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A: 老王，最近在哪兒發財呢？
Laˇo Wa´ng, zu`ıj`ın za`i naˇr fa¯ ca´i ne?
Hey, Lao Wang, what have you been up to?
B: 哎，發什麼財，我做什麼都不順。
a`i, fa¯
she´nme ca´i, woˇ
zuo`
she´nme do¯ u bu`
shu`n.
Agh, what are you talking about!? Nothing I do goes smoothly.
A: 哦？那我給你介紹一個人吧。
o? na`
woˇ
geˇi nˇı jie`sha`o y¯ı ge re´n ba.
Huh? Then let me introduce you to someone.
B: 誰？
she´i?
Who?
A: 她生意做得非常大，黑道白道都有人。
ta¯
she¯ ngyi zuo`
de fe¯ icha´ng da`, he¯ ida`o ba´ida`o do¯ u yoˇu re´n.
She does a lot of business. She knows people both legit and otherwise.
B: 啊？黑社會啊？
aˇ? he¯ ishe`hu`ı a?
Huh? Organized crime?
A: 不是。我是說， 她什麼都搞得定。她在找人做事。
bu`
sh`ı. woˇ
sh`ı shuo¯ , ta¯
she´nme do¯ u gaˇoded`ıng. ta¯
za`i zhaˇo
re´n zuo`sh`ı.
No. What I’m saying is that she can take care of anything. She’s looking for people to do stuff.
B: 那還是算了。我看有風險。
na`
ha´ish`ı sua`nle. woˇ
ka`n yoˇu fe¯ ngxiaˇn.
Then forget it. Looks risky to me.
A: 老王，要賺錢，怎麼可能沒風險？
Laˇo Wa´ng, ya`o zhua`nqia´n, zeˇnme keˇne´ng me´i fe¯ ngxiaˇn?
Lao Wang, how can there be no risks if you want to make money?
B: 我都這個年紀了，沒必要。
woˇ
do¯ u zhe`
ge nia´nj`ı le, me´i b`ıya`o.
At my age, there’s no need.
A: 啊呀，我們這個年紀的人，機會不多了。
a¯ ya¯ , woˇmen zhe`
ge nia´nj`ı de re´n, j¯ıhu`ı bu`
duo¯
le.
Agh, there aren’t that many opportunities for people our age.
B: 你認識她嗎？
nˇı re`nshi ta¯ ma?
Do you know her?
A: 告訴你，這幾年我就是跟她做。你看我現在開什麼車？
ga`osu nˇı, zhe`jˇınia´n woˇ ka¯ i she´nme che¯ ?
jiu`sh`ı ge¯ n ta¯
zuo`. nˇı ka`n woˇ
xia`nza`i
I’m telling you, I’ve been working for her these last few years. Do you see what car I’m driving now?
B: 哇，這麼賺錢？
wa¯ , zhe`me zhua`nqia´n?
Oh, the money is that good!?
A: 想跟她的人多了，我們是老朋友，我才把機會給
你。
xiaˇng to follow ta¯
de re´n duo¯
le, woˇmen sh`ı laˇo pe´ngyou, woˇ
ca´i baˇ j¯ıhu`ı geˇi nˇı.
A lot of people want to work with her. I’m only giving you this opportunity because we’re old friends.
B: 嗯，我再想想。
ng, woˇ za`i xiaˇngxiang.
Hmm...I’ll think about it some more.
---Key Vocabulary---
發財 fa¯ ca´i to get rich
順 shu`n smooth, favorable
黑道 he¯ ida`o the underworld, orga- nized crime
白道 ba´ida`o legitimate, upstanding
黑社會 he¯ ishe`hu`ı The Mob, organized crime
搞得定 gaˇoded`ıng to be able to fix, ar- range or take care of
風險 fe¯ ngxiaˇn risk
都 do¯ u adds emphasis
年紀 nia´nj`ı age
必要 b`ıya`o need, requirement
機會 j¯ıhu`ı opportunity
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
順利 shu`nl`ı smooth, trouble-free
規模 gu¯ımo´ scale, scope
合法 he´faˇ legal
非法 fe¯ ifaˇ illegal
膽小 daˇnxiaˇo cowardly, timid
出主意 chu¯ zhuˇy`ı to suggest ideas
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