Intermediate - Beauty Pagaent: It’s a Mess (C0881)

A: 佳佳，怎么了？
Jiājia, zěnme le?
Jiajia, what’s the matter?

B: 我不想继续比赛了。
wǒ bù xiǎng jı̀xù bı̌sài le.
I don’t want to continue with the competition.

A: 记者都是乱写的，没人会相信他们。
jı̀zhě dōu shı̀ luàn xiě de, méirén huı̀ xiāngxı̀n tāmen.
These reporters are all writing made-up stuff. No one will
believe them.

B: 我心里很难受。真后悔参加这个比赛！
wǒ xı̄nlı̌ hěn nánshòu. zhēn hòuhuı̌ cānjiā zhège bı̌sài.
I get so upset. I really regret entering this contest.

A: 你别这么想，这个机会多好啊！
nı̌ bié zhème xiǎng, zhège jı̄huı̀ duō hǎo a!
Don’t think like that, this is such a great opportunity!

B: 如果我继续比赛，他们可能写得更过分。我真的
不想比了。

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 rúguǒ wǒ jı̀xù bı̌sài, tāmen kěnéng xiě de gèng guòfèn. wǒ
zhēnde bù xiǎng bı̌ le.
If I continue on in the pageant, they’ll probably write even
worse things about me. I really don’t want to compete.

A: 放弃太可惜了！
fàngqı̀ tài kěxı̄ le!
Giving up would be such a shame!

B: 你别劝我了。你不知道选美有多乱，多复杂，我
受不了了！
nı̌ bié quàn wǒ le. nı̌ bù zhı̄dào xuǎnměi yǒu duōluàn, duō
fùzá, wǒ shòubuliǎo le!
Quit telling me what to do. You have no idea how ugly and
messy a beauty pageant is. I can’t take it anymore!

A: 好吧，你自己决定吧。
hǎo ba, nı̌ zı̀jı̌ juédı̀ng ba.
All right, you make the decision.

B: 我已经决定了。
wǒ yı̌jı̄ng juédı̀ng le.
I have already decided.

Key Vocabulary

继续 jı̀xù to continue

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 比赛 bı̌sài competition

相信 xiāngxı̀n to believe

难受 nánshòu troubled

后悔 hòuhuı̌ to regret

参加 cānjiā to participate

机会 jı̄huı̀ opportunity

过分 guòfèn over the top

放弃 fàngqı̀ to give up

可惜 kěxı̄ a pity

劝 quàn to advise

复杂 fùzá complicated

受不了 shòubuliǎo to be unable to bear it

决定 juédı̀ng to decide

Supplementary Vocabulary

简单 jiǎndān simple

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 受得了 shòudeliǎo to be able to bear

坚持 jiānchı́ to stick with something

安慰 ānwèi to comfort

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