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gōngpíngfair
赞助商zànzhù shāngsponsor
bāoto support a mistress
guǎnto be concerned with
总之zǒngzhīin a word
肯定kěndìngcertainly
没想到méixiǎngdàoto not realize
冠军guànjūnchampion
做得出来zuò de chūlaito be able to do
不要脸bùyàoliǎnto have no shame
希望xīwànghope
内幕nèimùinside story
欺负qīfuto pick on
记者jìzhěreporter
走着瞧zǒu zhe qiáowait and see

Supplementary Vocabulary

二奶èrnǎimistress
失望shīwàngdisappointed
做不出来zuò bu chūlaito be unable to do
想不到xiǎng bu dàoto not realize