day 80sports day

sports day

Talk about sports and outdoor fun: events, venues, gear, races and commentary.

today’s words

• 田径 tiánjìng · track and field, athletics
• 体操 tǐcāo · gymnastics
• 跳水 tiàoshuǐ · diving; to dive
• 滑冰 huábīng · ice skating; to skate
• 滑雪 huáxuě · skiing; to ski
• 滑行 huáxíng · to glide, taxi
• 棒球 bàngqiú · baseball
• 台球 táiqiú · billiards, pool
• 射击 shèjī · shooting (sport)
• 射 shè · to shoot (a ball, an arrow)
• 奔跑 bēnpǎo · to run, race along
• 起点 qǐdiǎn · starting point, start
• 终点 zhōngdiǎn · finish, end point
• 场地 chǎngdì · venue, ground
• 场馆 chǎngguǎn · stadium, sports venue
• 装备 zhuāngbèi · equipment, gear; to equip
• 俱乐部 jùlèbù · club
• 解说 jiěshuō · to commentate; commentary
• 钓鱼 diàoyú · to fish (with a rod)
• 盘 pán · plate (of); game (of chess)
• 局 jú · game, set (measure word)
• 飞速 fēisù · at full speed, rapidly
• 顾 gù · to attend to, care about

sentences

• 冬天到了，有人去滑冰，有人去滑雪。 · Winter’s here: some people go skating, others go skiing.
• 飞机在跑道上滑行了一会儿，就飞上了天。 · The plane taxied along the runway for a while, then took off.
• 打台球，三局两胜，谁输了谁请客。 · A game of pool, best of three: loser pays for dinner.
• 他一脚把球射进了球门，解说员激动得大喊起来。 · He fired the ball into the net, and the commentator yelled with excitement.
• 射击需要耐心，体操需要勇气，也需要高超的技巧。 · Shooting takes patience; gymnastics takes courage, and superb technique too.