Intermediate - Ticket Scalper (C0943)

A 哎,先生小姐,要票吗?最后两张。
āi, xiānsheng xiǎojie, yào piào ma? zuìhòu liǎng zhāng.
Hey! Sir, ma'am... do you need tickets? These are the last two.
B 给我看看。哟,位子挺靠前的嘛,多少钱一张?
gěi wǒ kàn kan. yō, wèizi tǐng kào qián de ma, duōshao qián yī zhāng?
Let me take a look. Wow, the seats are quite close to the front. How much are they a piece?
A 800。放心,我这绝对是真票。
bābǎi. fàngxīn, wǒ zhè juéduì shì zhēn piào.
800. Relax, these are definitely real tickets.
B 1000拿两张吧。
yīqiān ná liǎng zhāng ba.
1,000 for the two of them.
A 不行,不行,我要亏的。
bù xíng, bù xíng, wǒ yào kuī de.
No way, no way. I'll lose money.
B 都开场10分钟了,再不卖的话,亏得更多。
dōu kāichǎng shí fēnzhōng le, zài bù mài dehuà, kuī de gèng duō.
It started ten minutes ago, if you don't sell them you will lose even more money.
A 算了,给你们吧!
suàn le, gěi nǐmen ba!
Forget it, I'll give them to you!
B 先让我女朋友拿一张,可以进去的话我再付你钱。
xiān ràng wǒ nǚpéngyou ná yī zhāng, kěyǐ jìnqù dehuà wǒ zài fù nǐ qián.
First let my girlfriend take a ticket. If she can get in with it, I'll pay you your money.
A 嗯,也行,给你这张。看,她进去了。
ng4, yě xíng, gěi nǐ zhè zhāng. kàn, tā jìnqù le.
Uh... all right. Take this ticket. Look, she got in.
B 好,给你钱。
hǎo, gěi nǐ qián.
OK, here is your money.
C 哎,哎,哎!你这是假票!不能进去。
āi, āi, āi! nǐ zhè shì jiǎ piào! bùnéng jìnqù.
Hey, hey, hey! This is a fake ticket. You can't go in!
B 啊?又被黄牛骗了。
ǎ? yòu bèi huángniú piàn le.
Huh? The scalpers swindled me again.

Key Vocabulary

piào ticket
最后 zuìhòu last
位子 wèizi seat
kào near
绝对 juéduì absolutely
zhēn real
jiǎ fake
kuī to lose money
开场 kāichǎng to start an event
的话 dehuà if
to pay
黄牛 huángniú scalper
piàn to cheat

Supplementary Vocabulary

演唱会 yǎnchànghuì concert
前排 qiánpái front row
后排 hòupái back row
保证 bǎozhèng guarantee
紧急 jǐnjí urgent
周杰伦 Zhōu Jiélún Jay Chou