Upper-Intermediate - F1 in China (D0991)

A亲爱的,终于搞定了!
qīn'ài de, zhōngyú gǎo dìng le !
Dear, it's finally settled!
B搞定什么啊?
gǎo dìng shénme a?
What's settled?
A喏,两张07赛季一级方程式中国站正式赛的尾票,和黄牛磨了半天呢。
nuò, liǎng zhāng líng qī sàijì yījí fāngchéngshì Zhōngguó zhàn zhèngshì sài de wěipiào, hé huángniú mó le bàntiān ne.
Look, two tickets to the Formula One 2007 season race. I had to haggle with that scalper forever.
B哎呀,我不是说了我不想去嘛。要去你自己去。
āiya, wǒ bù shì shuō le wǒ bù xiǎng qù ma. yào qù nǐ zìjǐ qù.
Oh, didn't I already tell you that I didn't want to go? If you want to go, go alone.
A别啊,你知道我是个疯狂的赛车迷,我觉得那轰鸣的引擎声是世界上最美的声音。
bié a, nǐ zhīdào wǒ shì ge fēngkuáng de sàichē mí, wǒ juéde nà hōngmíng de yǐnqíng shēng shì shìjiè shàng zuì měi de shēngyīn.
Hey now, you know I'm an insane racing fan. I'd say the roar of the engines is the sweetest sound on earth.
B吵死了,真搞不懂那F1有什么好看的,去年去那儿看得都后悔死了。坐在离赛道那么远的地方,赛车唰的一下就过去了,根本看不清楚。
chǎo sǐ le, zhēn gǎo bu dǒng nà F yī yǒu shénme hǎokàn de, qùnián qù nàr kàn de dōu hòuhuǐ sǐ le. zuò zài lí sàidào nàme yuǎn de dìfang, sàichē shuā de yīxià jiù guòqu le, gēnběn kàn bu qīngchu.
It's such a racket. I really don't get what's so great about F1. I really regretted going to watch last year. We sat so far from the racetrack that when the cars whooshed past we couldn't even see anything clearly.
A看的是气氛嘛。瞧那些轮胎印,还有高速过弯时的紧张气氛,还有赛车之间的碰撞,还有......
kàn de shì qìfēn ma. qiáo nàxiē lúntāi yìn, háiyǒu gāosù guòwān shí de jǐnzhāng qìfēn, háiyǒu sàichē zhījiān de pèngzhuàng, háiyǒu......
What you go for is the atmosphere. We saw the tire marks, the suspenseful feeling of the high speed turns, the cars colliding into each other, the...
B别还有还有了。昨天下午你不都看过了嘛。
bié háiyǒu háiyǒu le. zuótiān xiàwǔ nǐ bù dōu kàn guo le ma.
Quit your rambling. Didn't you already see all that yesterday afternoon?
A哎呀,昨天那是排位赛,今天下午的是正式赛。昨天是迈凯伦车队的汉密尔顿拿了杆位。不过我有很强的预感,今天的冠军会是法拉利车队的莱库宁。
āiya, zuótiān nà shì páiwèi sài, jīntiān xiàwǔ de shì zhèngshì sài. zuótiān shì Màikǎilún chēduì de Hànmì ěrdùn ná le gānwèi. bùguò wǒ yǒu hěn qiáng de yùgǎn, jīntiān de guànjūn huì shì Fǎlālì chēduì de Láikùníng.
Please, yesterday was the qualifying race. This afternoon is the final race. Yesterday Hamilton got the pole position from McLaren. But my gut feeling is that it's Raikkonen with Ferrari that's going to win the championship.
B哦,那舒马赫呢?
ó, nà Shūmǎhè ne?
Oh. What about Schumacher?
A咳,他都退役了。这个赛季的总冠军我估计不是汉密尔顿就是莱库宁。
hài, tā dōu tuìyì le. zhè ge sàijì de zǒng guànjūn wǒ gūjì bù shì Hànmì ěrdùn jiùshì Láikùníng .
Oh, he's already retired. The way I see it, this season's final champion is going to be either Hamilton or Raikkonen.
B真拿你没办法。练习赛,排位赛,正式赛,你场场都不错过。
zhēn ná nǐ méi bànfǎ. liànxí sài, páiwèi sài, zhèngshìsài, nǐ chǎngchǎng dōu bù cuòguò.
I don't know what to do with you. Practice races, preliminary races, final races... you don't miss a single one.
A这样吧,你陪我去的话,今天晚饭我请。
zhèyàng ba, nǐ péi wǒ qù dehuà, jīntiān wǎnfàn wǒ qǐng.
How about this--if you'll go with me, I'll take you out to dinner tonight.
B再加晚饭后的购物活动?
zài jiā wǎnfàn hòu de gòuwù huódòng?
Plus some after dinner shopping activities?
A这......好!呵呵,你真是比黄牛还会砍价啊。
zhè...... hǎo! hēhē, nǐ zhēnshì bǐ huángniú hái huì kǎnjià a.
Uhhh... OK! Heh heh, you're even better than the scalpers at cutting a deal.

Key Vocabulary

一级方程式yījí fāngchéngshìFormula 1
练习赛liànxí sàipractice race
排位赛páiwèi sàiqualifying race
正式赛zhèngshìsàifinal race
尾票wěipiàoremaining ticket
黄牛huángniúscalper
to haggle
轰鸣hōngmíngroar
引擎声yǐnqíng shēngsound of an engine
赛道sàidàorace course
赛车sàichērace car
shuāto swish
气氛qìfēnatmosphere
轮胎lúntāitire
过弯guòwānto round a corner
碰撞pèngzhuàngcollision
迈凯伦车队Màikǎilún chēduìMcLaren team
汉密尔顿Hànmì ěrdùnHamilton
法拉利车队Fǎlālì chēduìFerrari team
莱库宁LáikùníngRaikkonen
舒马赫ShūmǎhèSchumacher
杆位gānwèipole position
预感yùgǎnpremonition
退役tuìyìto retire
砍价kǎnjiàto get a lower price

Supplementary Vocabulary

赛季sàijìseason
建筑工地jiànzhù gōngdìconstruction site
损害sǔnhàito damage
音译yīnyìtransliteration
退休tuìxiūto retire
受不了shòubuliǎoto be unable to bear
讨价还价tǎojiàhuánjiàto bargain for a lower price
积分榜jīfēnbǎngranking