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塞内加尔五比零赢了伊拉克
Senegal Beat Iraq Five to Zero
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A beginner Chinese listening lesson on the World Cup: Senegal 5-0 Iraq. Simple HSK 1 sentences about an early red card, a man advantage, and a big win.
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 4 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 厉害、可惜、他们 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 Senegal.
One team is Iraq.
Both teams wanted to win.
Senegal wanted to win.
Iraq 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.
Senegal wanted to score.
Iraq 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 game, many people wanted to watch.
The match began.
Quickly, Senegal scored a goal.
The scorer is named Diarra.
Just four minutes in, there was already a goal.
It was one to zero.
Senegal was ahead.
Then, something happened to Iraq.
One Iraq player committed a foul.
He committed a serious foul.
The referee gave him a red card.
What does a red card mean?
It means this player has to leave and can't play anymore.
And no one can be brought on to replace him.
So now Iraq was a man short.
Originally both teams had eleven players each.
Now Iraq had only ten.
Ten players against eleven is hard.
A man down, Iraq found it even harder.
Senegal kept attacking.
They scored another goal.
And another goal.
Gueye scored two goals by himself.
Senegal played better and better.
By the end, Senegal had scored five goals.
Iraq didn't score at all.
The score was five to zero.
The match was over.
The score was five to zero.
Senegal won.
Won by a lot.
Iraq lost.
Senegal played wonderfully today.
They scored five goals.
Not all by one person.
Several different players scored.
This shows the whole team is strong.
Senegal really wanted to win this game.
Because only by winning could they reach the next round.
Today they won big, so they advanced to the next round.
The whole team was very happy.
Iraq played poorly today.
They went a man down very early.
A man short is really hard to play.
Later, they got more and more tired.
So they lost by so many goals.
This game was a real pity for Iraq.
That red card left them able to do nothing.
But there will be another World Cup.
Next time, they'll try again.
This was a World Cup match.
The World Cup happens only once every four years.
Many countries come to play.
In some games, one team wins by a lot.
Today was like this.
Senegal five to zero Iraq.
That was today's match.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇考纲词。很强、很会踢。塞内加尔太厉害了。
考纲词。事情不好，心里觉得不甘心。这场球对伊拉克很可惜。
HSK 1. they; them.
HSK 1. what.
把球踢进门。塞内加尔进了五个球。
做了不可以做的事。伊拉克有一个人犯规了。
犯了严重的规，要下场、不能再踢的牌子。裁判给了他一张红牌。
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法才…就…
'Only … and already…' — stresses how early/soon.
才四分钟，就有一个球。
少了一个人
'To be a man short' — having one fewer person.
现在伊拉克少了一个人。
因为…，才…
'Because…, only then…' — a necessary condition.
因为赢了，才能进下一轮。
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