Intermediate - Boxing Match (C2112)

A: 哇!太刺激了。快来看世纪大战!
wā! tài cìjī le. kuài lái kàn shìjì dàzhàn!
Whoa! It's so exciting! Come watch the fight of the century!
B: 这是第几回合了?
zhè shì dì jǐ huíhé le?
What round is this?
A: 刚开始,第一回合。
gāng kāishǐ, dì yī huíhé.
It just started. It's the first round.
B: 那你怎么看了一上午了?
nà nǐ zěnme kàn le yī shàngwǔ le?
Then why have you been watching all morning?
A: 之前的三场是垫赛,这场是争夺拳王金腰带的重头戏。好,左勾拳,右摆拳……
zhīqián de sān chǎng shì diànsài, zhè chǎng shì zhēngduó quánwáng jīnyāodài de zhòngtóuxì. hǎo, zuǒgōuquán, yòubǎiquán……
The three matches before were warm-up matches. This is a fight for the boxing champion's golden belt. It's going to be epic! Okay! Left uppercut! Right hook!
B: 看来那个高个子不行嘛。
kànlái nà gè gāogèzi bùxíng ma.
It looks like the tall guy's not doing well.
A: 是啊,你看!被击倒了!这个挑战者好水啊。
shì a, nǐ kàn! bèi jīdǎo le! zhè gè tiǎozhànzhě hǎo shuǐ a.
Yeah. Look! He's been knocked down! This challenger isn't as tough as he looks.
B: 唉,快看,两个人怎么咬起来了!
ái, kuài kàn, liǎng gè rén zěnme yǎo qǐlái le!
Oh, look. The two of them have started biting each other!
A: 太刺激了!
tài cìjī le!
It's so exciting!

Key Vocabulary

刺激 cìjī exciting
世纪大战 shìjì dàzhàn fight of the century
世纪 shìjì century
回合 huíhé round (in a fight)
之前 zhīqián before
chǎng fight, battle
垫赛 diànsài warm-up match
争夺 zhēngduó to vie, strive for
拳王 quánwáng boxing champ
金腰带 jīnyāodài championship belt
腰带 yāodài belt
重头戏 zhòngtóuxì big event, highlight
左勾拳 zuǒgōuquán left uppercut
右摆拳 yòubǎiquán right hook
高个子 gāogèzi tall guy
看来 kànlái to appear
bèi by
击倒 jīdǎo to knock down
挑战 tiǎozhàn to challenge
挑战者 tiǎozhànzhě challenger
shuǐ having little skill
yǎo to bite
起来 qǐlái to start to

Supplementary Vocabulary

直拳 zhíquán jab
比赛 bǐsài competition, match
感情 gǎnqíng emotion
市场 shìchǎng market
打倒 dǎdǎo to knock over

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