World Cup Football
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ID: 0160
Upper Intermediate
To be honest, we have had this lesson ready to go for a month, and would like to say we timed it for the first week of Germany’s World Cup Football events--but it simply took 30-odd days to explain the sport to our North American staff. Nonetheless, for this podcast put on that foam finger and learn how to talk trash to the other countries teams’ fans in Mandarin Chinese.
Jenny, John
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 开幕了 | kāimù le | to open | |
| 支持 | zhīchí | to support | |
| 实力 | shílì | strength | |
| 届 | jiè | [measure word] |
世界杯６月９号要开幕了你今年看好哪个队
shìjièbēi 世界杯liùyuèjiǔhào ６月９号yào 要kāimù le 开幕了nǐ 你jīnnián 今年kànhǎo 看好nǎge 哪个duì 队
The World Cup opens on June 9th. Which team do you favor this year?
我是亚洲人理论上说应该支持亚洲球队但是我觉得他们的实力还是没办法和欧洲南美洲或者非洲的球队相比
wǒ 我shì 是yàzhōurén 亚洲人lǐlúnshàng 理论上shuō 说yīnggāi 应该zhīchí 支持Yàzhōu 亚洲qiúduì 球队dànshì 但是wǒ 我juéde 觉得tāmen de 他们的shílì 实力hái shì 还是méi 没bànfǎ 办法hé 和Ōuzhōu 欧洲Nánměizhōu 南美洲huòzhě 或者Fēizhōu 非洲de 的qiúduì 球队xiāngbǐ 相比
I am Asian, so theoretically I should support the Asian teams. But I think that they still can’t match the level of play of teams from Europe, South America, and Africa.
但是上届韩国进了四强我觉得亚洲这几支队伍还是有可能成为黑马的
dànshì 但是shàng 上jiè 届Hánguó 韩国jìn le 进了sì 四qiáng 强wǒ 我juéde 觉得Yàzhōu 亚洲zhè 这jǐ 几zhī 支duìwǔ 队伍hái shì 还是yǒu kěnéng 有可能chéngwéi 成为hēimǎ 黑马de 的
But Korea got into the semi-finals in the last tournament. I think these Asian teams still have a possibility to become the dark horses.
不过我认为真正的黑马还是非洲的球队大多数队员平时都在欧洲联赛踢球所以技战术水平很高
bùguò 不过wǒ 我rènwéi 认为zhēnzhèng 真正de 的hēimǎ 黑马hái shì 还是Fēizhōu 非洲de 的qiúduì 球队dàduōshù 大多数duìyuán 队员píngshí 平时dōu 都zài 在Ōuzhōu liánsài 欧洲联赛tīqiú 踢球suǒyǐ 所以jì 技zhànshù 战术shuǐpíng 水平hěn 很gāo 高
But I still think that the African teams are the dark horses that could go all the way. Most of their players are in European leagues. Their tactics and techniques are excellent.
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