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英格兰二比一赢了挪威
England Beat Norway Two to One
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A beginner Chinese listening lesson on the World Cup quarter-finals: England 2-1 Norway in extra time, with a Bellingham brace. Simple HSK 1 sentences about a tense, dramatic win.
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 3 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 进球、前面、强 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 game.
This game was very long.
There are two teams.
One team is called Norway.
One team is called England.
Both teams want to win.
Norway wants to win.
England wants to win too.
Score a goal, and you get a point.
The team with more points wins.
Many people came to watch today.
So very many people.
Everyone wants to watch these two teams.
Both teams really want to win.
Both teams want to score.
Everyone sits there watching.
Watching these two teams.
Watching that ball.
Both teams are very strong teams.
England has one player, called Bellingham.
He was very impressive today.
Alright, the game began.
At the start, Norway scored first.
Now it was zero to one.
Norway was ahead.
England was a goal down.
But England did not give up.
Later, England scored too.
The scorer is named Bellingham.
Now it was one to one.
The two teams were level.
The game's time was up.
But it was still one to one.
The two teams had to play a bit more.
This is called extra time.
In extra time, England scored again.
Again it was Bellingham who scored.
This was his second goal today.
Now it was two to one.
England was ahead.
After that, Norway didn't score again.
The game ended.
England beat Norway two to one.
Bellingham scored both goals by himself.
He was the best player today.
Norway played very well too.
They even scored first.
But in the end they lost.
Norway was very sad.
England can go on to the next match.
Norway had to go home.
This was a very important game.
Lose, and you go home.
Today, England beat Norway two to one.
That was today's game.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇考纲词。分数更多、领先。挪威先在前面。
考纲词。很会踢、实力高。两个队都是很强的队。
考纲词。很关键、很要紧。这是很重要的比赛。
把球踢进门。贝林厄姆进了两个球。
很强、很会踢。他今天很厉害。
时间到了还是平局，就再多踢一会儿。这叫加时。
不再努力、不再试。英格兰没有放弃。
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法还是…进的
'It was … again who scored' — the same scorer once more.
还是贝林厄姆进的。
在…里，…又…
'During …, … again …' — an event in a phase.
在加时里，英格兰又进了一个球。
一个人进了两个球
'Scored two goals by himself' — one player, two goals.
贝林厄姆一个人进了两个球。
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