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Fighting Over The Remote

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ID: 2828 Intermediate
In today's lesson you'll hear an argument between a brother and sister, fighting over which television channel to watch. The brother want's to watch the semi-final of a baseball match, but the sister is already watching the "news". Who will win in this battle for the remote control? Photo by espensorvik
Fri Jan 22 2016 | Gwilym, Fiona Tian
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遥控 yáokòng remote control
棒球比赛 bàngqiú bǐsài baseball match
场 chǎng measure word
关键 guānjiàn crucial
遥控给我，我要看棒球比赛转播。
yáokòng gěi wǒ ，wǒ yào kàn bàngqiú bǐsài zhuǎnbō 。
Give me the remote, I want to see the baseball match coverage.
不要。你没看到我在看新闻吗?
bù yào 。nǐ méi kàndào wǒ zài kàn xīnwén ma ?
No. Can't you see I'm watching the news?
快点啦，这场比赛是准决赛，很关键呢。
kuài diǎn la ，zhè chǎng bǐsài shì zhǔnjuésài ，hěn guānjiàn ne 。
Quickly, this is the semi-final, it's really important.
我要关心时事也很重要好不好？
wǒ yào guānxīn shíshì yě hěn zhòngyào hǎo bù hǎo ？
My concern for current affairs is important too, OK?
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