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@ 40991 F1 in China
A 親愛的，終於搞定了！
qīn ài de, zhōngyú gǎo dìng le !
Dear, it's finally settled!
B 搞定什麼啊？
gǎo dìng shénme a?
What's settled?
A 喏，兩張07賽季一級方程式中國站正式賽的尾票，和黃牛磨了半天呢。
nuò, liǎng zhāng líng qī sàijì yījí fāngchéngshì Zhōngguó zhàn zhèngshì sài de wěipiào, hé huángniú mó le bàntiān ne.
Look, two tickets to the Formula One 2007 season race. I had to haggle with that scalper forever.
B 哎呀，我不是說了我不想去嘛。要去你自己去。
āiya, wǒ bù shì shuō le wǒ bù xiǎng qù ma. yào qù nǐ zìjǐ qù.
Oh, didn't I already tell you that I didn't want to go? If you want to go, go alone.
A 別啊，你知道我是個瘋狂的賽車迷，我覺得那轟鳴的引擎聲是世界上最美的聲音。
bié a, nǐ zhīdào wǒ shì ge fēngkuáng de sàichē mí, wǒ juéde nà hōngmíng de yǐnqíng shēng shì shìjiè shàng zuì měi de shēngyīn.
Hey now, you know I'm an insane racing fan. I'd say the roar of the engines is the sweetest sound on earth.
B 吵死了，真搞不懂那F1有什麼好看的，去年去那兒看得都後悔死了。坐在離賽道那麼遠的地方，賽車唰的一下就過去了，根本看不清楚。
chǎo sǐ le, zhēn gǎo bu dǒng nà F yī yǒu shénme hǎokàn de, qùnián qù nàr kàn de dōu hòuhuǐ sǐ le. zuò zài lí sàidào nàme yuǎn de dìfang, sàichē shuā de yīxià jiù guòqu le, gēnběn kàn bu qīngchu.
It's such a racket. I really don't get what's so great about F1. I really regretted going to watch last year. We sat so far from the racetrack that when the cars whooshed past we couldn't even see anything clearly.
A 看的是氣氛嘛。瞧那些輪胎印，還有高速過彎時的緊張氣氛，還有賽車之間的碰撞，還有......
kàn de shì qìfēn ma. qiáo nàxiē lúntāi yìn, háiyǒu gāosù guòwān shí de jǐnzhāng qìfēn, háiyǒu sàichē zhījiān de pèngzhuàng, háiyǒu......
What you go for is the atmosphere. We saw the tire marks, the suspenseful feeling of the high speed turns, the cars colliding into each other, the...
B 別還有還有了。昨天下午你不都看過了嘛。
bié háiyǒu háiyǒu le. zuótiān xiàwǔ nǐ bù dōu kàn guo le ma.
Quit your rambling. Didn't you already see all that yesterday afternoon?
A 哎呀，昨天那是排位賽，今天下午的是正式賽。昨天是邁凱倫車隊的漢密爾頓拿了杆位。不過我有很強的預感，今天的冠軍會是法拉利車隊的萊庫寧。
āiya, zuótiān nà shì páiwèi sài, jīntiān xiàwǔ de shì zhèngshì sài. zuótiān shì Màikǎilún chēduì de Hànmì ěrdùn ná le gānwèi. bùguò wǒ yǒu hěn qiáng de yùgǎn, jīntiān de guànjūn huì shì Fǎlālì chēduì de Láikùníng.
Please, yesterday was the qualifying race. This afternoon is the final race. Yesterday Hamilton got the pole position from McLaren. But my gut feeling is that it's Raikkonen with Ferrari that's going to win the championship.
B 哦，那舒馬赫呢？
ó, nà Shūmǎhè ne?
Oh. What about Schumacher?
A 咳，他都退役了。這個賽季的總冠軍我估計不是漢密爾頓就是萊庫寧。
hài, tā dōu tuìyì le. zhè ge sàijì de zǒng guànjūn wǒ gūjì bù shì Hànmì ěrdùn jiùshì Láikùníng .
Oh, he's already retired. The way I see it, this season's final champion is going to be either Hamilton or Raikkonen.
B 真拿你沒辦法。練習賽，排位賽，正式賽，你場場都不錯過。
zhēn ná nǐ méi bànfǎ. liànxí sài, páiwèi sài, zhèngshìsài, nǐ chǎngchǎng dōu bù cuòguò.
I don't know what to do with you. Practice races, preliminary races, final races... you don't miss a single one.
A 這樣吧，你陪我去的話，今天晚飯我請。
zhèyàng ba, nǐ péi wǒ qù dehuà, jīntiān wǎnfàn wǒ qǐng.
How about this--if you'll go with me, I'll take you out to dinner tonight.
B 再加晚飯後的購物活動？
zài jiā wǎnfàn hòu de gòuwù huódòng?
Plus some after dinner shopping activities?
A 這......好！呵呵，你真是比黃牛還會砍價啊。
zhè...... hǎo! hēhē, nǐ zhēnshì bǐ huángniú hái huì kǎnjià a.
Uhhh... OK! Heh heh, you're even better than the scalpers at cutting a deal.
Key Vocabulary
一級方程式 yījí fāngchéngshì
練習賽 liànxí sài
排位賽 páiwèi sài
正式賽 zhèngshìsài
尾票 wěipiào
黃牛 huángniú
磨 mó
轟鳴 hōngmíng
引擎聲 yǐnqíng shēng
賽道 sàidào
賽車 sàichē
唰 shuā
氣氛 qìfēn
輪胎 lúntāi
過彎 guòwān
碰撞 pèngzhuàng
邁凱倫車隊 Màikǎilún chēduì
漢密爾頓 Hànmì ěrdùn
法拉利車隊 Fǎlālì chēduì
萊庫寧 Láikùníng
舒馬赫 Shūmǎhè
杆位 gānwèi
預感 yùgǎn
退役 tuìyì
砍價 kǎnjià
Supplementary Vocabulary
賽季 sàijì
建築工地 jiànzhù gōngdì
損害 sǔnhài
音譯 yīnyì
退休 tuìxiū
受不了 shòubuliǎo
討價還價 tǎojiàhuánjià
積分榜 jīfēnbǎng
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