team, to reach the World Cup, to score, to go toe to toe with strong teams — that's already great.

That's Belgium five to one New Zealand — a strong team's display of firepower, and New Zealand's brave fight.

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Try it without the transcript and notice what sounds clearer.

What vocabulary does this episode teach?

词汇
zhǔdònginitiative; in control

考纲词。掌握局面、不被对方牵着走。比利时占据了主动。

jīngshénspirit

考纲词。这里指不放弃、肯拼的态度。这种精神值得肯定。

huíyìmemory

考纲词。过去发生、留在心里的事。他们留下了不少好的回忆。

yǒu yìsiinteresting

HSK 1-2. interesting.

dǐngjítop-level; elite

最高水平的。比利时是一支顶级强队。

shìjièjíworld-class

达到世界最高水平的。他们有好几个世界级的球星。

chuánqiúto pass (the ball)

把球传给队友。德布劳内最会传球。

* beyond level超纲词

What grammar patterns appear in this episode?

语法

一波接一波

'Wave after wave' — relentless, in continuous succession.

比利时的进攻一波接一波。

对…来说

'For… / as for…' — frames whom a statement applies to.

对一支落后这么多的小球队来说,能进一个球已经不容易。

虽然…,但…

'Although…, but…' — concession.

虽然今天输得比较惨,但这不能抹去他们前面的努力。

Proper Nouns

专有名词
新西兰XīnxīlánNew Zealand比利时BǐlìshíBelgium特罗萨尔Tèluósà'ěrTrossard (Leandro Trossard, Belgium)德布劳内DébùláonèiDe Bruyne (Kevin De Bruyne, Belgium)卢卡库LúkǎkùLukaku (Romelu Lukaku, Belgium)萨勒马克斯SàlèmǎkèsīSaelemaekers (Alexis Saelemaekers, Belgium)贾斯特JiǎsītèJust (Elijah Just, New Zealand)

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