day 44match day

match day

Talk about a team, a match and its result, and say you’ll do something no matter what.

today’s words

• 球队 qiúduì · team (ball games)
• 队 duì · team; queue
• 队员 duìyuán · team member
• 队长 duìzhǎng · team captain
• 教练 jiàoliàn · coach, trainer
• 球迷 qiúmí · fan (of a ball game)
• 排球 páiqiú · volleyball
• 乒乓球 pīngpāngqiú · table tennis, ping-pong
• 参赛 cānsài · to take part in a contest
• 大赛 dàsài · big competition, tournament
• 赢 yíng · to win
• 输 shū · to lose (a game)
• 打败 dǎbài · to defeat, beat
• 加油 jiāyóu · come on! (cheer); refuel
• 暂停 zàntíng · to pause; time-out
• 秒 miǎo · second (of time)
• 结果 jiéguǒ · result; as a result
• 最终 zuìzhōng · final; in the end

sentences

• 这次大赛，我们说什么也得赢！ · Whatever happens, we have to win this tournament!
• 比赛你去也得去，不去也得去！ · You’re coming to the match, like it or not!
• 我们公司的排球队一共有十来个队员。 · Our company volleyball team has ten-odd players.
• 比赛下午三点左右开始。 · The match starts at about three in the afternoon.
• 最后十秒，我们打败了对方。 · In the last ten seconds we beat the other side.