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Fighting Over The Remote

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ID: 2828 Intermediate
In today's lesson you'll hear an argument between a brother and sister, fighting over which television channel to watch. The brother want's to watch the semi-final of a baseball match, but the sister is already watching the "news". Who will win in this battle for the remote control? Photo by espensorvik
Gwilym,Fiona Tian
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遥控 yáokòng remote control
棒球比赛 bàngqiú bǐsài baseball match
场 chǎng measure word
关键 guānjiàn crucial
遥控给我我要看棒球比赛转播
yáokòng 遥控gěi 给wǒ 我wǒ 我yào 要kàn 看bàngqiú bǐsài 棒球比赛zhuǎnbō 转播
Give me the remote, I want to see the baseball match coverage.
不要你没看到我在看新闻吗
bù yào 不要nǐ 你méi 没kàndào 看到wǒ 我zài 在kàn 看xīnwén 新闻ma 吗
No. Can't you see I'm watching the news?
快点啦这场比赛是准决赛很关键呢
kuài diǎn 快点la 啦zhè 这chǎng 场bǐsài 比赛shì 是zhǔnjuésài 准决赛hěn 很guānjiàn 关键ne 呢
Quickly, this is the semi-final, it's really important.
我要关心时事也很重要好不好
wǒ 我yào 要guānxīn 关心shíshì 时事yě 也hěn 很zhòngyào 重要hǎo 好bù hǎo 不好
My concern for current affairs is important too, OK?
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