EP114 足球 Talk about football

 Chinese 101:Basic expressions on talking about football

 

Grammar: the change of tones; 不过and但是

 

Language Tips:Football in ancient China; World Cup世界杯

 

Story of the Day:Too Much Water Drowned the Miller画蛇添足

 

Dialogue:

 

A:你会踢足球吗?

 

nǐ huì tī zú qiú ma?

 

Can you play football?

 

B:不会,不过我很喜欢看足球。

 

bú huì ,bú guò wǒ hěn xǐ huān kàn zú qiú。

 

No, but I like watching football games.

 

A:昨晚的比赛你看了吗?

 

zuó wǎn de bǐ sài nǐ kàn le ma?

 

Have you watched the football game last night?

 

B:看了,我觉得结果有些意外。

 

kàn le,wǒ jiào dé jié guǒ yǒu xiē yì wài。

 

Yes, I was suprised by the result.

 

A:但是过程还是很精彩的。

 

dàn shì guò chéng hái shì hěn jīng cǎi de。

 

But the process was wonderful.

 

Words & expressions:

 

【踢】tī:kick

 

【足球】zú qiú:football, soccer

 

【昨晚】zuó wǎn: last night

 

【比赛】bǐ sài: game; competition ; tournament

 

【结果】jié guǒ: result

 

【意外】yì wài: surprise; accident

 

【过程】guò chéng: process

 

【精彩】jīng cǎi:wonderful, splendid