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美国二比零赢了澳大利亚
USA Beat Australia 2–0
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用最简单的中文，听一场真实的世界杯比赛：东道主美国二比零击败澳大利亚，提前晋级。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、球星、受伤 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 — a lot of people wanted to watch it.
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.
This match was played at one team's home.
The people who came to watch were also many, many.
Everyone came to watch this match.
Both teams really wanted to win.
Everyone wondered: who would win today?
Okay, now let's look at this match.
Of these two teams, one is the USA.
The other one is Australia.
This match was played in the USA.
So many of the people watching were USA fans.
On the USA team, there's a very famous star.
But today, he couldn't play.
Because he was injured; his leg wasn't quite right.
So today, he could only watch from the side.
Without this star, could the USA still win?
Everyone really wanted to know.
Okay, the match has begun.
Both teams want to score.
"To score" means to kick the ball in.
After playing a while, the USA scored a goal.
One to zero — the USA was ahead.
This goal went in a bit unusually.
It was an Australia player who accidentally knocked the ball into his own goal.
A ball like this is called an "own goal."
For the USA, this goal came at a great time.
For Australia, this goal was a bit of a shame.
A while later, the USA scored another goal.
This time, it was the USA player Freeman, heading the ball in.
Two to zero — the USA pulled further ahead.
With these two goals, the USA played steadily.
They kept players back and defended carefully.
Australia wanted to catch up, but it was hard.
They kept pushing forward, wanting to score a goal.
They wanted to score too, but didn't.
The USA defended very well, holding on to the end.
No matter how Australia played, the USA held firm.
In the end, the match finished, two to zero.
The USA beat Australia.
Even without that star, the USA still won.
The USA's players were all very happy.
Their fans were all especially happy too.
Because the USA won this match, they reached the next round.
The "next round" means the more important matches that follow.
That is to say, the USA can keep playing on.
Winning at home and reaching the next round — wonderful.
So for the USA, this day was very special.
Of course, even though Australia lost, they played well too.
They fought to the very end and didn't give up.
Even though they lost, they played very seriously.
It's just that today, the USA played a bit better.
Actually, this is the fun part of soccer.
Even missing one star, a team can still win.
Because soccer depends on many people playing together.
Today, the USA's other players played well too.
Everyone working together is how they won this match.
Alright, today's soccer match — that's all for here.
The USA beat Australia two to zero.
The USA also reached the next round — very impressive.
Even missing a star, they still won.
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. 那个球星受伤了，不能踢球。
考纲词. 美国二比零赢了澳大利亚。
考纲词. 美国守得很好，一直守到最后。
考纲词. 大家一起努力，才赢了比赛。
很有名的球员，就是球星。
把球踢进去，就是进球。
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法就算…也…
'Even if …, still …' grants a condition yet keeps the result.
就算少了一个球星，一个队也能赢。
不管…都…
'No matter how …, still …' says the outcome holds regardless.
不管澳大利亚怎么踢，美国都守住了。
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