Intermediate - Betting on the Boss (C2130)

A: 老板,出去吃饭啊!
lǎobǎn, chūqù chīfàn a!
Boss, come out and eat!
B: 嗯!
ng!
Okay!
A: 哎,小江,今天老板好像很不开心嘛。
āi, Xiǎo Jiāng, jīntiān lǎobǎn hǎoxiàng hěn bù kāixīn ma.
Hey, Xiao Jiang, it seems like the boss is unhappy today.
C: 嗯,我猜,肯定是昨晚跟老板娘吵架了。
ng, wǒ cāi, kěndìng shì zuówǎn gēn lǎobǎnniáng chǎojià le.
Yeah, I guess it has to be because he got into an fight with his wife last night.
D: 他们俩那么好,不可能吵架。我猜是生意没谈成。
tāmen liǎ nàme hǎo, bù kěnéng chǎojià. wǒ cāi shì shēngyi méi tán chéng.
They are so good together! They can't have gotten into a fight. My guess is that a business deal fell through.
E: 哎哟,你们无不无聊啊?在这里瞎猜!
āiyō, nǐmen wú bu wúliáo a? zài zhèlǐ xiā cāi!
Man, are you all bored or what? Standing here blindly guessing!
C: 吃饱了没事干,不聊八卦聊什么啊?
chībǎo le méishì gàn, bù liáo bāguà liáo shénme a?
We have nothing better to do. If we don't talk gossip, then what can we talk about?
E: 不如我们来打赌吧!
bùrú wǒmen lái dǎdǔ ba!
Taking bets would be way better!
A: 这主意好啊!我同意!
zhè zhǔyi hǎo a! wǒ tóngyì!
That's a great idea! I'm down!
E: 赌什么?
dǔ shénme?
What are we betting for?
C: 赌明天的午饭,输的人请赢的人吃饭。
dǔ míngtiān de wǔfàn, shū de rén qǐng yíng de rén chīfàn.
We'll bet on lunch tomorrow. The loser has to treat the winner to lunch.
D: 好啊好啊!我也参加。
hǎo a hǎo a! wǒ yě cānjiā.
Oh, that's great! I'm in too!
C: 我赌夫妻吵架。
wǒ dǔ fūqī chǎojià.
I bet that the boss and his wife had a fight.
D: 我赌生意没谈成。
wǒ dǔ shēngyi méi tán chéng.
I bet that a deal fell through.
A: 那我赌他儿子考试没及格。
nà wǒ dǔ tā érzi kǎoshì méi jígé.
Then I bet that his son failed his test.
E: 哈哈,你们都输了。请我吃饭吧。
hāhā, nǐmen dōu shū le. qǐng wǒ chīfàn ba.
Haha, you all lose. You should treat me to lunch.
A: 啊?你早就知道了?
ǎ? nǐ zǎo jiù zhīdao le?
What? You knew all along?
E: 早上,我跟老板同一部电梯上来的,他说路上轮胎爆掉了。
zǎoshang, wǒ gēn lǎobǎn tóng yī bù diàntī shànglái de, tā shuō lùshang lúntāi bào diào le.
This morning, I was in the same elevator as the boss, and he said that his tire had a blowout on the road.
C: 切!赖皮!
qiē! làipí!
Ha! You cheater!

Key Vocabulary

猜 cāi to guess
老板娘 lǎobǎnniáng boss's wife
吵架 chǎojià to quarrel
生意 shēngyi business
谈成 tán chéng to close a deal
谈生意 tán shēngyi to talk business
瞎 xiā blindly
吃饱了没事干 chībǎo le méishì gàn to have nothing better to do
聊 liáo to chat
八卦 bāguà to gossip
不如 bùrú not as good as
打赌 dǎdǔ to make a bet
主意 zhǔyi idea
同意 tóngyì to agree
赌 dǔ bet
输 shū to lose
赢 yíng to win
参加 cānjiā to participate in
夫妻 fūqī man and wife
考试 kǎoshì test
及格 jígé to pass (a test)
同 tóng same
部 bù measure word for cellphones, elevators and movies
轮胎 lúntāi tire
爆 bào to explode
掉了 diào le completely
切 qiē pshaw, ha!
赖皮 làipí shameless

Supplementary Vocabulary

明显 míngxiǎn obvious
谈生意 tán shēngyì to talk business
骗子 piànzi cheat, liar

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