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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.
Fri Jul 25 2008 | Jenny, John
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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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