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西班牙四比零赢了沙特
Spain Beats Saudi Arabia 4–0
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用最简单的中文，听一场真实的世界杯比赛：西班牙进攻火力全开，四比零大胜沙特，年轻球员亚马尔进球。含生词、语法和全文翻译，特别适合零基础和初级中文学习者。. HSK 1 Chinese listening practice.
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 比赛、进球、赢 and walks through 2 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
Many people love watching soccer.
I love watching soccer too.
Today, I want to talk about a soccer match.
This match is great to watch.
In this match, there are two teams.
Both teams are very good at soccer.
Both teams want to win.
Both teams also want to play well.
Everyone wants to watch this match.
The people who came to watch were many, many.
The people watching were all very happy.
The two teams — who would win?
Everyone wanted to know.
These two teams both really wanted to win.
They both wanted to play very well.
Everyone really wanted to watch them play too.
The people watching this match were also many, many.
Some people like this team.
Some people like that team.
Everyone hoped the team they liked would win.
The people watching were all very happy.
Everyone sat down to watch this match.
Today's match would be great to watch.
Everyone really wanted to watch.
Okay, now let's look at this match.
Of these two teams, one is Spain.
The other one is Saudi Arabia.
Spain — many people know this team.
Everyone says Spain plays very well.
So today, will Spain win?
Everyone wanted to know.
Okay, the match has begun.
Both teams want to score.
"To score" means to kick the ball in.
The match had only been going a little while when Spain scored.
One to zero — Spain was ahead very early.
The one who scored this goal was a very young player.
He's very young, but plays especially well.
After scoring this goal, Spain played even better.
A while later, Spain scored another goal.
Two to zero — Spain pulled further ahead.
Before long, they scored another.
Three to zero — Spain played wonderfully.
With each goal, Spain's fans shouted loudly.
Everyone was very happy, more delighted the more they watched.
Later, Spain scored another goal.
Spain scored four goals in all.
Four goals — really a lot!
For Saudi Arabia, this was too hard.
And Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia wanted to score too.
They kept pushing forward, wanting to score a goal.
They tried many times too.
But none of the balls went in.
But they didn't play very well today.
Spain was too strong; it was hard for Saudi Arabia.
Playing the whole match, Saudi Arabia didn't score a single goal.
In the end, the match finished, four to zero.
Spain beat Saudi Arabia.
Spain's players were all very happy.
Their fans were all especially happy too.
Because Spain won by so many goals.
Today, that very young player was the most memorable.
So young, and he scored — really impressive.
Many people say he'll be even better in the future.
There was another player who scored two goals.
Scoring two goals as one person is already impressive.
Together, they helped Spain win the match.
In this match, Spain played extremely well.
Winning by so many goals, they gained more confidence.
Of course, Saudi Arabia lost today.
Losing by so many goals didn't feel good either.
But they kept working hard too.
They fought to the end and didn't give up.
Even though they lost, they played very seriously.
It's just that today, Spain was a bit stronger.
Actually, this is soccer.
Sometimes, a team scores many goals.
Sometimes, a match is great to watch.
Alright, today's soccer match — that's all for here.
Spain beat Saudi Arabia four to zero.
That young player played really well today.
And another player scored two goals — impressive too.
Thank you for listening; see you next time.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇考纲词. 今天有一场很好看的比赛。
考纲词. 西班牙四比零赢了沙特。
考纲词. 进球的是一个很年轻的球员。
考纲词. 西班牙今天太厉害了。
考纲词. 沙特也一直在努力，没有放弃。
把球踢进去，就是进球。
喜欢看球的人，就是球迷。
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法才…就…
'Barely … and already …' stresses how soon something happened.
比赛才开始一会儿，西班牙就进了一个球。
这么…，就…
'So … that already …' emphasizes a striking degree.
他这么年轻，就进了球，真厉害。
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