Upper-Intermediate - Badminton (D0955)

A 呵呵,羽毛球我可打不好,你来发球吧。
hēhē,yǔmáoqiú wǒ kě dǎ bù hǎo,nǐ lái fāqiú ba.
Wooh, I am not so good at badminton. You serve.
B 好,给我球......看球![serve, return, and then a slo-motion smash]
hǎo,gěi wǒ qiú......kàn qiú![serve, return, and then a slo-motion smash]
OK, give me the birdie... get ready!
A 噢!漂亮的扣球!我很菜,放过我吧。
ō!piàoliang de kòuqiú!wǒ hěn cài,fàng guo wǒ ba.
Whoa! Nice kill! I'm a newbie, go easy on me.
B 行啊,来了!...... [serve, return, and then a 'dink']
xíng ā,lái le!...... [serve, return, and then a 'dink']
Alright, 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 .
Jeez....I said I was a beginner. Quit embarrassing me like that. If you were me, you wouldn't be able to get that one.
B 不好意思,习惯了。你应该这样握球拍。
bùhǎoyìsi,xíguàn le.nǐ yīnggāi zhèyàng wò qiúpāi.
Sorry, it's just habit. This is not my first time playing.
A 好吧好吧。
hǎo ba hǎo ba .
It's fine, it's fine.
B 2比0。[serve, return, and then 'plop']
èr bǐ líng.[serve, return, and then 'plop']
2-0.
A 唉,出界了!
āi,chūjiè le !
Oh, OUT!
B 哪有啊,你看清楚了吗?
nǎyǒu a,nǐ kān qīngchu le ma?
No way, are you sure?
A 嗯......哦,没出界,嘿嘿。
ng4......ō,méi chūjiè,hēihēi .
Mmm... Uh... it's not out. ha.

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