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挪威三比二赢了塞内加尔
Norway Beats Senegal 3–2 on Haaland Goal
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用最简单的中文，听一场真实的世界杯比赛：球星哈兰德梅开二度，挪威在五球大战中三比二险胜塞内加尔。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、球星、进球 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.
The people watching were all very happy.
Everyone sat down to watch this match.
Some wanted this team to win, some wanted that team to win.
Everyone wondered: who would win today?
Watching a match like this is nice.
Today's match had many goals.
So it was great to watch.
Okay, now let's look at this match.
Of these two teams, one is Norway.
The other one is Senegal.
On the Norway team, there's a very famous star.
His name is Haaland.
Haaland is very tall, and his body is strong too.
He's especially good at scoring, having scored many, many goals.
Many people love watching him play.
No matter where he plays, many people go to watch.
So today, will Haaland score?
Everyone wanted to know.
Okay, the match has begun.
Both teams want to score.
"To score" means to kick the ball in.
Today, Norway scored first.
One to zero — Norway was ahead.
Norway's players were all very happy.
Later, Haaland scored a goal too.
Two to zero — Norway pulled further ahead.
Seeing Haaland score, everyone shouted loudly.
Everyone loves watching him play.
But Senegal didn't give up.
They kept pushing forward, wanting to score.
Later, they scored a goal too.
Two to one — Senegal pulled one back.
Now the match became great to watch again.
Later, Haaland scored another goal.
Three to one — Norway pulled ahead again.
This was Haaland's second goal of the day.
Now Norway was leading by more.
But Senegal still didn't give up.
Near the end, they scored another goal.
Three to two — Senegal pulled one back again.
Now the match got more tense.
Everyone wondered: can Senegal still draw level?
But there wasn't much time left.
In the end, the match finished, three to two.
Norway beat Senegal.
In this match, the two teams scored five goals in all.
So it was especially great to watch, and especially tense.
Norway's players were all very happy.
Because they won, they reached the next round.
The "next round" means the more important matches that follow.
The best today was Haaland.
He alone scored two goals.
Scoring two goals as one person is already impressive.
It was he who helped Norway win the match.
Of course, Senegal played very well too.
They kept chasing and didn't give up.
They scored two goals too, which is impressive.
It's just that today, Norway scored more and won.
Actually, this is the fun part of soccer.
A match with many goals is the most fun to watch.
Alright, today's soccer match — that's all for here.
Norway beat Senegal three to two.
Haaland scored two goals — really impressive.
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. 挪威三比二赢了塞内加尔。
考纲词. 这场比赛特别紧张。
考纲词. 哈兰德真厉害。
很有名的球员，就是球星。
把球踢进去，就是进球。
比对方多，就是领先。
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法可是…没有放弃
'But … didn't give up' marks defiance against the odds.
可是，塞内加尔没有放弃。
一共
'In all / altogether' sums up a total amount.
这场比赛，两个队一共进了五个球。
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