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@ 30557 She's Easy
A: 我昨天看到依依了。她的男朋友是不是年紀挺大
的？
woˇ zuo´tia¯ n ka`nda`o Y¯ıyi le. ta¯ de na´npe´ngyou sh`ıbush`ı nia´n-
j`ı tˇıng da` de?
I saw Yiyi yesterday. Her boyfriend is quite elderly, isn’t he?
B: 你說哪一個呀？ 她男朋友多了， 什麼年紀的都
有。你在哪裡看到她的？
nˇı shuo¯
naˇy¯ıge ya¯ ? ta¯
na´npe´ngyou duo¯
le, she´nme nia´nj`ı
de do¯ u yoˇu. nˇı za`i naˇli ka`nda`o ta¯ de?
Which one are you talking about? She has so many boyfriends, one of every age. Where did you see her?
A: 商店裡。她從頭到腳都是名牌，手裡還鈴著大包
小包呢。
sha¯ ngdia`n lˇı. ta¯ co´ngto´uda`ojiaˇo do¯ u sh`ı m´ıngpa´i, shoˇulˇı ha´i
l¯ın zhe da`ba¯ oxiaˇoba¯ o ne.
In a shop. She was wearing brand-name clothing from head to toe. Her hands were full of bags.
B: 噢，怪不得和老男人在一起，原來是去血拼。
o, gua`ibude he´
laˇo na´nre´n za`i y¯ıqˇı, yua´nla´i sh`ı qu`
xieˇp¯ın.
Oh, no wonder she was with an old guy–it’s because she went on a shopping spree.
A: 她好像很隨便。前幾天在酒吧，我還看到她和一個小白臉在一起。
ta¯
haˇoxia`ng heˇn su´ıbia`n. qia´njˇıtia¯ n za`i jiuˇba¯ , woˇ
ha´i ka`nda`o
ta¯
he´
y¯ı ge xiaˇoba´iliaˇn za`i y¯ıqˇı.
It’s seems like she’s pretty easy. A few days ago at the bar I also saw her with a young, good-looking guy.
B: 她就是這樣。身邊的男人一天換一個。總之她有
什麼需求，就會找什麼樣的男人。
ta¯ jiu`sh`ı zhe`ya`ng. she¯ nbia¯ n de na´nre´n y¯ı tia¯ n hua`n y¯ı ge.
zoˇngzh¯ı ta¯ na´nre´n.
yoˇu she´nme xu¯ qiu´, jiu`
hu`ı zhaˇo she´nmeya`ng de
That’s so like her. She changes her men by the day. Ba- sically, what ever whim she has, she’ll go after that kind of guy.
A: 這種女人真恐怖。你認識她多久了？
zhe`zhoˇng nuˇ¨ re´n zhe¯ n koˇngbu`. nˇı re`nshi ta¯
duo¯ jiuˇ
le?
That kind of woman is really scary. How long have you know her?
B: 大學就認識。她那時候就是這樣，今天找同學，
明天找老闆。
da`xue´
jiu`
re`nshi. ta¯
na`sh´ıshou jiu`sh`ı zhe`ya`ng, j¯ıntia¯ n zhaˇo
to´ngxue´, m´ıngtia¯ n zhaˇo laˇobaˇn.
I knew her back in university. She was like that then – today she was chasing a student, the next day a boss.
A: 哎，她有工作嗎？
a¯ i, ta¯
yoˇu go¯ ngzuo`
ma?
Wow, does she work?
B: 她才不需要呢。反正有人養。
ta¯
ca´i bu`
xu¯ ya`o ne. faˇnzhe`ng yoˇure´n yaˇng.
She doesn’t need to. Anyway, she has people to pay her way.
---Key Vocabulary---
從頭到腳 co´ngto´uda`ojiaˇo from head to foot
名牌 m´ıngpa´i brandname
鈴 l¯ın to carry
怪不得 gua`ibude no wonder
血拼 xieˇp¯ın shopping spree
隨便 su´ıbia`n easy; promiscuous
小白臉 xiaˇoba´iliaˇn male golddigger
總之 zoˇngzh¯ı basically
需求 xu¯ qiu´ demand; requirement
恐怖 koˇngbu` terrifying
反正 faˇnzhe`ng anyway
養 yaˇng to support
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
伴大款 ba`n da`kuaˇn to be with a rich man
吃軟飯 ch¯ı ruaˇnfa`n to live off of a woman
拜金 ba`ij¯ın to worship money
輕浮 q¯ıngfu´ frivolous
正經 zhe`ngjing honorable
鬼混 guˇıhu`n to fool around
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