Intermediate - Ballet Lessons (C2204)

A: 小橙子来啦!哎呀,好漂亮的公主裙啊!
Xiǎochéngzi lái la! āiyā, hǎo piàoliang de gōngzhǔ qún a!
Xiao Chengzi is here! Oh my! What a pretty princess dress!
B: 快叫阿姨好!
kuài jiào āyí hǎo!
Quick! Say hello to Auntie!
C: 阿姨好!
āyí hǎo!
Hello, Auntie!
A: 真乖!丁丁哥哥他们在那边玩球,快去玩吧。
zhēn guāi! Dīngdīng gēge tāmen zài nàbiān wán qiú, kuài qù wán ba.
So well-behaved. Dingding and his friends are over there playing ball. Go and play!
C: 好!
hǎo!
Okay!
A: 哎,最近很少看见你带小橙子来公园。
āi, zuìjìn hěnshǎo kànjiàn nǐ dài Xiǎochéngzi lái gōngyuán.
Hey, recently I haven't seen you bring Xiao Chengzi to the park very much.
B: 周末她要跳芭蕾。
zhōumò tā yào tiào bālěi.
On weekends, she's going to dance ballet.
A: 跳芭蕾好呀!跳芭蕾的女孩子都很有气质,身材也很好。
tiào bālěi hǎo ya! tiào bālěi de nǚháizi dōu hěn yǒu qìzhì, shēncái yě hěn hǎo.
Dancing ballet is great! Girls who dance ballet all are very refined and their bodies are very shapely.
B: 我也这么想。不过听说跳芭蕾很苦,我有点心疼。
wǒ yě zhème xiǎng. bùguò tīngshuō tiào bālěi hěn kǔ, wǒ yǒudiǎn xīnténg.
I also think so. However, I've heard that dancing ballet is very difficult. I'm a bit worried.
A: 就当做兴趣跳嘛。如果我生个女儿,一定让她跳芭蕾。像个小天鹅,多漂亮啊!
jiù dàngzuò xìngqù tiào ma. rúguǒ wǒ shēng gè nǚér, yīdìng ràng tā tiào bālěi. xiàng gè xiǎo tiān é, duō piàoliang a!
Just treat it as a hobby. If I have a daughter, I'll definitely make her do ballet. Just like a little swan, so beautiful!
B: 男孩子也可以跳芭蕾的。
nánháizi yě kěyǐ tiào bālěi de.
Boys can also do ballet.
A: 男孩子跳太娘娘腔了。
nánháizi tiào tài niángniángqiāng le.
It's too girly for boys to do ballet.
D: 两位妈妈,有没有兴趣让孩子跳街舞啊?
liǎng wèi māma, yǒumeiyǒu xìngqù ràng háizi tiào jiēwǔ a?
Ladies, are you interested in getting your two kids to do street dancing?
A: 街舞?给我看看。
jiēwǔ? gěi wǒ kàn kan.
Street dancing? Let me see.

Key Vocabulary

公主裙 gōngzhǔ qún princess dress
芭蕾 bālěi ballet
气质 qìzhì style
身材 shēncái body
tough, difficult
心疼 xīnténg to love someone, to feel deeply pained because of love
当做 dàngzuò to be considered
兴趣 xìngqù interest
小天鹅 xiǎo tiān é little swan
娘娘腔 niángniángqiāng sissy, girly
街舞 jiēwǔ street dance

Supplementary Vocabulary

芭蕾舞 Bālěi wǔ ballet dancing
白雪公主 Báixuě gōngzhǔ Snow White
经常 jīngcháng often
跳舞 tiàowǔ to dance
ya expresses surprise
la a combination of 了 and 啊 expressing excitement
辛苦 xīnkǔ hardship, suffering
贬义 biǎnyì derogatory
书法 shūfǎ calligraphy

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