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@ 31047 Borrowing Money
A: 喂，張宇，我是李家強。
we´i, Zha¯ ng Yuˇ, woˇ sh`ı Lˇı Jia¯ qia´ng.
Hi, Zhang Yu. This is Li Jiaqiang.
B: 家強啊，好久沒聯繫了。你最近怎麼樣？
Jia¯ qia´ng a, haˇojiuˇ me´i lia´nx`ı le. nˇı zu`ıj`ın zeˇnmeya`ng?
Hi, Jiaqiang. It’s been a long time. How’ve you been lately?
A: 我......我，遇到點兒麻煩。
woˇ...... woˇ, yu`da`o diaˇnr ma´fan.
I...I ’ve got a bit of a problem.
B: 怎麼了？
zeˇnme le?
What’s the matter?
A: 唉，不說了。你能借我點兒錢嗎？
a¯ i, bu`
shuo¯
le. nˇı ne´ng jie`
woˇ
diaˇnr qia´n ma?
Ah, I don’t want to talk about it. Can you lend me a little money?
B: 你沒事吧？
nˇı me´ish`ı ba?
Are you OK?
A: 沒事，就是需要點兒錢。
me´ish`ı, jiu`sh`ı xu¯ ya`o diaˇnr qia´n.
I’m OK, I just need a little money.
B: 多少？
duo¯ shaˇo?
How much?
A: 兩萬。我很決就還給你。
liaˇng wa`n. woˇ
heˇn kua`i jiu`
hua´n geˇi nˇı.
Twenty thousand. I can get it back to you very quickly.
B: 嗯......
ng......
Hmm...
A: 那，你有多少？一萬，有嗎？我有急用。
na`, nˇı yoˇu duo¯ shaˇo? y¯ı wa`n, yoˇu ma? woˇ yoˇu j´ıyo`ng.
Well, do you have ten thousand? I need it really soon.
B: 五千，怎麼樣？我只有五千。
wuˇ
qia¯ n, zeˇnmeya`ng? woˇ
zhˇı yoˇu wuˇ
qia¯ n.
How about five thousand? I only have five thousand.
A: 好啊。今天贏了，我明天就還給你。
haˇo a. j¯ıntia¯ n y´ıng le, woˇ
m´ıngtia¯ n jiu`
hua´n geˇi nˇı.
OK. After I win today, I’ll get it back to you tomorrow.
B: 你說什麼？
nˇı shuo¯ she´nme?
What’d you say?
---Key Vocabulary---
聯繫 lia´nx`ı to contact
遇到 yu`da`o to encounter
麻煩 ma´fan trouble
借 jie` to lend
沒事 me´ish`ı no problem
需要 xu¯ ya`o to need
還 hua´n to return
急用 j´ıyo`ng an urgent need
贏 y´ıng to win
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
尷尬 ga¯ nga` awkward
碰見 pe`ngjia`n to run into unexpect- edly
通常 to¯ ngcha´ng often
討價還價 taˇojia`hua´njia` to haggle
答應 da¯ y`ıng to respond to
自工 ce´ngj¯ıng ever
留學 liu´xue´ to study abroad
直接 zh´ıjie¯ directly
工歷 j¯ıngl`ı experience
賭博 duˇbo´ to gamble
欠錢 qia`nqia´n to owe money
信用 x`ınyo`ng credit
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