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@ 31157 City Mumbai
A: 你去盂買旅遊啊？
nˇı qu`
Me`ngmaˇi luˇ¨ yo´u a?
You’re going to Mumbai?
B: 是啊。你呢？
sh`ı a. nˇı ne?
Yeah. How about you?
A: 我也是。看了電影，所以想去看看。
woˇ
yeˇ
sh`ı. ka`n le dia`nyˇıng, suoˇyˇı xiaˇng qu`
ka`nkan.
Me, too. I saw it in a movie, so I thought I’d like to check it out.
B: 我以前去過一次。
woˇ
yˇıqia´n qu`
guo y¯ı c`ı.
I’ve been once before.
A: 是嗎？盂買怎麼樣？
sh`ı ma? Me`ngmaˇi zeˇnmeya`ng ?
Really? How was Mumbai?
B: 很繁華，是印度的金融中心。城市挺漂亮的，有條河，很像上海的外灘。
heˇn fa´nhua´, sh`ı Y`ındu` de j¯ınro´ng zho¯ ngx¯ın. che´ngsh`ı tˇıng
pia`oliang de, yoˇu tia´o he´, heˇn xia`ng Sha`nghaˇi de Wa`ita¯ n.
Very prosperous– it’s India’s financial center. The city is really beautiful. It has a river. It’s a lot like Shanghai’s Bund.
A: 入和車都很多吧？
re´n he´
che¯
do¯ u heˇn duo¯
ba?
Probably a lot of people and cars, huh?
B: 特別多，路上挺亂的，不過很熱鬧。
te`bie´
duo¯ , lu`shang tˇıng lua`n de, bu`guo`
heˇn re`nao.
Yes! The roads are pretty chaotic, but it’s fun and lively.
A: 街上有沒有入跳舞？
jie¯ shang yoˇu me´iyoˇu re´n tia`owuˇ?
Are there people dancing in the street?
B: 啊喲，那是電影。不過盂買是寶萊塢的基地。你
可以去看他們現場拍電影I
a¯ yo¯ , na`
sh`ı dia`nyˇıng. bu`guo`
Me`ngmaˇi sh`ı Baˇola´iwu`
de j¯ıd`ı.
nˇı keˇyˇı qu` ka`n ta¯ men xia`nchaˇng pa¯ i dia`nyˇıng!
Oh, come on! That’s just in the movies. But Mumbai is where Bollywood is based. You can go watch them filming movies!
A: 其實我最想吃正宗的印度菜。
q´ısh´ı woˇ
zu`ı xiaˇng ch¯ı zhe`ngzo¯ ng de Y`ındu`
ca`i.
Actually, the thing I’d like to do most is eat some authentic Indian food.
B: 實在太好吃了。我推薦一些地方給你吧。
sh´ıza`i ta`i haˇoch¯ı le. woˇ
tu¯ıjia`n y¯ıxie¯
d`ıfang geˇi nˇı ba.
Oh, it’s just so good. How about I recommend a few places for you?
A: 好啊。哎，到盂買我請你吃飯吧I
haˇoa¯ . a¯ i, da`o Me`ngmaˇi woˇ qˇıng nˇı ch¯ıfa`n ba!
Great. Hey, why don’t I take you out to dinner when we get to Mumbai!
B: 好的。
haˇo de.
Sure.
---Key Vocabulary---
盂買 Me`ngmaˇi Mumbai
旅遊 luˇ¨ yo´u to travel
繁華 fa´nhua´ flourishing
金融中心 j¯ınro´ng zho¯ ngx¯ın financial center
印度 Y`ındu` India
外灘 Wa`ita¯ n the Bund (a scenic spot in Shanghai)
亂 lua`n chaotic
熱鬧 re`nao lively
寶萊塢 Baˇola´iwu` Bollywood
基地 j¯ıd`ı base
現場 xia`nchaˇng on the scene
拍電影 pa¯ i dia`nyˇıng to shoot a movie
正宗 zhe`ngzo¯ ng authentic, orthodox
推薦 tu¯ıjia`n to recommend
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
好萊塢 Haˇola´iwu` Hollywood
繁體字 fa´ntˇız`ı traditional characters
場地 chaˇngd`ı site
浪漫 la`ngma`n romantic
《貧民窟
P´ınm´ınku¯
de baˇi-
Slumdog Millionaire
的百萬富
翁》
wa`n fu`we¯ ng
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