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卡塔尔一比一瑞士
Qatar One to One Switzerland
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A beginner Chinese listening lesson on the World Cup: Qatar 1-1 Switzerland. Simple HSK 1 sentences explaining a penalty, an own goal, and a last-minute equalizer.
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 机会、可惜、容易 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 Qatar.
One team is Switzerland.
Both teams wanted to win.
Qatar wanted to win.
Switzerland 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.
Qatar wanted to score.
Switzerland 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.
This match, many people wanted to watch.
The match began.
Both teams were running.
They kept kicking the ball.
For a while, no one scored.
Then, Switzerland got a chance.
This chance was special.
It was a penalty kick.
What is a penalty kick?
Let me tell you.
Sometimes, someone commits a foul near the goal.
For example, he touches the ball with his hand.
At that moment, the other team can take a penalty.
The penalty is very close.
Only one goalkeeper stands at the goal.
So a penalty is easy to score.
Switzerland took this penalty.
The one who took it is named Embolo.
The ball went in!
One to zero.
Switzerland was ahead.
Switzerland's people were very happy.
Qatar didn't want to lose.
They kept pushing forward.
They wanted to score a goal.
They wanted to equalize.
But the ball just wouldn't go in.
Time passed minute by minute.
It was almost over.
At the very end, something happened.
Qatar kicked the ball again.
The ball went toward Switzerland's goal.
At that moment, a Swiss player touched the ball.
He didn't want to touch it, but he did.
The ball went into his own goal!
This is called an own goal.
What is an own goal?
It's when you kick the ball into your own goal.
This goal counts for the other side.
So this own goal counts for Qatar.
Now it was one to one!
Qatar had equalized!
Qatar's people were all very happy.
They equalized in the last minute.
Everyone jumped up.
Everyone shouted out loud together.
Wonderful!
Switzerland's people were a little sad.
They were going to win.
In the end they didn't win, just one point.
An own goal, what a shame.
But, this is soccer.
Anything can happen.
The match was over.
The score was one to one.
Both teams had one point.
Nobody won, nobody lost.
This is called a draw.
This match was very interesting.
There was a penalty, and an own goal.
In the last minute, there was still a goal.
The fans were all delighted.
For Qatar, this point is great.
They were about to lose, but in the end didn't.
For Switzerland, this point is a bit of a shame.
They were about to win, but in the end didn't.
Soccer is just like this.
In the last minute, anything is possible.
This was a World Cup match.
The World Cup happens only once every four years.
Many countries come to play.
Qatar one to one Switzerland.
That was today's match.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇考纲词。可以进球的好时候。瑞士有一个机会。
考纲词。事情没成，心里觉得不甘心。
考纲词。不难，很好做。点球很容易进。
HSK 1. they; them.
对方在门前犯规后，可以在很近的地方踢的一球，很容易进。
不小心把球弄进自己的门，这个球算对方的。
做了不可以做的事，比如用手碰球。
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法什么是…？
'What is…?' — used to introduce and then explain a new term.
什么是点球？
什么是乌龙球？
本来
'Originally / was going to' — what was expected, before it changed.
他们本来要赢的。
对…来说
'As for… / for…' — frames who a statement applies to.
对卡塔尔来说，这一分很好。
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