Intermediate - Unlucky Day (C1701)

我今天真倒霉!
wǒ jīntiān zhēn dǎoméi!
I've had such an unlucky day!
昨晚邻居练习打鼓直到十二点半,我没有睡好。
zuówǎn línjū liànxí dǎgǔ zhídào shí'èr diǎn bàn, wǒ méiyǒu shuì hǎo.
Last night, my neighbor practiced drums until 12:30. I didn't sleep well.
因为没睡好,所以早上心情很不好,而且路上掉了两百块钱。
yīnwèi méi shuì hǎo, suǒyǐ zǎoshang xīnqíng hěn bù hǎo, érqiě lùshang diào le liǎng bǎi kuài qián.
Because I didn't sleep well, I was in a bad mood the next morning and lost 200 kuai on the road.
下午谈生意的时候,一个棒球突然飞了进来,砸到了客户的脑袋。
xiàwǔ tán shēngyi de shíhou, yī ge bàngqiú tūrán fēi le jìnlai, zá dào le kèhù de nǎodai.
While I was discussing business in the afternoon, a baseball suddenly flew through the window and hit my client in the head.
晚上,我的女朋友告诉我,她想和我分手,说她刚认识了一个鼓手。
wǎnshang, wǒ de nǚpéngyou gàosu wǒ, tā xiǎng hé wǒ fēnshǒu, shuō tā gāng rènshi le yī ge gǔshǒu.
In the evening, my girlfriend told me that she wanted to split up with me. She said she had just met some drummer.
不知道今晚邻居还会不会练习打鼓,我的心情真烦躁。
bù zhīdào jīnwǎn línjū hái huì bu huì liànxí dǎgǔ, wǒ de xīnqíng zhēn fánzào.
I'm not sure if my neighbor will be practicing drums again tonight or not. I'm so agitated.
他又开始打鼓了!嗯?天哪,那是什么声音?
tā yòu kāishǐ dǎgǔ le! ng4? tiānna, nà shì shénme shēngyīn?
He's playing the drums again! Huh? Oh, gosh. What's that sound?

Key Vocabulary

倒霉 dǎoméi unlucky, unfortunate
昨晚 zuówǎn yesterday evening
邻居 línjū neighbor
练习 liànxí to practice
打鼓 dǎgǔ to play drums
直到 zhídào until
因为 yīnwèi because
所以 suǒyǐ so, therefore
心情 xīnqíng mood
而且 érqiě and, moreover
diào to drop
谈生意 tán shēngyi to talk business
的时候 de shíhou when
棒球 bàngqiú baseball
突然 tūrán suddenly
fēi to fly
to smash
客户 kèhù client
脑袋 nǎodai head
分手 fēnshǒu to break up
鼓手 gǔshǒu drummer
烦躁 fánzào irritated, agitated
yòu again
声音 shēngyīn sound

Supplementary Vocabulary

一直 yīzhí always, continuously
运气 yùnqi luck
狗屎 gǒushǐ dog crap
踩到 cǎidào to step on
经典 jīngdiǎn classic
经历 jīnglì experience
排队 páiduì to line up

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