Storytime: My Favorite Sport in Mandarin 🏊S0E29【CHN】我最喜欢的体育运动 episode artwork

EPISODE · May 22, 2025 · 9 MIN

Storytime: My Favorite Sport in Mandarin 🏊S0E29【CHN】我最喜欢的体育运动

from Little Mandarin: Learn Chinese through conversations

🏃‍♀️ I used to hate P.E. class—especially those awful 800-meter runs. But guess what? Now I actually enjoy working out (well, sometimes). In this episode, I’ll tell you about my favorite sport, why I love it, and how I finally made peace with exercise. 🏊‍♀️You'll also learn how to talk about sports in Mandarin: useful verbs, common nouns, and how to say what you like (or really don’t like 😅).✨ Key vocabulary and grammar are listed below—feel free to check before or after listening!Full Transcript:今天想跟你聊聊一个很生活、但也很有意思的话题:体育运动。体育运动 – sports and physical activities说实话,我小时候一点也不喜欢运动。尤其是学校的体育课。那时候每年都要测800米跑步,每次听到这个数字,我都头皮发麻。体育课 – P.E. class头皮发麻 – to feel nervous/scared (literally "scalp tingles")为了不跑步,我甚至装过肚子疼,当然,老师一点也不相信我。但奇怪的是,长大之后,我对运动的看法完全变了。装 – to pretend肚子疼 – stomachache看法 – opinion/view我开始明白,运动其实不是“被迫完成”的任务,而是我们给自己的一段时间,让身体动起来,让脑子停一停。被迫完成 – forced to finish动起来 – get moving脑子停一停 – let the brain take a break尤其是工作压力大的时候,去运动一下,不但能让你睡得更好,也能把那些乱七八糟的情绪清理一下。压力大 – under pressure乱七八糟 – messy, all over the place情绪 – emotions/mood清理 – to clean out / clear up在所有运动里,我最喜欢的就是——游泳。游泳 – swimming我喜欢游泳,是因为它非常安静。你在水里听不到别人的声音,也不会被打扰,只能听到自己的呼吸。打扰 – to disturb呼吸 – breathing你不用说话,也不用社交。对我来说,这是一种非常特别的自由。每次游完,我都觉得自己换了一个脑袋,整个人清爽得不得了。社交 – to socialize自由 – freedom清爽 – refreshed不得了 – extremely除了游泳,我还喜欢打羽毛球。这个运动特别适合两三个朋友一起玩,不用很专业,只要挥拍、跑动,就已经很好玩了。打羽毛球 – play badminton挥拍 – swing the racket跑动 – to move around而且,打羽毛球的时候可以一边聊天,一边出汗,是一种很轻松的社交运动。出汗 – to sweat轻松 – relaxed / easygoing现在越来越多的人开始去健身房,也有很多人喜欢跑步。身边有个朋友特别厉害,每年都跑马拉松,我真的是佩服得五体投地。健身房 – gym马拉松 – marathon佩服 – to admire五体投地 – with great admiration (literally: throw oneself on the ground in respect)我试过跑步,但实在坚持不了,太枯燥了。不过我也慢慢学会了一件事:每个人适合的运动方式都不一样,关键是你要找到那个你愿意一直做下去的项目。坚持 – to persist枯燥 – boring适合 – suitable项目 – (activity) program运动这件事,说简单也简单,说难也难。最难的是:坚持。我们都知道运动对身体好,也都想变健康、变有精神,可是真正能坚持每周锻炼的人,并不多。锻炼 – to work out / exercise regularly有精神 – energetic我有时候也会偷懒,一连好几个星期不运动。但只要重新开始,比如去游一次泳,或者去打一场球,我又会想起:原来运动带给我的,不只是健康,还有一种“啊,我终于做点好事给自己了”的感觉。偷懒 – to slack off一连 – in a row带给 – to bring to好事 – good thing我不知道你喜不喜欢运动,也许你跟我一样,小时候讨厌体育课,现在却慢慢开始理解它的重要。也许你一直都很喜欢某种运动,不管怎样,我希望你能找到那个让你动起来、开心起来的方式。讨厌 – to dislike理解 – to understand方式 – method, way

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