有趣的比赛 An Interesting Match

昨天晚上zuótiān wǎnshang，我wǒ和hé朋友péngyou一起yìqǐ看kàn了le一场yì chǎng足球zúqiú比赛bǐsài。

Last night, my friend and I watched a soccer match together.

两个liǎng ge队duì踢tī得de都dōu很hěn好hǎo，比分bǐfēn一直yìzhí很hěn接近jiējìn。

Both teams played well, and the score stayed close the whole time.

比赛bǐsài开始kāishǐ不久bùjiǔ，一个yí ge队duì就jiù进jìn了le一个yí ge球qiú，大家dàjiā都dōu很hěn兴奋xīngfèn。

Not long after the match started, one team scored a goal, and everyone got very excited.

到了dào le最后zuìhòu五分钟wǔ fēnzhōng，比分bǐfēn还是háishi一样yíyàng，大家dàjiā都dōu很hěn紧张jǐnzhāng。

In the last five minutes, the score was still tied, and everyone was very tense.

就jiù在zài比赛bǐsài快kuài结束jiéshù的时候de shíhou，一个yí ge队员duìyuán突然tūrán踢进tī jìn一个yí ge球qiú。

Right when the match was about to end, a player suddenly scored a goal.

全场quánchǎng的de人rén都dōu非常fēicháng兴奋xīngfèn，大声dàshēng地de叫jiào。

The whole stadium was extremely excited, shouting loudly.

那场nà chǎng比赛bǐsài真zhēn有意思yǒu yìsi，我wǒ到dào现在xiànzài还hái记得jìde。

That match was really interesting — I still remember it to this day.

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Key words 生词

比赛bǐsàimatch; competition

比分bǐfēnscore

兴奋xīngfènexcited

接近jiējìnclose; near

突然tūránsuddenly

记得jìdeto remember

还是 (still)

还是 before an adjective or verb shows that a situation hasn't changed — it's still the same as before.

到了最后五分钟，比分还是一样。 — In the last five minutes, the score was still tied.

就在……的时候 (right when...)

就在 + clause + 的时候 marks the exact moment something happened, often right before another event.

就在比赛快结束的时候，一个队员突然踢进一个球。 — Right when the match was about to end, a player suddenly scored a goal.

到现在还…… (even now still...)

到现在还 + verb shows that something continues to be true up to the present moment.

那场比赛真有意思，我到现在还记得。 — That match was really interesting — I still remember it to this day.

1. What was the score like for most of the match?

2. When did the second goal happen?

3. How did the crowd react to the last goal?

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