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@ 30636 Death by Ninja
A: 這個Peter, 我一定要好好教訓他！喂，要你幫個忙。有個加拿大人， 我不想再看到他了。明白嗎？
zhe`ge Peter, woˇ y¯ıd`ıng ya`o haˇoha¯ o jia`oxun ta¯ ! we`i, ya`o nˇı
ba¯ ng ge ma´ng. yoˇu ge Jia¯ na´da`
re´n, woˇ
bu`
xiaˇng za`i ka`nda`o
ta¯ le. m´ıngbai ma?
That Peter... I really have to teach him a lesson. Hello? I need your help. There’s a Canadian I don’t ever want to see again. You get my drift?
B: 明白了。我們忍者辦事，你放心。
m´ıngbai le. woˇmen Reˇnzheˇ ba`nsh`ı, nˇı fa`ngx¯ın.
I get it. We ninjas will take care of it. Relax.
A: 那我等你的好消息。
na`
woˇ
deˇng nˇı de haˇo xia¯ oxi.
Then I’ll wait for the good news.
A: 喂，Peter。
we`i, Peter.
Hello, Peter.
C: 哎，李經理，貨發出來了嗎？
a¯ i, Lˇı j¯ınglˇı, huo`
fa¯
chu¯ lai le ma?
Ah, Mr. Li. Have you shipped yet?
A: 下星期就發。
xia`x¯ıngq¯ı jiu` fa¯ .
We’ll ship next week.
C: 哦，請你快一點。
o, qˇıng nˇı kua`i y¯ıdiaˇn.
Oh, please be a little faster.
A: 我可以快。只可惜你看不到了。
woˇ keˇyˇı kua`i. zhˇı keˇx¯ı nˇı ka`nbuda`o le.
I can be fast. Too bad you won’t be around to see it.
C: 為什麼？你什麼意思？
we`ishe´nme? nˇı she´nme y`ısi?
Why not? What’s that supposed to mean?
A: Peter, 你不懂規矩。你自己覺得呢？
Peter, nˇı bu` doˇng gu¯ıju. nˇı z`ıjˇı jue´de ne?
Peter, you don’t understand the rules. Don’t you think so?
C: 我不明白你的意思。我沒有做錯什麼啊。
woˇ
bu`
m´ıngbai nˇı de y`ısi. woˇ
me´iyoˇu zuo`cuo`
she´nme a.
I don’t know what you mean. I didn’t do anything wrong.
A: 哎，你怎麼還是不懂呢？你會後悔的。
a¯ i, nˇı zeˇnme ha´ishi bu` doˇng ne? nˇı hu`ı ho`uhuˇı de.
Ah, you still don’t get it, do you? You’re going to regret that.
C: 我才不怕你。喂？啊！忍者！
woˇ
ca´i bu`
pa`
nˇı. we`i? a`! Reˇnzheˇ!
I’m not afraid of you. Hello? Augh! Ninjas!
A: 哈、哈、哈……。
ha¯ , ha¯ , ha¯ .......
Ha ha ha...
---Key Vocabulary---
好好 haˇoha¯ o thoroughly; carefully
教訓 jia`oxun to teach a lesson
忍者 Reˇnzheˇ ninja
辦事 ba`nsh`ı to handle things
可惜 keˇx¯ı a pity
懂 doˇng to understand
規矩 gu¯ıju rule
後悔 ho`uhuˇı to regret
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
殺手 sha¯ shoˇu hit-man; killer
黑社會 he¯ ishe`hu`ı criminal underworld
得罪 de´zu`ı to offend
恐嚇 koˇnghe` to threaten
言口 jˇıngga`o to warn
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