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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.
Mon Jan 03 2011 | Jenny, Jason
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
比赛 bǐsài competition
冰球 bīngqiú ice hockey
冰 bīng ice
在 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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