Intermediate - Rack Them Up! (C2332)

A: 小张,来一局?
Xiǎo Zhāng, lái yī jú?
Xiao Zhang, do you want to play a game?
B: 行,我先挑一根球杆!
xíng, wǒ xiān tiāo yī gēn qiúgān!
Okay. I first I'll pick out a pool cue!
A: 我来摆,你来开球吧。
wǒ lái bǎi, nǐ lái kāiqiú ba.
I'll rack them up. You break.
B: 好。
hǎo.
Okay.
A: 不错!进了一个球。
bùcuò! jìn le yī gè qiú.
Not bad! You got a ball in.
B: 进的是半色球还是全色球?
jìn de shì bànsè qiú háishi quánsè qiú?
Was it a stripe or a solid?
A: 半色球。哎,那个球角度不错,你可以打那个。
bànsè qiú. āi, nà gè qiú jiǎodù bùcuò, nǐ kěyǐ dǎ nà gè.
A stripe. Oh, you've got a good angle. You can hit that one.
B: 嗯。不会吧!母球进洞了。
ng. bùhuì ba! mǔqiú jìn dòng le.
Yeah. No way! The cue ball went in the pocket.
A: 帅啊,我的自由球。啊,不要啊。
shuài a, wǒ de zìyóuqiú. à, bù yào a.
Sweet, I've got a ball-in-hand. Oh! No!
B: 呵呵,黑八提前进洞了,你输了哦。
hēhē, hēibā tíqián jìn dòng le, nǐ shū le o.
Hehe, you hit the eight ball in too early. You lose!
A: 再来再来。
zài lái zài lái.
Let's play again!

Key Vocabulary

bureau
tiāo to pick
gēn measure word for long slender things
球杆 qiúgān pool cue
bǎi to place
开球 kāiqiú to break the balls
进球 jìnqiú to sink a ball
半色 bànsè stripes
全色 quánsè solids
角度 jiǎodù angle
母球 mǔqiú cue ball
dòng hole, pocket
进洞 jìndòng to go into the hole, pocket
shuài handsome
自由球 zìyóuqiú free ball, ball-in-hand
黑八 hēibā eight ball
提前 tíqián in advance
shū to lose

Supplementary Vocabulary

桌球 zhuōqiú pool, billiards
撞球 zhuàngqiú pool, billiards
花式桌球 huāshì zhuōqiú pool
美式撞球 měishì zhuàngqiú pool
进袋 jìndài to go in the pocket
惩罚 chéngfá to penalize
乒乓球 pīngpāngqiú ping pong
麻将 májiàng mahjong
摆球 bǎiqiú cue ball
大球 dàqiú high-numbered balls, stripes
小球 xiǎoqiú low-numbered balls, solids
三号球 sānhàoqiú three ball
十号球 shíhàoqiú ten ball

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