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Badminton

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ID: 0951 Upper Intermediate
It's a bird... it's a plane... no. It's the biggest thing to hit China since ping pong. Meet another sport beloved by the Chinese. In this podcast, listen in to a badminton game as it was meant to be played... in Mandarin. Next time you hit the court, you'll be able to smash that birdie with the best of 'em.
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
羽毛球 yǔmáoqiú badminton
球拍 qiúpāi racket
发球 fāqiú to serve
扣球 kòuqiú to smash
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.
好,给我球...... 看球!
hǎo ,gěi wǒ qiú ...... kàn qiú !
OK, give me the birdie... keep your eye on it!
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?
行啊,来了!......
xíng a ,lái le !......
All right. Here it comes!
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