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埃及三比一赢了新西兰
Egypt Beats New Zealand 3–1 in Comeback
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用最简单的中文，听一场真实的世界杯比赛：埃及先落后，靠球星萨拉赫进球完成逆转，三比一赢下久违的胜利。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、球星 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 be great to watch.
Everyone really wanted to watch.
Okay, now let's look at this match.
Of these two teams, one is New Zealand.
The other one is Egypt.
On the Egypt team, there's a very famous star.
His name is Salah, and many people love him.
Everyone wanted to watch: would Salah score today?
Okay, the match has begun.
Both teams want to score.
"To score" means to kick the ball in.
Unexpectedly, the one to score first was New Zealand.
Not long after the match began, New Zealand scored a goal.
One to zero — New Zealand was ahead.
New Zealand's players were all very happy.
Everyone was very surprised.
Because everyone had thought Egypt would win.
Now, Egypt was behind instead.
So what would Egypt do?
Egypt didn't give up.
They kept pushing forward, wanting to score.
They charged forward again and again.
You could tell they really wanted to catch up.
In the first half, Egypt still didn't score.
In the second half, Egypt scored a goal.
One to one — the two teams were level.
The people watching all stood up.
Later, Salah scored a goal too.
Two to one — Egypt had gone ahead instead.
Salah scored, and everyone was very happy.
He's Egypt's most famous star — really impressive.
Many people came to watch just to see him play.
Today, he didn't let everyone down.
Later, Egypt scored another goal.
Three to one — Egypt was winning by more.
By this point, it was hard for New Zealand to catch up.
In the end, the match finished, three to one.
Egypt beat New Zealand.
Egypt's players were all very happy.
Their fans were all especially happy too.
Because this was a very important match for Egypt.
For a very, very long time, Egypt hadn't won a match at the World Cup.
They'd waited many, many years for this one.
Today, they finally won.
So everyone was especially happy.
Egypt's fans were beside themselves with joy.
Of course, New Zealand played well too.
They scored first and fought to the very end.
They never gave up and played very seriously.
It's just that later, Egypt was a bit stronger.
Actually, this is the fun part of soccer.
Falling behind first, you might still win it back.
As long as you don't give up, there's still a chance.
Having a good star matters too.
Today, Salah was a big help.
Alright, today's soccer match — that's all for here.
Egypt beat New Zealand three to one.
Salah scored and helped Egypt win the match.
This is Egypt's happiest match in a very long time.
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. 埃及三比一赢了新西兰。
考纲词. 这是埃及很重要的一场比赛。
考纲词. 萨拉赫真的很厉害。
把球踢进去，就是进球。
很有名的球员，就是球星。
比对方少，就是落后。
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法没想到…
'Unexpectedly …' marks a surprising turn.
没想到，先进球的是新西兰。
反过来…
'The other way around …' marks a reversal of the situation.
二比一，埃及反过来在前面了。
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