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Playing Ice Hockey

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ID: 1577 Elementary
What do you get when you combine metal blades, wooden sticks, and players speeding around a rink at 20-30 miles per hour? Besides a high incidence of concussions, lacerations and broken bones, you get hockey, of course! Learn how to talk about this popular wintertime sport in Chinese today.
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
比赛 bǐsài competition
冰球 bīngqiú ice hockey
bīng ice
zài at
这是什么比赛?
zhè shì shénme bǐsài ?
What competition is this?
冰球。
bīngqiú 。
Ice hockey.
在冰上打球?太危险了!
zài bīng shàng dǎqiú ?tài wēixiǎn le !
They play it on the the ice? That's way too dangerous!
是啊!不过很好玩儿。
shì a !bùguò hěn hǎowánr 。
Yeah! But it's a lot of fun.
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