Yajie: It’s a sports week on Chinese Studio.  Welcome to the show everyone, wo shi Yajie.Chris: And wo shi Chris.  Yajie, today we are going to focus more on playing sports.Yajie: Let’s start with Key Words of the Day.

*********************Key Words of the Day Baseball diamond 棒球场(bang4qiu2 chang3); basketball court, 篮球场(lan2qiu2 chang3); soccer pitch足球场(zu2qiu2 chang3), Is there a soccer pitch near here? 这儿附近有足球场吗?(zhe3er fu4jin4 you3 zu2qiu2 chang3 ma?) Where can I find a basketball court? 哪儿有篮球场?(Nar3 you3 lan2qiu2 chang3?) All in today’s Chinese Studio.*********************

Yajie: our first word today is 棒球场(bang4qiu2 chang3), baseball diamond. Chris: 棒球场(bang4qiu2 chang3)Yajie: 棒球, as we learned yesterday, is baseball.Chris: 棒球. Yajie: 场 (chang3), the third tone. It means field. Chris: 场 (chang3)Yajie: 棒球场(bang4qiu2 chang3), baseball diamond.Chris: 棒球场(bang4qiu2 chang3), baseball diamond.Yajie: next comes篮球场(lan2qiu2 chang3) basketball court. Chris: 篮球场(lan2qiu2 chang3). As basketball is 篮球(lan2qiu2 ), right?  Yajie: exactly. 篮球(lan2qiu2). And court here also is 场(chang3)in Chinese. So it’s 篮球场(lan2qiu2 chang3)Chris: 篮球场(lan2qiu2 chang3) basketball court. Yajie: Now… Chris, I guess you now might know the Chinese for soccer pitch…Chris: Well… Let me see… I know soccer in Chinese is 足球 (zu2qiu2)Yajie: Right. 足球 (zu2qiu2).Chris: So I think soccer pitch would be 足球场 (zu2qiu2 chang3). correct? Yajie: Very good, Chris. 足球场 (zu2qiu2 chang3), soccer pitch. Now let’s have a quick review with our listeners. Baseball diamond is 棒球场(bang4qiu2 chang3). Chris: 棒球场(bang4qiu2 chang3).Yajie: basketball court, 篮球场(lan2qiu2 chang3)Chris: 篮球场(lan2qiu2 chang3)Yajie: soccer pitch足球场(zu2qiu2 chang3)Chris: 足球场(zu2qiu2 chang3)

Conversation 1:

Chris: Yajie… Is there a soccer pitch near here?Yajie: I’m not sure. How about asking someone else for help?Chris: Not without telling me the Chinese for this question…Yajie: Ok, you can say 这儿附近有足球场吗?(zhe3er fu4jin4 you3 zu2qiu2 chang3 ma?)Chris: 这儿附近有足球场吗?(zhe3er fu4jin4 you3 zu2qiu2 chang3 ma?)Yajie: 这儿(zhe4er), here. Chris: 这儿(zhe4er)Yajie: 附近 (fu4jin4), nearby, in the vicinity of somewhere.  Chris: 附近 (fu4jin4), both in the fourth tone. Yajie: 有 (you3), to have. Chris: 有 (you3)Yajie: 足球场(zu2qiu2 chang3), soccer pitch. Chris: 足球场(zu2qiu2 chang3)Yajie: 吗 (ma), a question mark. Chris: 吗 (ma)Yajie: 这儿附近有足球场吗?(zhe3er fu4jin4 you3 zu2qiu2 chang3 ma?)Chris: 这儿附近有足球场吗?(zhe3er fu4jin4 you3 zu2qiu2 chang3 ma?) Is there a soccer pitch near here?

Conversation 2:

Chris: Where can I find a basketball court? Yajie, how do I say that in Chinese?Yajie: it’s 哪儿有篮球场?(Nar3 you3 lan2qiu2 chang3?)Chris: 哪儿有篮球场?(Nar3 you3 lan2qiu2 chang3?)Yajie: Where, 哪儿 (nar3)Chris: 哪儿 (nar3)Yajie: 有 (you3), to have. Y-o-u, the third tone. Chris: 有 (you3)Yajie: 篮球场(lan2qiu2 chang3), basketball courtChris: 篮球场(lan2qiu2 chang3)Yajie: 哪儿有篮球场?(Nar3 you3 lan2qiu2 chang3?) Where can I find a basketball court? Chris: 哪儿有篮球场?(Nar3 you3 lan2qiu2 chang3?)

Conversation 3:

Yajie: That wraps up today’s show. But don’t forget to answer our question of the day.Chris: How do you say, “Is there a soccer pitch near here” in Chinese?Yajie: Zai jian. Chris: Zai jian!