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A Classic Grand Slam Matchup

A Classic Grand Slam Matchup
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ID: 2021 Upper Intermediate
Grand Slam tournaments have been the stage for classic battles between fierce rivals throughout tennis history: Becker and Edberg, Lendl and McEnroe, Borg and Connors, Sampras and Agassi...the list goes on and on. Today's upper-intermediate lesson focuses on perhaps the greatest rivalry in the last 10 years: Federer and Nadal. Join in as two rabid Chinese tennis fans discuss the pros and cons of each competitor and the strategies each one employs!
Jenny,John
A Classic Grand Slam Matchup
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大满贯 dàmǎnguàn Grand Slam
决赛 juésài final
费德勒 Fèidélè Federer
纳达尔 Nàdáěr Nadal
今天的这场大满贯决赛绝对精彩
jīntiān 今天de 的zhè 这chǎng 场dàmǎnguàn 大满贯juésài 决赛juéduì 绝对jīngcǎi 精彩
Today's Grand Slam final matchup is absolutely wonderful!
那是费德勒和纳达尔一起打谁赢谁输很难说
nàshì 那是Fèidélè 费德勒hé 和Nàdáěr 纳达尔yīqǐ 一起dǎ 打shéi 谁yíng 赢shéi 谁shū 输hěn 很nánshuō 难说
Absolutely. When Federer and Nadal play each other, it's really tough to say who will win.
他们俩最近的状态都保持得很好不过我可是老费的球迷我就是来支持他的你看他的动作多优雅看他打球绝对是一种享受好球
tāmen liǎ 他们俩zuìjìn 最近de 的zhuàngtài 状态dōu 都bǎochí 保持de 得hěn 很hǎo 好bùguò 不过wǒ 我kěshì 可是LǎoFèi 老费de 的qiúmí 球迷wǒ 我jiùshì 就是lái 来zhīchí 支持tā 他de 的nǐ 你kàn 看tā de 他的dòngzuò 动作duō 多yōuyǎ 优雅kàn 看tā 他dǎqiú 打球juéduì 绝对shì 是yī zhǒng 一种xiǎngshòu 享受hǎoqiú 好球
The two of them have both been in fantastic form recently. However, I'm a Federer fan so I've got to support him. Look at how gracefully he moves. Watching him play is a delight. Nice shot!
那我更喜欢像纳豆这种充满了力量和激情的运动员一直在跑动从不放弃老费是不错不过他已经31岁了而纳豆年轻力壮在身体素质和体力方面都占有优势这一点对于五盘战来说很关键运动员打到后面都打不动了就看谁的体力好
nà 那wǒ 我gèng 更xǐhuan 喜欢xiàng 像Nàdòu 纳豆zhèzhǒng 这种chōngmǎn 充满le 了lìliang 力量hé 和jīqíng 激情de 的yùndòngyuán 运动员yīzhí 一直zài 在pǎodòng 跑动cóngbù 从不fàngqì 放弃Lǎofèi 老费shì 是bùcuò 不错bùguò 不过tā 他yǐjīng 已经sānshíyī 31suì 岁le 了ér 而Nàdòu 纳豆niánqīnglìzhuàng 年轻力壮zài 在shēntǐ 身体sùzhì 素质hé 和tǐlì 体力fāngmiàn 方面dōu 都zhànyǒu 占有yōushì 优势zhè yī diǎn 这一点duìyú 对于wǔpánzhàn 五盘战láishuō 来说hěn 很guānjiàn 关键yùndòngyuán 运动员dǎ dào 打到hòumian 后面dōu 都dǎbudòng 打不动le 了jiù 就kàn 看shéi de 谁的tǐlì 体力hǎo 好
I prefer powerful and energetic athletes like Nadal. They can run forever and never give up. Federer is great, but he's already 31 years old. Nadal, on the other hand, is still young and strong. He possesses an advantage when it comes to physical constitution and power. This is key when it comes to five set matches. In the end, when the athletes can barely move, it comes down to who's more fit.
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