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葡萄牙二比一赢了克罗地亚
Portugal Beat Croatia Two to One
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A beginner Chinese listening lesson on the World Cup knockouts: Portugal 2-1 Croatia, with a Ronaldo penalty and a very late winner. Simple HSK 1 sentences about a dramatic game.
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 前面、有名、重要 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 fun to watch.
There are two teams.
One team is called Portugal.
One team is called Croatia.
Both teams want to win.
Portugal wants to win.
Croatia 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.
Portugal has one player, called Ronaldo.
Ronaldo is very famous.
He is one of the most famous players in the world.
He's getting old, but he's still playing.
Many people came just to watch him.
Alright, the game began.
At the start, Croatia scored first.
Now it was zero to one.
Croatia was ahead.
Portugal was a goal down.
But Portugal did not give up.
Later, Portugal got a penalty kick.
A penalty is easy to score.
It was Ronaldo who took it.
Ronaldo struck the ball into the net.
Now it was one to one.
The two teams were level.
Ronaldo was so happy.
The fans were so happy too.
After that, both teams wanted to score one more.
The game was almost over.
Right at the end, Portugal scored again.
The scorer is named Ramos.
Now it was two to one.
Portugal was ahead.
This goal came very, very late.
Croatia wanted to score one more too.
At the end, they seemed to score one.
But this goal didn't count.
Because someone was standing too far forward.
So it stayed two to one.
Later, the game ended.
Portugal beat Croatia two to one.
Ronaldo's Portugal won.
Ronaldo was so happy.
Croatia had to go home.
Croatia played very well too.
They even scored first.
But in the end they lost.
This was a very important game.
Lose, and you go home.
Portugal can go on to the next match.
Today, Portugal beat Croatia 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。克罗地亚先在前面。
考纲词。很多人都知道。C罗很有名。
考纲词。很关键、很要紧。这是很重要的比赛。
HSK 1. they; them.
把球踢进门。葡萄牙进了两个球。
一个人对着守门员踢，很容易进。葡萄牙得到一个点球。
一个人有多大。C罗年纪大了，可是还在踢。
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法…之一
'One of the …' — one member of a group.
他是世界上最有名的球员之一。
就在最后…
'Right at the very end…' — highlights a last-moment event.
就在最后，葡萄牙又进了一个球。
因为…，所以…
'Because…, therefore…' — reason and result.
因为有人站得太靠前，所以这个球不算。
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