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?
A800。放心,我这绝对是真票。
bābǎi. fàngxīn, wǒ zhè juéduì shì zhēn piào.
800. Relax, these are definitely real tickets.
B1000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

piàoticket
最后zuìhòulast
位子wèiziseat
kàonear
绝对juéduìabsolutely
zhēnreal
jiǎfake
kuīto lose money
开场kāichǎngto start an event
的话dehuàif
to pay
黄牛huángniúscalper
piànto cheat

Supplementary Vocabulary

演唱会yǎnchànghuìconcert
前排qiánpáifront row
后排hòupáiback row
保证bǎozhèngguarantee
紧急jǐnjíurgent
周杰伦Zhōu JiélúnJay Chou