ElementaryHSK 24:14
内马尔哭了：他入选了世界杯名单
Neymar in Tears: He Made the World Cup Squad
Neymar in Tears: He Made the World Cup Squad
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 12 key vocabulary words such as 今天、喜欢、知道 and walks through 4 grammar patterns, each explained in English with examples.
Today. The episode opens with 今天我们说一个足球新闻 — 'today we'll talk about a football news story.'
To like. 全世界有很多人喜欢他 — 'many people all over the world like him.'
To know. 大家最想知道的是 — 'what everyone most wants to know': is Neymar on the list?
To think, to feel (an opinion). 很多人都觉得：内马尔老了 — 'many people felt: Neymar is old.'
To cry. The episode's emotional moment: 听到自己的名字，内马尔哭了 — 'hearing his own name, Neymar cried.'
Important. 这次世界杯，对内马尔很特别 — and likely his last, which makes it 重要.
An athlete, a sportsperson. Beyond HSK2. The episode glosses it: 做运动、参加比赛的人 — 'someone who does sports and competes.'
Knee. Beyond HSK2. The episode explains it: 腿中间，可以弯的地方 — 'the place in the middle of the leg that can bend.'
Surgery, an operation. Beyond HSK2. 内马尔做了手术 — 'Neymar had surgery,' twice in the episode's story.
Coach. Beyond HSK2. Brazil's coach Ancelotti is the one who decides 名单 — the squad list.
Experience. Beyond HSK2. The coach's main reason: 内马尔有很多经验 — 'Neymar has a lot of experience.'
A name list — here, the squad. Beyond HSK2. 名单上的人，可以去世界杯 — 'the people on the list can go to the World Cup.'
* beyond level超纲词
对…来说
对 + (someone/something) + 来说 frames a statement from a particular point of view. The episode uses it to judge things from a footballer's standpoint.
对足球运动员来说，这个年纪不小了。
对每个国家来说，世界杯都很重要。
因为 introduces a cause. The episode uses it to explain why things happened — why Neymar still didn't play much.
但是因为伤，还是踢得不多。
他哭了，因为他实在太高兴了。
不一定
不一定 says something is not certain or not guaranteed. The coach uses it to make clear that selection is not a promise.
内马尔不一定每场都踢。
进了名单，不一定能上场。
A 才 B
才 marks B as conditional on A — B happens only when A is met. The coach's rule for playing time uses exactly this.
他踢得好，才会让他上场。
努力练习，才会有机会。