Intermediate - Behind the Scenes at the Beauty Pageant (C0797)

A 真是太不公平了!
zhēnshì tài bù gōngpíng le!
It's really so unfair!
B 怎么了?
zěnme le?
What's wrong?
A 那个刘佳,被赞助商包了。
nàge Liú Jiā, bèi zànzhù shāng bāo le.
That Liu Jia, she's involved with a sponsor.
B 啊?你是怎么知道的?
ǎ? nǐ shì zěnme zhīdào de?
Huh? How do you know?
A 你别管我是怎么知道的,总之这事肯定没错。
nǐ bié guǎn wǒ shì zěnme zhīdào de, zǒngzhī zhè shì kěndìng méicuò.
Don't concern yourself with how I know. All I know is that I'm definitely not wrong.
B 没想到她为了拿冠军,什么事都做得出来。
méixiǎngdào tā wèile ná guànjūn, shénme shì dōu zuò de chūlai.
I never thought that she would be willing to sell herself for the sake of winning the title.
A 真不要脸!
zhēn bùyàoliǎn!
It's really shameful.
B 有赞助商帮她,我们肯定没希望了。
yǒu zànzhù shāng bāng tā, wǒmen kěndìng méi xīwàng le.
If she has a supporter helping her, we definitely have no hope.
A 不行!我一定要让大家知道内幕。
bùxíng! wǒ yīdìng yào ràng dàjiā zhīdào nèimù.
No way! I have to let everyone know what is going on behind the scenes.
B 对!我们不能被她欺负。
duì! wǒmen bùnéng bèi tā qīfu.
Yes! We can't be trodden on by her.
A 我现在就打电话给记者。
wǒ xiànzài jiù dǎ diànhuà gěi jìzhě.
I'm going to call a reporter right now.
B 哼!刘佳,咱们走着瞧吧。
hēng! Liú Jiā, zánmen zǒu zhe qiáo ba.
Hmph! Liu Jia, we'll see how things go for you!

Key Vocabulary

公平 gōngpíng fair
赞助商 zànzhù shāng sponsor
bāo to support a mistress
guǎn to be concerned with
总之 zǒngzhī in a word
肯定 kěndìng certainly
没想到 méixiǎngdào to not realize
冠军 guànjūn champion
做得出来 zuò de chūlai to be able to do
不要脸 bùyàoliǎn to have no shame
希望 xīwàng hope
内幕 nèimù inside story
欺负 qīfu to pick on
记者 jìzhě reporter
走着瞧 zǒu zhe qiáo wait and see

Supplementary Vocabulary

二奶 èrnǎi mistress
失望 shīwàng disappointed
做不出来 zuò bu chūlai to be unable to do
想不到 xiǎng bu dào to not realize