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西班牙一比零赢了阿根廷，拿到世界冠军
Spain Beat Argentina One to Zero to Win the World Cup
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A beginner Chinese listening lesson on the World Cup final: Spain 1-0 Argentina. Argentina's keeper kept it scoreless, then Torres won it in extra time. Spain are champions. Simple HSK 1 sentences.
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 冠军、赢、难过 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 is a soccer match.
There are two teams.
One team is Spain.
One team is Argentina.
Both teams want to win.
Spain wants to win.
Argentina wants to win too.
Many people came to watch this match.
Everyone sits there.
Everyone is watching these two teams.
Everyone is watching that ball.
Alright, the game began.
Argentina has a player named Messi.
Messi is very famous and plays very well.
But today, Spain watched Messi very closely.
Messi didn't get many chances.
Spain kept wanting to score.
They shot many times.
But the ball just wouldn't go in.
Argentina has a goalkeeper.
He was amazing today.
The goalkeeper blocked the ball again and again.
First half, zero to zero.
Second half, still zero to zero.
Neither team scored.
Then, Argentina went down to fewer players.
Because a player committed a foul and was sent off.
Now Argentina had only ten players.
Ninety minutes were up, still zero to zero.
The game went to extra time.
Extra time means playing a bit longer.
Spain brought on a new player named Torres.
During extra time, Torres scored a goal.
One to zero, Spain took the lead.
This goal was so important.
Later, the game ended.
Spain won, one to zero.
Spain took the title.
They are number one in the world.
This is Spain's second time winning the title.
Everyone was very happy.
Argentina lost, and were very sad.
Messi was very sad too.
Argentina played very well too, just came up a little short.
Today, Spain beat Argentina.
Spain are the world champions.
That was today's game.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇考纲词。第一名。西班牙拿到了冠军。
考纲词。进的球比对方多。西班牙赢了阿根廷。
考纲词。心里不高兴、很伤心。阿根廷输了，很难过。
考纲词。可以做成事的时候。今天梅西没有很多机会。
站在球门前、不让球进的球员。阿根廷的守门员太厉害了。
九十分钟没分胜负，再多踢一会儿。比赛进入了加时。
分数比对方多。托雷斯进球后，西班牙领先了。
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法一次又一次
'Again and again' — a repeated action.
守门员一次又一次地挡住了球。
还是…
'Still …' — no change from before.
下半场，还是零比零。
只是差一点
'Just came up a little short' — narrowly missing out.
阿根廷踢得也很好，只是差一点。
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