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法国一比零赢了巴拉圭
France Beat Paraguay One to Zero
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A beginner Chinese listening lesson on the World Cup last 16: France 1-0 Paraguay, settled by a Mbappé penalty. Simple HSK 1 sentences about a hard-fought 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.
There are two teams.
One team is called Paraguay.
One team is called France.
Both teams want to win.
Paraguay wants to win.
France 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.
France is a very strong team.
France has one player, called Mbappé.
Mbappé is very famous.
He's very good at scoring.
Many people came just to watch him.
Alright, the game began.
This game was played very fiercely.
Both teams battled hard for the ball.
In the first half, neither team scored.
In the second half, it was still zero to zero.
The game went on a long time with no goals.
Everyone was getting a little anxious.
Later, France got a penalty kick.
It was Mbappé who took it.
Mbappé struck the ball into the net.
Now it was one to zero.
France was ahead.
Paraguay wanted to score too.
But they didn't score.
France defended very well.
Later, the game ended.
France beat Paraguay one to zero.
France scored only one goal.
But that one goal was enough.
Paraguay didn't score a single goal.
They played very hard too.
But France was too strong.
So Paraguay had to go home.
Mbappé scored again today.
He has scored more goals than anyone.
This was a very important game.
Lose, and you go home.
France can go on to the next match.
Today, France beat Paraguay one to zero.
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。法国在前面。
考纲词。很会踢、实力高。法国是一个很强的队。
考纲词。很多人都知道。姆巴佩很有名。
考纲词。到了需要的程度。这一个球就够了。
把球踢进门。姆巴佩进了一个球。
一个人对着守门员踢，很容易进。法国得到一个点球。
心里很急、不安。大家都有一点着急。
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法踢得很凶
'Played very fiercely' — describes a physical, intense game.
这场比赛踢得很凶。
一个球都没有
'Not a single goal' — strong emphasis with 都.
比赛踢了很久，一个球都没有。
比谁都…
'More than anyone' — the most of all.
他进的球，比谁都多。
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