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@ 30803 London
A: 倫敦好玩嗎？
Lu´ndu¯ n haˇowa´n ma?
Is London fun?
B: 太棒了！ 叉古老叉現代， 是我去過的最好的城
市。
ta`i ba`ng le! yo`u guˇlaˇo yo`u xia`nda`i, sh`ı woˇ de che´ngsh`ı.
qu`
guo de zu`ı haˇo
It’s so great! It’s both ancient and modern. It’s the best city I’ve ever been to.
C: 我覺得一般，看來看去都是差不多的東西。
woˇ
jue´de y¯ıba¯ n, ka`nla´ika`nqu`
do¯ u sh`ı cha`buduo¯
de do¯ ngxi.
I think it’s just average. Wherever you look everything is more or less the same.
B: 不會啊。臼金漢宮、大本鐘、泰晤士河、還有好多博物館，我看都看不過來。一定要再去一次。
bu`hu`ı a. Ba´ij¯ınha`ngo¯ ng, Da`beˇnzho¯ ng, Ta`iwu`sh`ıhe´, ha´iyoˇu
haˇo duo¯
bo´wu`guaˇn, woˇ
ka`n do¯ u ka`n bu guo`la´i. y¯ıd`ıng ya`o
za`i qu` y¯ı c`ı.
No way. Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, the Thames River... plus there are lots of museums. There’s no way to see it all. I have to go back again.
A: 你說的那些都是好地方。
nˇı shuo¯
de na`xie¯
do¯ u sh`ı haˇo d`ıfang.
Those are all nice places.
C: 哎，也就那樣，沒有想象中的好。而且特別貴，
門票就花了幾千塊。
a¯ i, yeˇ
jiu`
na`ya`ng, me´iyoˇu xiaˇngxia`ng zho¯ ng de haˇo.
e´rqieˇ
te`bie´
gu`ı, me´npia`o jiu`
hua¯
le jˇı qia¯ n kua`i.
Ah, they’re just places, not as good as I had imagined. Plus the admission tickets are really expensive. We spent a few thousand on tickets alone.
A: 那麼厲害！
na`me l`ıhai!
That much!
B: 可是很值得。
keˇsh`ı heˇn zh´ıde´.
But it’s really worth it.
A: 那裡的男人是不是很紳士？
na`lˇı de na´nre´n sh`ı bu sh`ı heˇn she¯ nsh`ı?
Are the men very gentlemanly there?
B: 對，什麼都是女士優先，不像我老公。
du`ı, she´nme do¯ u sh`ı nuˇ¨ sh`ı yo¯ uxia¯ n, bu`
xia`ng woˇ
laˇogo¯ ng.
Yes, they all let ladies go first, not like my husband.
C: 我真搞不懂你為什麼那麼喜歡倫敦？天氣叉差，
東西叉難吃。
woˇ zhe¯ n gaˇo bu doˇng nˇı we`ishe´nme na`me xˇıhuan Lu´ndu¯ n?
tia¯ nq`ı yo`u cha`, do¯ ngxi yo`u na´nch¯ı.
I really can’t get why you like London so much. The weather is terrible. And the food is awful.
A: 你們吃什麼了？
nˇımen ch¯ı she´nme le?
What did you eat?
B: 炸魚和薯條。
zha´yu´
he´
shuˇtia´o.
Fish and chips.
C: 難吃死了。
na´nch¯ı sˇı le.
Totally disgusting.
B: 跟你旅遊真沒勁。
ge¯ n nˇı lu¨ˇyo´u zhe¯ n me´ij`ın.
Traveling with you is so boring.
---Key Vocabulary---
倫敦 Lu´ndu¯ n London
古老 guˇlaˇo ancient
現代 xia`nda`i modern
一般 y¯ıba¯ n average
看來看去 ka`nla´ika`nqu` to look around
臼金漢宮 Ba´ij¯ınha`ngo¯ ng Buckingham Palace
大本鐘 Da`beˇnzho¯ ng Big Ben
泰晤士河 Ta`iwu`sh`ıhe´ Thames River
博物館 bo´wu`guaˇn museum
看不過來 ka`n bu guo`la´i to be unable to see ev-
erything
門票 me´npia`o ticket
厲害 l`ıhai amazing
值得 zh´ıde´ worth
紳士 she¯ nsh`ı gentleman
優先 yo¯ uxia¯ n priority
搞不懂 gaˇo bu doˇng to not get it
炸魚 zha´yu´ deep fried fish
薯條 shuˇtia´o french fries
沒勁 me´ij`ın uninteresting
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
倫敦塔 Lu´ndu¯ ntaˇ Tower of London
倫敦眼 Lu´ndu¯ nyaˇn London Eye
倫敦橋 Lu´ndu¯ nqia´o London Bridge
大英博物
館
Da`y¯ıng bo´wu`- guaˇn
British Museum
女王 nuˇ¨ wa´ng queen
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