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Lesson 28 - Sports Activities

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What's your favorite sport? Can you play football? Grammar, Examples and Exercices.

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Lesson 28

Conversation 1 : Do you take exercise everyday?
Conversation 2 : What's your favorite sport?
Conversation 3 : Can you play football?
Conversation 4 : You are a football fan?
Grammar
Exercises : Substitution Drill

Conversation 1 : Do you take exercise everyday?

-	Nǐ 你 měi tiān 每天 duàn liàn 锻炼 shēn tǐ 身体 ma? 吗？

-	Duàn liàn. 锻炼。 Wǒ 我 hěn 很 xǐ huān 喜欢 yùn dòng. 运动。

锻炼	duàn liàn	(v)	take exercise
身体	shēn tǐ	(n)	body
运动	yùn dòng	(n)	sports, exercise

Audio file : lesson 28 - dialog 01.mp3

Translation

- Do you take exercise everyday?

- Yes. I really like sports.

Conversation 2 : What's your favorite sport?


-	Nǐ 你 zuì 最 xǐ huān 喜欢 shén me 什么 yùn dòng? 运动？

-	Wǒ 我 zuì 最 xǐ huān 喜欢 dǎ 打 lán qiú 篮球 hé 和 yóuyǒng. 游泳。

-	Nǐ 你 lán qiú 篮球 dǎ 打 de 得 zěn me yàng? 怎么样？

-	Dǎ 打 de 得 hái 还 kěyǐ, 可以， yóu yǒng 游泳 yě 也 yóu 游 de 得

	búcuò. 不错。

打	dǎ	(v)	to play (sports)
篮球	lán qiú	(n)	basketball
游	yóu	(v)	to swim
游泳	yóu yǒng	(v)	to swim
还可以	hái kěyǐ	(adv)	not bad

Audio file : lesson 28 - dialog 02.mp3

Translation

- What's your favorite sport?

- I like playing basketball and swimming.

- How good are you at basketball.

- I’m not that bad, I swim also pretty good.

Conversation 3 : Can you play football?

-	Nǐ 你 huì 会 tī 踢 zú qiú 足球 ma? 吗？

-	Bú 不 huì, 会， kě shì 可是 wǒ 我 xǐ huān 喜欢 kàn 看 zú qiú 足球 bǐ sài. 比赛。

踢	tī	(v)	kick, play
足球	zú qiú	(n)	football (soccer)
可是	kě shì	(conj)	but
比赛	bǐ sài	(n)	match, game

Audio file : lesson 28 - dialog 03.mp3

Translation

- Can you play football?

- No, but I like to watch football games.

Conversation 4 : You are a football fan?

-	Nǐ 你 shì 是 qiú mí 球迷 ba? 吧？

-	Duì, 对， měi 每 gè 个 xīng qī tiān 星期天 dōu 都 qù 去 tǐ yù chǎng. 体育场。

	Rú guǒ 如果 mǎi 买 bú 不 dào 到 piào, 票， jiù 就 kàn 看 diànshì. 电视。

-	Qiú piào 球票 guì 贵 ma? 吗？ Duō shāo 多少 qián 钱 yì 一 zhāng? 张？

-	Bú 不 guì, 贵， chà bù duō 差不多 èr shí ２０ kuài 块 qián 钱 zuǒ yòu. 左右。

球迷	qiú mí	(n)	football fan
对	qiū tiān	(adj)	right, yes
体育场	tǐ yù chǎng	(n)	stadium
如果	rú guǒ	(conj)	if
票	piào	(n)	ticket
球票	qiú piào	(n)	football ticket
差不多	chà bù duō	(adv)	almost
左右	zuǒ yòu	(n)	about, or so

Audio file : lesson 28 - dialog 04.mp3

Translation

- You are a football fan?

- Yes, I go to the stadium every sunday. And if I can't buy a ticket, I watch TV.

- Is the ticket expensive. How much for one?

- No, about 20 Yuans.

Grammar

Revision: the complement of degree 得

Subject + Object + Verb + 得 + adjective

Examples:

- 你篮球打得怎么样？ ( How good do you play basketball? )

- 我篮球打得不错？ ( I play basketball not bad. )

Revision: the potential complements 得 or 不

Subject + Verb + 得 / 不 + Verb + Object

Examples:

- 我买不到球票。 ( I could not buy a ticket. )

- 我买得到球票。 ( I could buy a ticket. )

Phrase structure, if... then.

如果 (rúguǒ, if)... 就 (jiù, then)... occurs in conditional complex sentences.

Examples:

- 我如果买不到球票，就看电视。 ( If I can't buy a ticket, then I'll watch TV. )

- 如果天气不好，就不去。 ( If the weather is bad, then don't go. )

Exercises : Substitution Drills

Exercise 1

-	Nǐ 你 xǐ huān 喜欢 shén me 什么 yùn dòng 运动？

-	Wǒ 我 xǐ huān 喜欢 dǎ 打 lánqiú 篮球。

V.		N.

打	dǎ	排球	pái qiú	volleyball
打	dǎ	网球	wǎng qiú	tennis
踢	tī	足球	zú qiú	football
打	dǎ	乒乓球	pīng pāng qiú	ping-pong

Exercise 2

-	Nǐ 你 lán qiú 篮球 dǎ 打 de 得 zěn me yàng 怎么样？

-	Wǒ 我 lán qiú 篮球 dǎ 打 de 得 hái 还 kě yǐ 可以。

N.			V.

保龄球	bǎolíng qiú	bowling	打	dǎ
羽毛球	yǔmǎo qiú	badminton	打	dǎ
足球	zú qiú	football	踢	tī
游泳	yóuyǒng	swim	游	yóu
高尔夫球	gāoěrfū qiú	golf	打	dǎ