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dǎoméiunlucky, unfortunate
昨晚zuówǎnyesterday evening
邻居línjūneighbor
练习liànxíto practice
打鼓dǎgǔto play drums
直到zhídàountil
因为yīnwèibecause
所以suǒyǐso, therefore
心情xīnqíngmood
而且érqiěand, moreover
diàoto drop
谈生意tán shēngyito talk business
的时候de shíhouwhen
棒球bàngqiúbaseball
突然tūránsuddenly
fēito fly
to smash
客户kèhùclient
脑袋nǎodaihead
分手fēnshǒuto break up
鼓手gǔshǒudrummer
烦躁fánzàoirritated, agitated
yòuagain
声音shēngyīnsound

Supplementary Vocabulary

一直yīzhíalways, continuously
运气yùnqiluck
狗屎gǒushǐdog crap
踩到cǎidàoto step on
经典jīngdiǎnclassic
经历jīnglìexperience
排队páiduìto line up

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