The referee scandal

The lesson’s vocabulary

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• 决赛
  juésài

  finals (of a competition)

• 裁判
  cáipàn

  (law) to judge; to adjudicate; (sports) to referee

• 录像
  lùxiàng

  to videotape; to videorecord; video recording

• 球员
  qiúyuán

  (ball sports) player; team member

• 根本
  gēnběn

  fundamental; basic; root

• 犯规
  fànguī

  to break the rules; an illegality; a foul

• 刚好
  gānghǎo

  just; exactly; to happen to be

• 恰好
  qiàhǎo

  as it turns out; by lucky coincidence

• 莫非
  mòfēi

  can it be possible that; could it be

• 操纵
  cāozòng

  to operate; to control; to rig

• 现成
  xiànchéng

  ready-made; readily available

• 可疑
  kěyí

  suspicious; dubious

• 教练
  jiàoliàn

  instructor; sports coach; to coach

• 责任
  zérèn

  responsibility; duty

• 状态
  zhuàngtài

  condition; state

• 新人
  xīnrén

  newcomer; new recruit; newlywed, esp. new bride

• 经理
  jīnglǐ

  manager; director

• 俱乐部
  jùlèbù

  (loanword) club (the organization or its premises)

• 尊重
  zūnzhòng

  to esteem; to respect; to honor

• 抗议
  kàngyì

  to protest; protest

• 记者
  jìzhě

  reporter; journalist

• 欺负
  qīfu

  to bully

• 球迷
  qiúmí

  fan (ball sports)

• 失去
  shīqù

  to lose

• 冠军
  guànjūn

  champion

• 道歉
  dàoqiàn

  to apologize

• 期待
  qīdài

  to look forward to; to await; expectation

• 毁
  huǐ

  to destroy; to ruin; to defame

• 联盟
  liánméng

  alliance; union; coalition

• 投诉
  tóusù

  to lodge a complaint

• 愤怒
  fènnù

  angry; indignant; wrath

• 致使
  zhìshǐ

  to cause; to result in

• 使得
  shǐde

  to make; to cause; usable

• 不得不
  bùdébù

  have no choice or option but to; cannot but; have to

• 表态
  biǎotài

  to declare one's position; to say where one stands

• 调查
  diàochá

  to investigate; to survey; investigation

• 真相
  zhēnxiàng

  the truth about sth; the actual facts

• 不像话
  bùxiànghuà

  unreasonable; shocking; outrageous

The lesson’s grammar

• 好你个X! and X到Y头上来了: indignation

  好你个 + N！ ｜ V + 到 + Y + 头上来了

• 早(也)不X，晚(也)不X: “not sooner, not later”

  早(也)不 + V，晚(也)不 + V，偏偏 / 恰好 + the awkward moment

• 放着X不Y: leaving X alone and not doing Y

  放着 + X (good option) + 不 + V，(偏)要 / 去 + Y

• 刚好 and 恰好: just right, as it happened

  S + 刚好 / 恰好 + V ｜ 刚好 / 恰好 + size, number, moment

• 被 / 叫 / 让……给V and 把……给V: 给 before the verb

  O + 被 / 叫 / 让 + agent + 给 + V + complement ｜ S + 把 + O + 给 + V + complement

• 莫非: could it be that…?

  莫非 + hypothesis + (不成/吗)？

• 致使 / 使得: cause, result in

  Cause + 致使/使得 + O + V/Adj