Intermediate - Put Back the Weights (C2234)

A: 哎哎哎,小心!
āi āi āi, xiǎoxīn!
Hey! Hey! Be careful!
B: 啊!
à!
Ouch!
A: 你还好吧?
nǐ hái hǎo ba?
Are you okay?
B: 谁啊?这么缺德!把哑铃放在过道上。
shéi a? zhème quēdé! bǎ yǎlíng fàng zài guòdào shàng.
Who did this? It's so careless. They put their barbells in the walkway.
A: 肯定是有人练完了,忘了放回去。
kěndìng shì yǒurén liàn wán le, wàng le fànghuíqù.
Somebody must have been working out and forgot to put them back.
B: 真受不了这些人,要么不放回去,要么一个人拿很多,害得别人没东西练。
zhēn shòubuliǎo zhèxiē rén, yàome bù fànghuíqù, yàome yī gè rén ná hěn duō, hài de biérén méi dōngxi liàn.
I really can't stand these people. Either they don't put them back or they take more than they need, making so other people can't use them.
A: 哎,这个健身房乱七八糟的,以后我们去别家吧。
ài, zhè gè jiànshēnfáng luànqībāzāo de, yǐhòu wǒmen qù biéjiā ba.
Yeah, this gym is really messy. Let's go to a different one in the future.
B: 别的也一样,这种人哪里都有。今天真倒霉!
bié de yě yīyàng, zhè zhǒng rén nǎlǐ dōu yǒu. jīntiān zhēn dǎoméi!
The others are the same. There are people like this everywhere. Today just sucks.
A: 别气了,我扶你起来吧。
bié qì le, wǒ fú nǐ qǐlái ba.
Don't be angry. Let me help you up.
B: 啊,我的脚,好痛!
à, wǒ de jiǎo, hǎo tòng!
Ow, my foot. It really hurts.
A: 不会骨折了吧?我看看!
bùhuì gǔzhé le ba? wǒ kàn kan!
You didn't break a bone, did you? Let me see!

Key Vocabulary

缺德 quēdé unscrupulous, lacking moral sense
to take
哑铃 yǎlíng barbell, dumbbell
过道 guòdào walkway
liàn to exercise
放回去 fàng huíqù to put back
受不了 shòubuliǎo to be unable to bear it
要么 yàome either... or...
hài to cause to
健身房 jiànshēnfáng gym
乱七八糟 luànqībāzāo completely messed up
别家 biéjiā other shop
倒霉 dǎoméi bad luck
to support with one's arms
骨折 gǔzhé to break a bone

Supplementary Vocabulary

不负责任 bùfùzérèn to not accept responsibility for something
锻炼 duànliàn to excercise
道德 dàodé morals
结果 jiéguǒ result
过马路 guò mǎlù to cross the road
样子 yàngzi appearance
省略 shěnglüè to leave out, omit
器械 qìxiè machine

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