Intermediate - Gone Fishing (C1125)

A 小宝,乖,别哭了。爷爷带你去河边钓鱼,好不好?
Xiǎo Bǎo, guāi, bié kū le. yéye dài nǐ qù hébiān diàoyú, hǎo bu hǎo?
Darling, be good, don't cry. Grandpa will take you fishing--how does that sound?
B 钓鱼?好!
diàoyú? hǎo!
Go fishing? Great!
A 那我们走吧。
nà wǒmen zǒu ba.
Then let's go.
B 爷爷,我要用小鱼竿。
yéye, wǒ yào yòng xiǎo yúgān.
Grandpa, I want to use the little fishing pole.
A 好。爷爷用大的。
hǎo. yéye yòng dà de.
OK. I'll use the big one.
B 这个钩子是干什么用的?
zhè ge gōuzi shì gàn shénme yòng de?
What's this hook for?
A 这是鱼钩。我们把小鱼爱吃的东西挂在上面。
zhè shì yúgōu. wǒmen bǎ xiǎoyú ài chī de dōngxi guà zài shàngmian.
That's a fish-hook. We'll put something the fish like to eat on the end.
B 小鱼爱吃什么呀?
xiǎoyú ài chī shénme ya?
What do little fish like to eat?
A 鱼饵。有了鱼饵就能钓到鱼了。
yúěr. yǒu le yúěr jiù néng diào dào yú le.
Bait. Once you've got bait, you can catch fish.
B 哦。爷爷,是不是可以开始钓了?
ò. yéye, shì bu shì kěyǐ kāishǐ diào le?
Oh. Grandpa, can we start fishing now?
A 可以了,你把鱼钩放到水里。如果有鱼上钩,你就赶快拉上来。
kěyǐ le, nǐ bǎ yúgōu fàngdào shuǐ lǐ. rúguǒ yǒu yú shànggōu, nǐ jiù gǎnkuài lā shànglái.
Sure. Put the fish hook into the water. If a fish gets hooked, pull it out right away.
B 好,小鱼,小鱼,快过来,这里有好吃的。
hǎo, xiǎoyú, xiǎoyú, kuài guòlai, zhèlǐ yǒu hǎochī de.
OK. Little fish, little fish, quick, come on over. There's something tasty here!
A 嘘!钓鱼的时候要安静,你一说话,鱼就跑了。
xū! diàoyú de shíhou yào ānjìng, nǐ yī shuōhuà, yú jiù pǎo le.
Shhh! When you're fishing, you need to be quiet. As soon as you talk, the fish run away.
B 怎么鱼还不来?真没意思!
zěnme yú hái bù lái? zhēn méiyìsi!
How come the fish still haven't come? Bo-ring!

Key Vocabulary

dài to take
河边 hébiān river bank
钓鱼 diàoyú to fish
鱼竿 yúgān fishing pole
钩子 gōuzi hook
鱼钩 yúgōu fish-hook
guà to hang
鱼饵 yúěr bait
如果...就 rúguǒ...jiù if...then...
上钩 shànggōu to go on the hook
to pull
过来 guòlai go across
安静 ānjìng quiet
一...就 yī...jiù as soon as...then...
没意思 méiyìsi boring

Supplementary Vocabulary

去海边 qù hǎibiān to go to the sea-side
去湖边 qù húbiān to go to the river-side
蚯蚓 qiūyǐn earth worm
有意思 yǒuyìsi funny
过去 guòqu to go over
上去 shàngqu to go up