Intermediate - Ticket Scalper (C0943)

A 哎,先生小姐,要票吗?最后两张。
āi, xiānsheng xiǎojie, yào piào ma? zuìhòu liǎng zhāng.
Hey! Sir, ma'am... do you need tickets? These are the last two.
B 给我看看。哟,位子挺靠前的嘛,多少钱一张?
gěi wǒ kàn kan. yō, wèizi tǐng kào qián de ma, duōshao qián yī zhāng?
Let me take a look. Wow, the seats are quite close to the front. How much are they a piece?
A 800。放心,我这绝对是真票。
bābǎi. fàngxīn, wǒ zhè juéduì shì zhēn piào.
800. Relax, these are definitely real tickets.
B 1000拿两张吧。
yīqiān ná liǎng zhāng ba.
1,000 for the two of them.
A 不行,不行,我要亏的。
bù xíng, bù xíng, wǒ yào kuī de.
No way, no way. I'll lose money.
B 都开场10分钟了,再不卖的话,亏得更多。
dōu kāichǎng shí fēnzhōng le, zài bù mài dehuà, kuī de gèng duō.
It started ten minutes ago, if you don't sell them you will lose even more money.
A 算了,给你们吧!
suàn le, gěi nǐmen ba!
Forget it, I'll give them to you!
B 先让我女朋友拿一张,可以进去的话我再付你钱。
xiān ràng wǒ nǚpéngyou ná yī zhāng, kěyǐ jìnqù dehuà wǒ zài fù nǐ qián.
First let my girlfriend take a ticket. If she can get in with it, I'll pay you your money.
A 嗯,也行,给你这张。看,她进去了。
ng4, yě xíng, gěi nǐ zhè zhāng. kàn, tā jìnqù le.
Uh... all right. Take this ticket. Look, she got in.
B 好,给你钱。
hǎo, gěi nǐ qián.
OK, here is your money.
C 哎,哎,哎!你这是假票!不能进去。
āi, āi, āi! nǐ zhè shì jiǎ piào! bùnéng jìnqù.
Hey, hey, hey! This is a fake ticket. You can't go in!
B 啊?又被黄牛骗了。
ǎ? yòu bèi huángniú piàn le.
Huh? The scalpers swindled me again.

Key Vocabulary

票 piào ticket
最后 zuìhòu last
位子 wèizi seat
靠 kào near
绝对 juéduì absolutely
真 zhēn real
假 jiǎ fake
亏 kuī to lose money
开场 kāichǎng to start an event
的话 dehuà if
付 fù to pay
黄牛 huángniú scalper
骗 piàn to cheat

Supplementary Vocabulary

演唱会 yǎnchànghuì concert
前排 qiánpái front row
后排 hòupái back row
保证 bǎozhèng guarantee
紧急 jǐnjí urgent
周杰伦 Zhōu Jiélún Jay Chou