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西班牙一比零赢了葡萄牙
Spain Beat Portugal One to Zero
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A beginner Chinese listening lesson on the World Cup last 16: Spain 1-0 Portugal, a very late winner ending Ronaldo's World Cup. Simple HSK 1 sentences about a farewell.
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、有名 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 important.
There are two teams.
One team is called Portugal.
One team is called Spain.
Both teams want to win.
Portugal wants to win.
Spain 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.
But he is very old now.
This may be the last time he plays at a World Cup.
Spain is also a very strong team.
Alright, the game began.
Both teams were very careful.
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 very nervous.
Just as the game was nearly over, Spain scored a goal.
The scorer is named Merino.
Now it was zero to one.
Spain was ahead.
This goal came very, very late.
Portugal wanted to score too.
But there wasn't much time left.
Portugal didn't score.
Later, the game ended.
Spain beat Portugal one to zero.
Portugal lost.
Ronaldo was very sad.
He cried.
Because this may be his last World Cup game.
Ronaldo has played for many, many years.
Everyone will remember him.
Spain won and can go on to the next match.
Portugal had to go home.
This was a very important game.
Lose, and you go home.
Today, Spain beat Portugal 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。西班牙在前面。
考纲词。很多人都知道。C罗很有名。
考纲词。心里很紧、放不下。大家都很紧张。
考纲词。因为难过流眼泪。C罗哭了。
考纲词。记在心里、不忘。大家都会记住他。
把球踢进门。西班牙进了一个球。
一个人有多大。C罗年纪很大了。
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法可能是最后一次…
'May be the last time…' — a poignant possibility.
这可能是他最后一次踢世界杯了。
就在…的时候
'Just at the moment when…' — a dramatic turn.
就在比赛快要结束的时候，西班牙进了一个球。
因为…
'Because…' — gives a reason.
因为这可能是他最后一场世界杯了。
Proper Nouns
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