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.
B 2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 yǔmáoqiú badminton
球拍 qiúpāi racket
发球 fāqiú to serve
扣球 kòuqiú to smash
cài unskilled
放过 fàngguò to let slip
就算 jiùsuàn even if
瞧不起 qiáobuqǐ to look down on
huàn to exchange
接不了 jiēbuliǎo to be unable to hit
习惯 xíguàn habit
to hold
出界 chūjiè to go out of bounds

Supplementary Vocabulary

球网 qiúwǎng net
球场 qiúchǎng court
前场 qiánchǎng front court
中场 zhōngchǎng mid-court
后场 hòuchǎng back court
接球 jiēqiú to return a shot
吊球 diàoqiú drop shot
平抽 píngchōu drive shot
裁判员 cáipànyuán referee