Upper-Intermediate - Badminton (D0951)

A 呵呵,羽毛球我可打不好,你来发球吧。
hē hē, yǔmáoqiú wǒ kě dǎ bù hǎo, nǐ lái fāqiú ba.
Ha ha, I am not too good at badminton. You serve.
B 好,给我球......看球!
hǎo, gěi wǒ qiú...... kàn qiú!
OK, give me the birdie... keep your eye on it!
A 噢!漂亮的扣球!我很菜,放过我吧。
ō! piàoliang de kòuqiú! wǒ hěn cài, fàngguò wǒ ba.
Whoa! Nice smash! I'm a newbie, so how about going easy on me?
B 行啊,来了!......
xíng a, lái le! ......
All right. Here it comes!
A 唉,我说,就算我菜,也别这样瞧不起我吧。换了你,你也接不了那样的球。
āi, wǒ shuō, jiùsuàn wǒ cài, yě bié zhèyàng qiáobuqǐ wǒ ba. huàn le nǐ, nǐ yě jiēbuliǎo nàyàng de qiú.
Hey! I may be a beginner, but that's no reason to humiliate me like this. If you were me, you wouldn't have been able to get that one either.
B 不好意思,习惯了。喏,你应该这样握球拍。
bùhǎoyìsi, xíguàn le. nuò, nǐ yīnggāi zhèyàng wò qiúpāi.
Sorry, it's just a habit. You should hold the racket like this.
A 好吧好吧。
hǎo ba hǎo ba.
All right, all right.
B 2比0。
èr bǐ líng.
2 to 0.
A 唉,出界了!
āi, chūjiè le!
Oh, it's out!
B 哪有啊,你看清楚了吗?
nǎyǒu a, nǐ kàn qīngchu le ma?
As if! Did you get a good look?
A 嗯......哦,没出界,嘿嘿。
ng4...... ō, méi chūjiè, hēi hēi.
Uh... oh... it's not out, heh heh.

Key Vocabulary

羽毛球 yǔmáoqiú badminton
球拍 qiúpāi racket
发球 fāqiú to serve
扣球 kòuqiú to smash
菜 cài unskilled
放过 fàngguò to let slip
就算 jiùsuàn even if
瞧不起 qiáobuqǐ to look down on
换 huàn to exchange
接不了 jiēbuliǎo to be unable to hit
习惯 xíguàn habit
握 wò to hold
出界 chūjiè to go out of bounds

Supplementary Vocabulary

球网 qiúwǎng net
球场 qiúchǎng court
前场 qiánchǎng front court
中场 zhōngchǎng mid-court
后场 hòuchǎng back court
接球 jiēqiú to return a shot
吊球 diàoqiú drop shot
平抽 píngchōu drive shot
裁判员 cáipànyuán referee