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@ 31180 Dubai
A: 老公，你看，帆船灑店！
laˇogo¯ ng, nˇı ka`n, fa¯ nchua´n jiuˇdia`n!
Look, darling, a sailboat hotel!
B: 哇，漂亮，迪拜太了不起了！
wa¯ , pia`oliang, D´ıba`i ta`i liaˇobuqˇı le!
Wow, it’s so beautiful. Dubai is amazing!
A: 海灣也好美！
haˇiwa¯ n yeˇ haˇo meˇi!
And the bay is so pretty!
B: 是啊，有石油真好。你看看他們，過得多奢侈！
sh`ı a, yoˇu sh´ıyo´u zhe¯ n haˇo. nˇı ka`n kan ta¯ men, guo` she¯ chˇı!
de duo¯
Yeah. Oil is great, that’s for sure. Look at them. They live so extravagantly.
A: 可是我覺得太高級、太現代了。沒有什麼傳統的
阿拉伯文化。
keˇsh`ı woˇ jue´de ta`i ga¯ oj´ı, ta`i xia`nda`i le. me´iyoˇu she´nme
chua´ntoˇng de A¯ la¯ bo´
we´nhua`.
But I think it’s too high-class, too modernized. It doesn’t really have any traditional Arabian culture.
B: 怎麼沒有？你看，本地女人穿得多傳統！還有，
到處都是清真寺，比便利店還多。
zeˇnme me´iyoˇu? nˇı ka`n, beˇnd`ı nuˇ¨ re´n chua¯ n de duo¯
chua´n-
toˇng! ha´iyoˇu, da`ochu` duo¯ .
do¯ u sh`ı q¯ıngzhe¯ ns`ı, bˇı bia`nl`ıdia`n hua´i
What are you talking about! The local ladies dress in a very traditional way! Plus, there are mosques all over the place. There are more of them than there are convenience stores!
A: 好了好了，我們別爭了。
haˇo le haˇo le, woˇmen bie´ zhe¯ ng le.
Fine, fine, let’s not argue anymore.
B: 你不是要去免稅店嗎？
nˇı bu`
sh`ı ya`o qu`
miaˇnshu`ı dia`n ma?
Didn’t you say you wanted to go to the duty-free?
A: 對哦。
du`ı o.
Yes...
B: 盺說這兒的免稅店還賣汽車。
t¯ıngshuo¯ zhe`r de miaˇnshu`ı dia`n ha´i ma`i q`ıche¯ .
I’ve heard that the duty-free shops here even sell cars!
A: 別想了，我們可買不起。
bie´
xiaˇng le, woˇmen keˇ
maˇibuqˇı.
Don’t even think about it. There’s no way we could afford it.
---Key Vocabulary---
帆船 fa¯ nchua´n sailboat
灑店 jiuˇdia`n hotel
迪拜 D´ıba`i Dubai
了不起 liaˇobuqˇı incredible
海灣 haˇiwa¯ n bay
石油 sh´ıyo´u petroleum
奢侈 she¯ chˇı luxurious, extravagant
高級 ga¯ oj´ı high level
現代 xia`nda`i modern
傳統 chua´ntoˇng tradition, traditional
阿拉伯
A¯ la¯ bo´
Arabic
文化 we´nhua` culture
本地 beˇnd`ı local
清真寺 q¯ıngzhe¯ ns`ı mosque
便利店 bia`nl`ıdia`n convenience store
免稅 miaˇnshu`ı duty-free
買不起 maˇibuqˇı to be unable to afford
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
阿聯酋
A¯ lia´nqiu´
United Arab Emirates
豕寸 ha´ohua´ luxurious
穆斯林 Mu`s¯ıl´ın Muslim
阿拉伯語
A¯ la¯ bo´yuˇ
Arabic
少林寺 Sha`ol´ıns`ı Shaolin Temple (in China)
寺廟 s`ımia`o temple
本地人 beˇnd`ıre´n local people
免費 miaˇnfe`i free of charge
臺灣 Ta´iwa¯ n Taiwan
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