A Chinese podcast · Same story, 4 levels
乌拉圭和佛得角二比二
Uruguay 2–2 Cape Verde
用最简单的中文,听一场真实的世界杯比赛:小小的佛得角两度落后仍顽强追平,二比二逼平两届冠军乌拉圭。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。
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、吃惊、了不起 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.
Read the complete story in Chinese. Reveal pinyin and English only when you need them.
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.
One team is big, and also very famous.
The other team is very small.
The big team is very good at soccer.
The small team isn't that famous.
But the small team really wants to win too.
Today is exactly that kind of match.
Both teams want to play well.
Both teams also want to win.
Everyone wants to watch — who would win?
The people who came to watch were many, many.
The people watching were all very happy.
Some wanted the big team to win.
Some also wanted the small team to win.
Everyone sat down to watch this match.
The match hadn't started, and everyone was waiting.
Everyone wondered: who would win today?
The people watching were all very happy.
Everyone really wanted to watch this match.
Watching this match — very nice.
Okay, now let's look at this match.
Of these two teams, one is Uruguay.
The other one is Cape Verde.
Uruguay is the big team.
Cape Verde is the small team.
Cape Verde is a very small place.
There aren't very many people there.
So for this team to come play the World Cup is very hard.
Everyone wondered: will Cape Verde lose a lot of goals?
Okay, the match has begun.
Both teams want to score.
"To score" means to kick the ball in.
Unexpectedly, the one to score first was Cape Verde.
That small team scored first.
One to zero — Cape Verde was ahead.
Everyone was very surprised.
Such a small team actually scored first.
But Uruguay is impressive too.
A while later, Uruguay scored a goal.
One to one — the two teams were level.
Later, Uruguay scored another goal.
Two to one — Uruguay was ahead.
At this point, everyone thought: Cape Verde is going to lose, right?
A small team that's behind finds it hard to catch up.
But Cape Verde didn't give up.
They kept pushing forward, still wanting to score another goal.
They charged forward again and again.
You could tell they really wanted to catch up.
Later, Cape Verde really did score another goal.
Two to two — the two teams were level again.
This goal was so good!
The people watching all stood up.
Cape Verde's players were all very happy.
Their fans were all especially happy too.
In the end, the match finished, two to two.
Neither team won.
But for Cape Verde, this was a great thing.
Because they drew two to two with such a big team.
And they did it by coming back from behind, which is even harder.
For such a small team, this is really remarkable.
Actually, Cape Verde had earlier drawn zero to zero with another very strong team too.
That team is famous and very good as well.
Now, Cape Verde drew two to two with Uruguay too.
In two matches, Cape Verde didn't lose.
This tiny team is really impressive.
Of course, Uruguay is the big team, and not winning is a bit of a shame.
They had wanted to win, but didn't.
They played well too; it's just that Cape Verde was too tenacious.
Actually, this is the fun part of soccer.
A small team can also play very well.
A big team won't necessarily win.
Alright, today's soccer match — that's all for here.
Uruguay and Cape Verde, two to two.
Tiny Cape Verde earned a point again.
Coming back after falling behind — really not easy.
Thank you for listening; see you next time.
Try it without the transcript and notice what sounds clearer.
考纲词. 今天有一场很好看的比赛。
考纲词. 小队先进球,大家都很吃惊。
考纲词. 对这么小的队来说,这真的很了不起。
HSK 1. we; us.
把球踢进去,就是进球。
比对方多,就是领先。
比对方少,就是落后。
* beyond level超纲词
没想到…
'Unexpectedly …' marks something surprising.
没想到,先进球的是佛得角。
竟然…
'To one's surprise / actually …' stresses an unexpected fact.
那么小的队,竟然先进了球。
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