Minisode: Expressing Disbelief (Intermediate)

Chinese Language Convo Club

A：你昨天为什么没来上课？

Nǐ zuótiān wèishéme méi lái shàngkè?

Why didn’t you come to class yesterday?

B：我感冒了。。头很疼。

Wǒ gǎnmàole.. Tóu hěn téng.

I caught a cold..my head hurts

A：那你怎么不告诉老师呢？

Nà nǐ zěnme bù gàosù lǎoshī ne?

Why didn’t you tell the teacher?

B：我怕老师会说我不认真。

Wǒ pà lǎoshī huì shuō wǒ bù rènzhēn.

I was afraid the teacher would say I’m slacking off.

A：如果是因为你生病了老师会生气才怪呢。

Rúguǒ shì yīnwèi nǐ shēngbìngle lǎoshī huì shēngqì cái guài

ne.

There’s no way the teacher would be mad if you were sick

B：有道理吧。下次我会告诉老师的。

Yǒu dàolǐ ba. Xià cì wǒ huì gàosù lǎoshī de.

That makes sense. Next time I’ll be sure to tell her.

第二对话：

A：你说你昨天赢了比赛？

Nǐ shuō nǐ zuótiān yíngle bǐsài?

You’re saying you won the game yesterday?

B：对啊！真的是我赢的。

Duì a! Zhēn de shì wǒ yíng de.

That’s right! I really won it.

A：我信你才怪！你平时都不联系。

Wǒ xìn nǐ cái guài! Nǐ píngshí dōu bù liánxì.

Like I believe you! You almost never practice.

B：哈哈。。。猜对了！其实是队友帮我很多。

Hāhā... Cāi duìle! Qíshí shì duìyǒu bāng wǒ hěnduō.

Haha..You guessed right! Actually I got a lot of help from

the team

A：哈哈。。原来如此！

Hāhā.. Yuánlái rúcǐ!

Haha..That’s what I thought!

例句：

1. 他这么懒，能按时完成作业才怪呢。

Tā zhème lǎn, néng ànshí wánchéng zuòyè cái guài ne.

He's so lazy. No way he's going to finish his homework

on time.

2. 天气这么好。今天会下雨才怪呢。

Tiānqì zhème hǎo. Jīntiān huì xià yǔ cái guài ne.

The weather's so good today. There's no way it's going

to rain.

3. 她平时都不运动。能跑完全马才怪。

Tā píngshí dōu bù yùndòng. Néng pǎo wánquán mǎ cái

guai.

She doesn't normally work out. There's no way she can

run a full marathon.

4. 那道题这么难。他一下子就会做才怪。

Nà dào tí zhème nán. Tā yīxià zǐ jiù huì zuò cái guài.

That's such a tough question. No way he can

figure it out so quickly.

Lindi: 我们下课以后你有什么计划？

Vicky: 昨天做了一个很好的梦。

我打算下课以后去买一张彩票看看是不是能中奖。

Lindi: 你能中奖才怪呢！

Vicky! 啊！别怎么说！

Lindi: Wǒmen xiàkè yǐhòu nǐ yǒu shén me jìhuà? Vicky: Zuótiān zuòle yīgè hěn hǎo de mèng. Wǒ dǎsuàn xiàkè yǐhòu qù mǎi yī zhāng cǎipiào kàn kàn shì bùshì néng zhòngjiǎng. Lindi: Nǐ néng zhòngjiǎng cái guài ne! Vicky! A! Bié zěnme shuō

Lindi: What do you plan to do after our lesson today?

Vicky: Last night I had a pretty good dream. I think I'm going to go out a buy a lottery ticket after class today and see if I win.

Lindi: No way you're going to win the lottery!

Vicky: Ah?! ..Don't say that!