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A Day at the Races

A Day at the Races
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ID: 1089 Upper Intermediate
If horse racing is the Sport of Kings, gambling on horses must be the Sport of Emperors! Whether you come for the geldings, or just for the gin and cigars, there's nothing like a day at the races. Today's Chinese podcast will teach you all about playing the ponies in Mandarin.
Jenny , John
A Day at the Races
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
骑师 qíshī jockey
王牌 wángpái trump card
坐骑 zuòjì mount
搭档 dādàng partner
女士们先生们欢迎光临世纪赛马场
nǚshìmen 女士们xiānshēngmen 先生们huānyíng 欢迎guānglín 光临Shìjì sàimǎ chǎng 世纪赛马场
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Century Racetrack!
现在为您介绍骑师和他们的王牌坐骑首先出场的是01号身着红色马甲的王俊飞骑师和他的战马烈火战车这对完美搭档曾经获得过11周冠军如果看好他们就赶快投注吧接下来是
xiànzài 现在wèi 为nín 您jièshào 介绍qíshī 骑师hé 和tāmen 他们de 的wángpái 王牌zuòjì 坐骑shǒuxiān 首先chūchǎng 出场de 的shì 是língyī hào 01号shēnzhuó 身着hóngsè 红色mǎjiǎ 马甲de 的Wáng Jùnfēi 王俊飞qíshī 骑师hé 和tā de 他的zhànmǎ 战马Lièhuǒzhànchē 烈火战车zhè 这duì 对wánměi 完美dādàng 搭档céngjīng 曾经huòdé 获得guo 过shíyī zhōu 11周guànjūn 冠军rúguǒ 如果kànhǎo 看好tāmen 他们jiù 就gǎnkuài 赶快tóuzhù 投注ba 吧jiē xiàlái 接下来shì 是
Right now, I'll introduce the jockeys and their awesome horses! First onto the field is number one. Wearing red riding silks, jockey Wang Junfei and his horse, ''Flaming Chariot!" This dynamic duo has already won eleven weekly championships! If you're optimistic about their chances, hurry up and place a bet on them! Next up...
呼投注机那里人山人海还好我手快买了东方皇后唉马出来了吗
hū 呼tóuzhùjī 投注机nàlǐ 那里rénshānrénhǎi 人山人海háihǎo 还好wǒ 我shǒukuài 手快mǎi 买le 了Dōngfānghuánghòu 东方皇后ái 唉mǎ 马chūlái 出来le 了ma 吗
Oh, there's a sea of people at the betting machine. Good thing I'm so quick! I bet on ''Empress of the Orient." Hey, have the horses come out yet?
早着呢司仪还在煽动人下注呢下注量不够是不会开跑的
zǎo zhe ne 早着呢sīyí 司仪hái 还zài 在shāndòng 煽动rén 人xiàzhù 下注ne 呢xiàzhù liàng 下注量bùgòu 不够shì 是bùhuì 不会kāipǎo 开跑de 的
It's still too early! The announcer is still telling everyone to go make their bets. If the pool isn't big enough, they won't hold the race!
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