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@ 31059 Not So Silent Night
A: 寶貝，平安夜想去哪兒玩兒？
baˇobe`ir, p´ıng a¯ n ye`
xiaˇng qu`
naˇr wa´nr?
Where do you want to go on Christmas Eve, babe?
B: 去教堂吧！
qu` jia`ota´ng ba!
Let’s go to church!
A: 教堂不好玩兒。我們去酒吧吧！
jia`ota´ng bu`
haˇowa´nr. woˇmen qu`
jiuˇba¯
ba!
Church is no fun. Let’s go to a bar!
B: 教堂有聖誕節目。唱歌、表演，什麼都有。
jia`ota´ng yoˇu she`ngda`n jie´mu`. cha`ngge¯ , biaˇoyaˇn, she´nme do¯ u yoˇu.
There’s a Christmas program at the church. There’s singing, performances– they’ve got it all.
A: 我還是想去酒吧，熱鬧。想怎麼瘋就怎麼瘋。
woˇ
ha´ish`ı xiaˇng qu`
jiuˇba¯ , re`nao. xiaˇng zeˇnme fe¯ ng jiu`
zeˇn-
me fe¯ ng.
I’d still rather go to a bar. It’s livelier. You can be as crazy as you like.
B: 可是教堂有氣氛，酒吧什麼時候不能去啊？
keˇsh`ı jia`ota´ng yoˇu q`ıfen, jiuˇba¯ a?
she´nme sh´ıhou bu`
ne´ng qu`
But there’s a great atmosphere at church. Can’t you go to a bar anytime you want?
A: 這倒是。那走吧！
zhe`
da`o sh`ı. na`
zoˇu ba!
That’s true, actually. Let’s go, then!
B: 哇，這麼多人啊。看來進不去了。
wa, zhe`me duo¯
re´n a. ka`nlai j`ın bu qu`
le.
Oh, there’s so many people! Looks like we can’t get in.
A: 只好去酒吧了。
zhˇıhaˇo qu`
jiuˇba¯
le.
Well then, we can only go to a bar.
A: 啊？200塊門票，搶錢啊！
aˇ? liaˇngbaˇi kua`i me´npia`o, qiaˇngqia´n a!
Agh! 200 yuan to get in? It’s highway robbery!
B: 哎，我們還是去逛街吧。
a`i, woˇmen ha´ish`ı qu`
gua`ng jie¯
ba.
Ah, let’s just stroll around and go window-shopping.
---Key Vocabulary---
平安夜 p´ıng a¯ n ye` Christmas Eve
教堂 jia`ota´ng church
酒吧 jiuˇba¯ bar
節目 jie´mu` program
表演 biaˇoyaˇn to perform
熱鬧 re`nao lively
瘋 fe¯ ng crazy
氣氛 q`ıfen atmosphere
看來 ka`nlai apparently
進不去 j`ın bu qu` to be unable to enter
只好 zhˇıhaˇo to have to
門票 me´npia`o ticket
搶錢 qiaˇngqia´n highway robbery
逛街 gua`ng jie¯ to go window shopping
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
發生 fa¯ she¯ ng to happen
樣樣都有 ya`ngya`ngdo¯ u- yoˇu
there are all kinds
中央電視
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Zho¯ ngya¯ ngdia`n- sh`ıta´i
CCTV
同意 to´ngy`ı to agree
進得去 j`ındequ` to be able to enter
自工 ce´ngj¯ıng once (in the past)
感受 gaˇnsho`u to experience
狂歡 kua´nghua¯ n carnival
約會 yue¯ hu`ı date
唱詩 cha`ngsh¯ı to sing hymns
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