Intermediate - Amusement Park (C1217)

A:  票买好了,我们快进去吧!今天游乐园有很多人。
piào mǎi hǎo le, wǒmen kuài jìnqù ba! jīntiān yóulèyuán yǒu hěn duō rén.
I’ve bought the tickets! Let’s hurry up and go in! There are a lot of people at the amusement park today.
B:  耶!太棒了!我们先去坐旋转木马!
yē! tài bàng le! wǒmen xiān qù zuò xuánzhuǎnmùmǎ!
Yay! Great! First, let’s go for a ride on the merry-go-round!
A:  哪有人一开始就坐旋转木马的?走,先玩个刺激的。
nǎ yǒu rén yī kāishǐ jiù zuò xuánzhuǎnmùmǎ de? zǒu, xiān wán ge cìjī de.
Who in the world starts off on the merry-go-round? Come on, let’s do something exciting first.
B:  坐过山车啊?我有点怕!
zuò guòshānchē a? wǒ yǒudiǎn pà!
Riding the roller-coaster? I’m a little afraid!
A:  没事的。出发!
méishì de. chūfā!
It’s fine. Here we go!
B:  啊!越来越快了!救救我!
a! yuèláiyuè kuài le! jiù jiu wǒ!
Agh! It’s getting faster all the time! Save me!
A:  真是个胆小鬼!越快越好,太刺激了!哎,怎么这么快就停了?
zhēn shì gè dǎnxiǎoguǐ! yuè kuài yuè hǎo, tài cìjī le! āi, zěnme zhème kuài jiù tíng le?
What a wimp you are! The faster, the better! This is so exciting! Huh?! How come it stopped so soon?
B:  停了?哎哟,头晕死了。我们休息一下吧。
tíng le? āiyō, tóuyūn sǐ le. wǒmen xiūxi yīxià ba.
It’s stopped? Agh, I’m so dizzy. Let’s rest for a bit.
A:  别嘛,我们去玩你最喜欢的摩天轮,那个很慢的。
bié ma, wǒmen qù wán nǐ zuì xǐhuan de mótiānlún, nàge hěn màn de.
Let’s not—let’s go on your favorite, the Ferris wheel. That’s really slow.
B:  不行,我要休息一下再去玩。
bùxíng, wǒ yào xiūxi yīxià zài qù wán.
Nope. I want to rest for a bit before we do anything else.

Key Vocabulary

游乐园yóulèyuánamusement park
旋转木马xuánzhuǎnmùmǎcarousel, merry-go-round
刺激cìjīstimulating; thrilling; exciting
过山车guòshānchērollercoaster
没事méishìno problem
出发chūfāto start out; to set out
越来越yuèláiyuèmore and more
jiùto save (usually a life)
胆小鬼dǎnxiǎoguǐcoward
头晕tóuyūndizzy
摩天轮mótiānlúnFerris wheel
休息xiūxito rest

Supplementary Vocabulary

胆小dǎnxiǎocowardly, wimpy
胆大dǎndàbold
胆子dǎnzigall-bladder
摩天大楼mótiāndàlóuskyscraper
迪斯尼乐园DísīnílèyuánDisney World
环球影城HuánqiúyǐngchéngUniversal Studios

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