Intermediate - The World Cup in Brazil (C2458)

A: 世界杯又来啦!
shìjièbēi yòu lái la!
The World Cup is here!
B: 今年世界杯在哪里举办啊?
jīnnián shìjièbēi zài nǎli jǔbàn ā?
Where is the World Cup being held this year?
A: 巴西!足球王国。今年世界杯一定好看!
Bāxī! zúqiú Wángguó. jīnnián shìjièbēi yīdìng hǎokàn!
Brazil! The soccer kingdom! The World Cup is definitely going to be great to watch this year!
B: 巴西?那我也要看。巴西美女多,开幕式一定有热情的桑巴舞。开幕式是几号啊?
Bāxī? nà wǒ yě yào kàn. Bāxī měinǚ duō, kāimùshì yīdìng yǒu rèqíng de sāngbawǔ. kāimùshì shì jǐ hào ā?
Brazil? Then I want to watch it. Brazil has a lot of beautiful women. The opening ceremony will definitely have lively samba dancing. What date is the opening ceremony?
A: 6月14号在圣保罗。
liùyuè shísì hào zài shèngbǎoluó.
June 14 in Sao Paulo.
B: 圣保罗?为什么不是里约?好像里约最有名嘛。
shèngbǎoluó? wèishénme bùshì lǐyuē? hǎoxiàng lǐyuē zuì yǒumíng ma.
Sao Paulo? Why isn't in Rio? Rio's the most famous.
A: 圣保罗也是巴西的主要城市之一。决赛会在里约举行。
shèngbǎoluó yě shì Bāxī de zhǔyào chéngshì zhīyī. juésài huì zài lǐyuē jǔxíng.
Sao Paulo is one of Brazil's major cities. The finals will be held in Rio.
B: 可惜巴西和我们有11个小时的时差。恐怕这次又得熬夜了。
kěxī Bāxī hé wǒmen yǒu shíyī gè xiǎoshí de shíchā. kǒngpà zhè cì yòu děi áoyè le.
It's too bad the time difference between us and Brazil is 11 hours. I'm afraid that this time we'll have to stay up all night.
A: 那要先去超市囤点红牛啊。为了看美女我拼了!
nà yào xiān qù chāoshì tún diǎnr hóngniú ā. wèile kàn měinǚ wǒ pīn le!
Then I need to go to the supermarket and stock up on Red Bull first. I'll do anything to watch those pretty girls!

Key Vocabulary

世界杯 shìjièbēi World Cup
举办 jǔbàn to hold (a ceremony, concert etc)
足球 zúqiú soccer
王国 Wángguó kingdom
美女 měinǚ beautiful woman
开幕式 kāimùshì opening ceremony
热情 rèqíng lively, enthousiastic
桑巴舞 sāngbawǔ samba dance
圣保罗 shèngbǎoluó Sao Paulo
里约 lǐyuē Rio
有名 yǒumíng famous
主要 zhǔyào major, main
城市 chéngshì city
决赛 juésài finals
可惜 kěxī it's too bad, it's a pity
时差 shíchā time difference
恐怕 kǒngpà I'm afraid
děi to have to
熬夜 áoyè stay up late or all night
超市 chāoshì supermarket
tún to stock up, to store
红牛 hóngniú red
pīn to go all out

Supplementary Vocabulary

激动 jīdòng to be excited
活动 huódòng activity, to move about
会议 huìyì meeting, conference
国王 guówáng king
奥运会 àoyùnhuì Olympics
热闹 rènao bustling with noise and excitement

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