Lesson 246 Soccer/Football II

B: Dajia hao, hello everyone, perfect your Chinese every day, right here in the Chinese Studio. Wo shi B.
Y: And, wo shi Y. We’re getting ready for the World Cup. It’s soccer week, and time to put our boots on….

Key words of the day
The World Cup 世界杯Soccer pitch  足球场    forward 前锋Goalkeeper 守门员Who’s going to win the world cup?谁会赢得世界杯冠军？All in today’s Chinese Studio.

B: The excitement of the World Cup is something else. I can’t wait, but what do we call the world cup? Is it the same word for the cup we drink tea out of Y?
Y: sort of… you know cup in Chinese is bei1.
B: yes, bei1.
Y: and world cup is shi4 jie4 bei1.
B: shi4 jie4 bei1.
Y: as shi4 jie4 means world,
B:  shi4 jie4
Y: shi4 jie4 bei1.
B: shi4 jie4 bei1. The world cup,

Conversation 1
A: 谁会赢得世界杯冠军？
B: 那只有等决赛后才知道。

B: So the big question on everybody’s lips is, who’s gonna win the World Cup? Let’s do some crystal ball gazing.
Y: That’s not so easy, but it’s not too difficult to ask the question in Chinese, like this 谁会赢得世界杯冠军？
B: shei2 hui4 ying2 de2 shi4 jie4 bei1 guan4 jun1.
Y: shei2 or shui2 means which team,
B: shei2.
Y: hui4 means be likely to，
B: hui4 
Y: ying2 de2 means to win,
B: ying2 de2.
Y: shi4 jie4 bei1 the world cup,
B: shi4 jie4 bei1 
Y: and guan4 jun1 means the champion.
B: guan4 jun1. 
Y: shei2 hui4 ying2 de2 shi4 jie4 bei1 guan4 jun1?
B: shei2 hui4 ying2 de2 shi4 jie4 bei1 guan4 jun1?  Who’s gonna win the World Cup?

Conversation 2
A: 谁会赢得世界杯冠军？
B: 这可不好说。风水轮流转嘛。

B: Although there’s only one World Cup, there are literally millions of football fields are around the world. What do we call those Y?
Y: it’s called  zu2 qiu2 chang3,
B:  zu2 qiu2 chang3
Y: as  zu2 qiu2 means soccer,
B: right.  zu2 qiu2
Y: and chang3 means field or pitch, 
B: chang3,
Y: zu2 qiu2 chang3,
B: zu2 qiu2 chang3, soccer pitch
Y: or you can just say qiu2 chang3 for short.

Conversation3
A: 决赛为什么要在这儿举行？
B: 因为这是世界一流的足球场。

B: Hey I wanna learn the names of some of the key positions Y, Can you help me out there please?
Y: hao de. Just let me know what you wanna learn…
B: Great, let’s look at the glamour positions first, the forward.
Y: They’re qian2 feng1.
B: qian2 feng1.
Y: qian2 means forward,
B: qian2,
Y: feng1 literally means to assault or attack, 
B: feng1,
Y: qian2 feng1.
B: qian2 feng1. the forward. And then there’s the goalkeeper. Either a hero, or sometimes a zero.
Y: goalkeeper in Chinese is 守门员。
B: shou3 men2 yuan2.
Y: shou3 men2 means to keep a goal,
B: shou3 men2,
Y: yuan2 means the person,
B: yuan2, 
Y: shou3 men2 yuan2.
B: shou3 men2 yuan2. the goalkeeper.