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法国四比一赢了挪威
France Beat Norway Four to One
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A beginner Chinese listening lesson on the World Cup: France 4-1 Norway. Simple HSK 1 sentences about Dembélé's hat-trick (three goals by one player) and a dominant win.
This is an HSK 1 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 厉害、强、希望 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 match.
There are two teams.
One team is Norway.
One team is France.
Both teams wanted to win.
Norway wanted to win.
France wanted to win too.
They all wanted to score.
Score one goal, and you get one point.
The team with more points wins.
Many people came to watch today.
So very many people.
Everyone wanted to watch the two teams play.
Both teams really wanted to win.
Both teams really wanted points.
Norway wanted to score.
France wanted to score too.
Both teams really wanted to score.
Everyone sat there watching the game.
They watched the two teams.
They watched the ball.
Both teams came out.
They all wanted to play well.
None of them wanted to lose.
Everyone really wanted to watch this game.
Today there was one player who was especially great.
He's on the France team.
His name is Dembélé.
He scored three goals by himself.
One player scoring three goals is called a hat-trick.
This is hard — very few people can do it.
Today Dembélé did it.
The match began.
France scored very quickly.
The scorer was Dembélé.
It was one to zero.
France was ahead.
Then, Norway scored a goal too.
It was one to one.
The two teams were even.
Norway's people were happy.
But France was too strong.
Dembélé scored another goal.
It was two to one.
A little later, Dembélé scored again!
This was his third goal today.
It was three to one.
France kept scoring.
Everyone was stunned.
Dembélé scored three goals by himself.
And all three were in the first half.
The half wasn't even over and he'd scored three.
So impressive!
This is a hat-trick.
The fans all stood up and applauded him.
He was the brightest star today.
Later, France scored another goal.
The scorer is named Doué.
Now it was four to one.
France scored four goals.
Norway scored only one.
They tried hard too.
But France was too strong.
Norway had no way to respond.
At last, the match was over.
The score was four to one.
France won.
Norway lost.
Norway has good players too.
There's one named Haaland, very famous, very good at scoring.
But today, France was stronger.
France scored four goals, Norway only one.
So Norway lost.
But Norway scored one too, so they didn't lose everything.
They played hard as well.
France played wonderfully.
In the group, they won all three games.
Winning all three isn't easy.
This shows France is both strong and steady.
Everyone thinks France has real hope this year.
Dembélé scored three goals today.
A good player like this, everyone will remember him.
He helped France win this game.
This was a World Cup match.
The World Cup happens only once every four years.
Many countries come to play.
Today, France beat Norway four to one.
Dembélé scored three goals.
That was today's match.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇考纲词。很强、很会踢。登贝莱太厉害了。
考纲词。很会踢，实力高。法国太强了。
考纲词。觉得以后会很好。大家觉得法国今年很有希望。
HSK 1. they; them.
一个人在一场球里进三个球。登贝莱今天上演了帽子戏法。
把球踢进门。登贝莱进了三个球。
一场球的前面一半。三个球都在上半场。
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法一个人
'By oneself / single-handedly' — one person doing it all.
他一个人，进了三个球。
又…了
'…again' — an action repeated.
登贝莱又进了一个球。
太…了
'Too… / so…' — strong degree.
法国太强了。
太厉害了！
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