English about sports)

Dialog: Do you like playing badminton?

Today we are talking about the essential English for "playing badminton". Come and learn it. Maybe you will soon have the opportunity to invite foreign friends to confront you.

1. Reserve a site
Is any badminton court available at 3 this afternoon? I wanna book one.
Are there any badminton venues at three o'clock P.M. today? I want to make a reservation.

2. Stretch, warm up warm-up
Prepare for any exercise. Stretch refers to stretching, and warm up is warm-up. Let's do some stretch first. Or we 'd better warm up first.

3. Wise up, mate! /Concentrate!
If your peer, that is, your partner, makes no mistakes during the competition, and messed up everything, you don't have to endure it. You can say "wise up, mate! (Be smart, buddy !)" Or "concentrate! (Concentrate !)"

4. Sorry boss, my fault./Sorry brother, my bad.
It is easy to know whether mistakes can be changed. Boss and brother are more vocal than mate.

5. No worries buddy. It's OK./That's a good try.
It is a fine tradition of the Chinese nation. When your peer says sorry, you will certainly say, "No worries, buddy, it's OK. "He was not even comforted:" That's a good try. "-- the one you shot just now (although the referee may have been hurt) is very creative!

6. It's me./Me./I'll get it./I'll take it./It's mine.
In the doubles competition, if you are in a good position and want to pick up the ball, you want to express the Chinese character "this ball is mine" or "I will pick it up ", just say "it's me" to your companion, or yell "me. Of course, if you have plenty of time, you can say "I'll get it" slowly, as foreigners can understand. "It's mine" is rarely used by foreigners.

7. Gotcha!
If you lie to your opponent when playing a game, and the ball returns to a place unexpected to your opponent, you can yell "Gotcha !", It means "(I 've) Got you! Lie to you !" I don't know if you can remember the movie "when the little devil is in the house". After the hacker escaped with a toy water gun, he smiled and said "Gotcha !". If you are joking, you can say "Gotcha! Lie to you !"

8. Well done./Nice shot! /Terrific! /Wonderful! /Incredible! /Fabulous!
You must encourage your peers, and praise your competitors. Incredible, fabulous, unbelievable, and other words are frequently used in Chinese translation. They can't beat any of them. They are all called Incredible. If your opponent is beginner, every ball you play is incredible, and all of you are unbelievable. Therefore, you do not need to be stingy with the use of these words. When a foreigner hears this, his face smiles and he will never say, "Pass the award, pass the award ."

9. Well done, good game, mate./You took me easily./You kicked my ass again.
After the game is over, I lose the ball and want to show my demeanor: Well done, mate, good game. It means you lose badly: You took me easily; what a wipeout! I always lose in my close friend. You can say: you kicked my ass again; you can even joke about him: I won't see your face in the court!

10. Just lucky./Just the beginner's luck, you are better though.
If you win the game, you can say that you are lucky enough to win the game. By the way, you can praise each other for "you are actually amazing ".

11. Again, rematch
Foreigners have good physical strength and often fail to be convinced. "Again? /Do you wanna a rematch? (Another disk ?)"
Never answer yes/sure/pleasure. If so, you're in hot water. (If so, you're unlucky .) We can't do it alone.

12. I'm out of steam already, how about next time? /It's enough for me, let's call it a day.
"I really cannot do it. Next time. /I am very tired. So far today ." "Let's call it a day" is also commonly used in learning scenarios. Professor: That's all for today. let's call it a day. after the group discussion, the team lead said, "let's call it a day. (That's it today .)"

*
......
[Read the full text]