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@ 30797 Behind the Scenes at the Beauty Pageant
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A: 真是太不公平了！
zhe¯ nsh`ı ta`i bu` go¯ ngp´ıng le!
It’s really so unfair!
B: 怎麼了？
zeˇnme le?
What’s wrong?
A: 那個劉佳，被贊助商包了。
na`ge Liu´
Jia¯ , be`i za`nzhu`
sha¯ ng ba¯ o le.
That Liu Jia, she’s involved with a sponsor.
B: 啊？你是怎麼知道的？
aˇ? nˇı sh`ı zeˇnme zh¯ıda`o de?
Huh? How do you know?
A: 你別管我是怎麼知道的，總之這事肯定沒錯。
nˇı bie´
guaˇn woˇ
sh`ı zeˇnme zh¯ıda`o de, zoˇngzh¯ı zhe`
sh`ı keˇn-
d`ıng me´icuo`.
Don’t concern yourself with how I know. All I know is that I’m definitely not wrong.
B: 沒想到她為了拿冠軍，什麼事都做得出來。
me´ixiaˇngda`o ta¯ chu¯ lai.
we`ile na´
gua`nju¯ n, she´nme sh`ı do¯ u zuo` de
I never thought that she would be willing to sell herself for the sake of winning the title.
A: 真不要臉！
zhe¯ n bu`ya`oliaˇn!
It’s really shameful.
B: 有贊助商幫她，我們肯定沒希望了。
yoˇu za`nzhu` sha¯ ng ba¯ ng ta¯ , woˇmen keˇnd`ıng me´i x¯ıwa`ng le.
If she has a supporter helping her, we definitely have no hope.
A: 不行！我一定要讓大家知道內幕。
bu`x´ıng! woˇ
y¯ıd`ıng ya`o ra`ng da`jia¯
zh¯ıda`o ne`imu`.
No way! I have to let everyone know what is going on behind the scenes.
B: 對！我們不能被她欺負。
du`ı! woˇmen bu`ne´ng be`i ta¯ q¯ıfu.
Yes! We can’t be trodden on by her.
A: 我現在就打電話給記者。
woˇ
xia`nza`i jiu`
daˇ
dia`nhua`
geˇi j`ızheˇ.
I’m going to call a reporter right now.
B: 哼！劉佳，咱們走著瞧吧。
he¯ ng! Liu´ Jia¯ , za´nmen zoˇu zhe qia´o ba.
Hmph! Liu Jia, we’ll see how things go for you!
---Key Vocabulary---
公平 go¯ ngp´ıng fair
贊助商 za`nzhu` sha¯ ng sponsor
包 ba¯ o to support a mistress
管 guaˇn to be concerned with
總之 zoˇngzh¯ı in a word
肯定 keˇnd`ıng certainly
沒想到 me´ixiaˇngda`o to not realize
冠軍 gua`nju¯ n champion
做得出來 zuo` de chu¯ lai to be able to do
不要臉 bu`ya`oliaˇn to have no shame
希望 x¯ıwa`ng hope
內幕 ne`imu` inside story
欺負 q¯ıfu to pick on
記者 j`ızheˇ reporter
走著瞧 zoˇu zhe qia´o wait and see
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
二奶 e`rnaˇi mistress
失望 sh¯ıwa`ng disappointed
做不出來 zuo` bu chu¯ lai to be unable to do
想不到 xiaˇng bu da`o to not realize
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