Intermediate - World Cup Talk (C1440)

A: 快传,传啊!射门,射门!
kuài chuán, chuán a! shèmén, shèmén!
Hurry up and pass it! Pass! Shoot it! Shoot!
B: 老公,你怎么还在看电视?
lǎogōng, nǐ zěnme hái zài kàn diànshì?
Honey, why are you still watching TV?
A: 现在正直播世界杯呢!
xiànzài zhèng zhíbō shìjièbēi ne!
The World Cup is being broadcast live right now!
B: 都那么晚了,快关掉!吵死了。
dōu nàme wǎn le, kuài guāndiào! chǎo sǐ le.
It's already so late. Hurry up and turn it off! It's way too loud.
A: 哎,你干吗?我要看阿根廷队,我要看梅西!
āi, nǐ gànmá? wǒ yào kàn A1gēntíng duì, wǒ yào kàn Méixī!
Hey, what are you doing? I want to watch the Argentine team. I want to watch Messi!
B: 快睡觉!明天还要上班呢。
kuài shuìjiào! míngtiān hái yào shàngbān ne.
Hurry up and get to bed! You still have to go to work tomorrow.
A: 你前几天不是也陪我看的吗?
nǐ qián jǐ tiān bùshì yě péi wǒ kàn de ma?
Didn't you watch it with me the last few days?
B: 那场比赛有卡卡的。
nà chǎng bǐsài yǒu Kǎkǎ de.
That match had Kaká in it.
A: 我要看我的西西。
wǒ yào kàn wǒ de Xīxī.
I want to watch my Messi.
B: 什么西西,这次意大利队肯定能拿冠军,因为有卡卡在的嘛。
shénme Xīxī, zhècì Yìdàlì duì kěndìng néng ná guànjūn, yīnwèi yǒu Kǎkǎ zài de ma.
Messi? The Italian team can definitely take the championship this time...because they have Kaká.
A: 晕,卡卡是巴西队的!
yūn, Kǎkǎ shì Bāxī duì de!
Hah! Kaká is on the Brazilian team!
B: 我不管,卡卡在哪个队我就觉得哪个队会赢。
wǒ bù guǎn, Kǎkǎ zài nǎ ge duì wǒ jiù juéde nǎ ge duì huì yíng.
Whatever. Whichever team Kaká is on, I just think that's the team that's going to win.
A: 那我到酒吧去看了。
nà wǒ dào jiǔbā qù kàn le.
Then I'll go to the bar to watch it.
B: 你怎么又回来了?
nǐ zěnme yòu huílai le?
Why did you come back?
A: 我来拿我的啤酒和花生米。
wǒ lái ná wǒ de píjiǔ hé huāshēngmǐ.
I came to get my beer and peanuts.

Key Vocabulary

传 chuán to pass
射门 shèmén to shoot [sports]
正 zhèng at the moment
直播 zhíbō to broadcast live
世界杯 shìjièbēi World Cup
都 dōu already
关掉 guāndiào to turn off
阿根廷 A1gēntíng Argentina
队 duì team
梅西 Méixī Messi (name)
前几天 qián jǐ tiān last few days
陪 péi to accompany
场 chǎng [measure word for performances, games]
比赛 bǐsài competition
卡卡 Kǎkǎ Kaká (name)
意大利 Yìdàlì Italian team
拿 ná to take, to get
冠军 guànjūn championship
晕 yūn dizzy
巴西 Bāxī Brazil
管 guǎn to bother about something
觉得 juéde to think
赢 yíng to win
花生米 huāshēngmǐ shelled peanut

Supplementary Vocabulary

球员 qiúyuán ball player
冰球 bīngqiú hockey
篮球 lánqiú basketball
打游戏 dǎ yóuxì to play a game
几天前 jǐ tiān qián a few days ago

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