Intermediate - Antique Appraisal Reality TV (C2350)

A: 好,接下来有请下一位。
hǎo, jiē xiàlái yǒuqǐng xià yī wèi.
Okay, next person please.
A: 你好,欢迎来到鉴宝节目,先生您贵姓?
nǐhǎo, huānyíng láidào jiànbǎo jiémù, xiānsheng nín guì xìng?
Hello, welcome to the antique appraisal show. What's your surname, sir?
B: 姓吴。
xìng Wú.
My name is Wu.
A: 吴先生,介绍一下您的宝贝。
Wú xiānsheng, jièshào yīxià nín de bǎobei.
Mr. Wu, tell us about your antique.
B: 我的宝贝是一个青花碗。想让专家看看现在值多少钱。
wǒ de bǎobei shì yī gè qīnghuā wǎn. xiǎng ràng zhuānjiā kàn kan xiànzài zhí duōshǎo qián.
My antique is a blue and white china bowl. I'd like to have a professional look at it and tell me how much money it's worth.
A: 好,请把宝贝拿给专家鉴定。
hǎo, qǐng bǎ bǎobei ná gěi zhuānjiā jiàndìng.
Okay, please give your antique to the specialists to appraise.
C: 你这个碗是怎么得到的?
nǐ zhè gè wǎn shì zěnme dédào de?
How did you get this bowl?
B: 十年前在一个古董市场买的。
shí nián qián zài yī gè gǔdǒng shìchǎng mǎi de.
I bought it ten years ago at an antique market.
C: 多少钱买的,还记得吗?
duōshǎo qián mǎi de, hái jìde ma?
How much did you buy it for? Do you still remember?
B: 八千块买的。当时大家都说是好东西,是真的古董。
bā qiān kuài mǎi de. dāngshí dàjiā dōu shuō shì hǎo dōngxi, shì zhēn de gǔdǒng.
I bought it for 8000 kuai. At that time everyone said it was a nice piece and that it was a real antique.
C: 那你觉得是真的吗?
nà nǐ juéde shì zhēn de ma?
So do you think it's real?
B: 肯定是真的。
kěndìng shì zhēn de.
It's definitely real.
A: 各位专家,看好了吗?
gèwèi zhuānjiā, kànhǎo le ma?
Specialists, are you done looking?
C: 看好了。
kànhǎo le.
We're done.
A: 请把鉴定结果给我。吴先生,我们节目有规定。如果宝贝是假的,我就要把它砸碎。
qǐng bǎ jiàndìng jiéguǒ gěi wǒ. Wú xiānsheng, wǒmen jiémù yǒu guīdìng. rúguǒ bǎobèir shì jiǎ de, wǒ jiù yào bǎ tā zá suì.
Please give your final appraisals to me. Mr. Wu, our program has a rule. If your antique is fake, I'll take it and smash it.
B: 我有信心,肯定是真的。
wǒ yǒu xìnxīn, kěndìng shì zhēn de.
I'm confident. It's definitely real.
A: 好,结果是,三,二,一。
hǎo, jiéguǒ shì, sān, èr, yī.
Okay. And here's the result in... three... two... one.

Key Vocabulary

接下来 jiē xiàlái next
有请 yǒuqǐng to ask someone to come in
鉴宝 jiànbǎo to appraise an antique
节目 jiémù program
宝贝 bǎobèi treasure, antique
青花 qīnghuā blue and white china
wǎn bowl
专家 zhuānjiā expert
zhí to be worth
to take
鉴定 jiàndìng to appraise
得到 dédào to get
古董 gǔdǒng antique
市场 shìchǎng market
记得 jìde to remember
当时 dāngshí at that time
各位 gèwèi each
结果 jiéguǒ result
规定 guīdìng rule, provision
to smash
suì to smash
信心 xìnxīn confidence

Supplementary Vocabulary

真假 zhēnjiǎ real or fake
打碎 dǎsuì to smash
做好了 zuòhǎo le to be finished doing something
吃好了 chīhǎo le to be finished eating something
值钱 zhíqián to be worth money
99.9% bǎifēnzhī jiǔshí jiǔ diǎn jiǔ ninety-nine point nine percent

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