Elementary - Beijing Olympics: Opening Ceremony (B0287)
北京奥运会什么时候开幕？
Běijīng Aòyùnhuì shénme shíhou kāimù ？
When do the Beijing Olympic Games start?
2008年8月8号。
èrlínglíngbā nián bā yuè bā hào 。
August 8th, 2008.
开幕式一定很精彩。
kāimùshì yīdìng hěn jīngcǎi 。
The opening ceremony is going to be amazing.
现在开始售票了吗？
xiànzài kāishǐ shòupiào le ma ？
Have they already started selling tickets?
还没有。明年上半年才开始。
hái méiyǒu 。míngnián shàngbànnián cái kāishǐ 。
Not yet. They will start selling tickets the first half of next year.
Vocabulary
| 北京奥运会 | Běijīng Aòyùnhuì | Beijing Olympics |
| 什么时候 | shénme shíhou | when |
| 开幕 | kāimù | to begin |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 月 | yuè | month |
| 号 | hào | date |
| 开幕式 | kāimùshì | opening ceremony |
| 一定 | yīdìng | certainly |
| 精彩 | jīngcǎi | wonderful |
| 现在 | xiànzài | now |
| 开始 | kāishǐ | to begin |
| 售票 | shòupiào | to sell tickets |
| 还 | hái | still |
| 明年 | míngnián | next year |
| 上半年 | shàngbànnián | first half of the year |
| 才 | cái | only |
| 闭幕 | bìmù | to close |
| 闭幕式 | bìmùshì | closing ceremony |
| 发言 | fāyán | to send a letter |
| 节目 | jiémù | program |
| 火炬 | huǒjù | torch |
| 传递 | chuándì | to transmit |
| 预订 | yùdìng | to reserve |
| 订票 | dìngpiào | to issue tickets |
| 错过 | cuòguò | miss |