Upper-Intermediate - Badminton (D0951)

A呵呵,羽毛球我可打不好,你来发球吧。
hē hē, yǔmáoqiú wǒ kě dǎ bù hǎo, nǐ lái fāqiú ba.
Ha ha, I am not too good at badminton. You serve.
B好,给我球......看球!
hǎo, gěi wǒ qiú...... kàn qiú!
OK, give me the birdie... keep your eye on it!
A噢!漂亮的扣球!我很菜,放过我吧。
ō! piàoliang de kòuqiú! wǒ hěn cài, fàngguò wǒ ba.
Whoa! Nice smash! I'm a newbie, so how about going easy on me?
B行啊,来了!......
xíng a, lái le! ......
All right. Here it comes!
A唉,我说,就算我菜,也别这样瞧不起我吧。换了你,你也接不了那样的球。
āi, wǒ shuō, jiùsuàn wǒ cài, yě bié zhèyàng qiáobuqǐ wǒ ba. huàn le nǐ, nǐ yě jiēbuliǎo nàyàng de qiú.
Hey! I may be a beginner, but that's no reason to humiliate me like this. If you were me, you wouldn't have been able to get that one either.
B不好意思,习惯了。喏,你应该这样握球拍。
bùhǎoyìsi, xíguàn le. nuò, nǐ yīnggāi zhèyàng wò qiúpāi.
Sorry, it's just a habit. You should hold the racket like this.
A好吧好吧。
hǎo ba hǎo ba.
All right, all right.
B2比0。
èr bǐ líng.
2 to 0.
A唉,出界了!
āi, chūjiè le!
Oh, it's out!
B哪有啊,你看清楚了吗?
nǎyǒu a, nǐ kàn qīngchu le ma?
As if! Did you get a good look?
A嗯......哦,没出界,嘿嘿。
ng4...... ō, méi chūjiè, hēi hēi.
Uh... oh... it's not out, heh heh.

Key Vocabulary

羽毛球yǔmáoqiúbadminton
球拍qiúpāiracket
发球fāqiúto serve
扣球kòuqiúto smash
càiunskilled
放过fàngguòto let slip
就算jiùsuàneven if
瞧不起qiáobuqǐto look down on
huànto exchange
接不了jiēbuliǎoto be unable to hit
习惯xíguànhabit
to hold
出界chūjièto go out of bounds

Supplementary Vocabulary

球网qiúwǎngnet
球场qiúchǎngcourt
前场qiánchǎngfront court
中场zhōngchǎngmid-court
后场hòuchǎngback court
接球jiēqiúto return a shot
吊球diàoqiúdrop shot
平抽píngchōudrive shot
裁判员cáipànyuánreferee