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@ 31217 Amusement Park
A: 票買好了， 我們快進去吧！ 今天遊樂園有很多
入。
pia`omaˇihaˇo le,woˇmenkua`ij`ınqu`ba!j¯ıntia¯ nyo´ule`yua´nyoˇuheˇn- duo¯ re´n.
I’ve bought the tickets! Let’s hurry up and go in! There are a lot of people at the amusement park today.
B: 耶！太棒了！我們先去坐旋轉木馬！
ye¯ ! ta`i ba`ng le! woˇmen xia¯ n qu`
zuo`
xua´nzhuaˇnmu`maˇ!
Yay! Great! First, let’s go for a ride on the merry-go-round!
A: 哪有入一開始就坐旋轉木馬的？走，先玩個刺激
的。
naˇ
yoˇu re´n y¯ı ka¯ ishˇı jiu`
zuo`
xua´nzhuaˇnmu`maˇ
de? zoˇu, xia¯ n
wa´n ge c`ıj¯ı de.
Who in the world starts off on the merry-go-round? Come on, let’s do something exciting first.
B: 坐過山車啊？我有點怕！
zuo`
guo`sha¯ nche¯
a? woˇ
yoˇudiaˇn pa`!
Riding the roller-coaster? I’m a little afraid!
A: 沒事的。出發！
me´ish`ı de. chu¯ fa¯ !
It’s fine. Here we go!
B: 啊！越來越快了！救救我！
a! yue`la´iyue`
kua`i le! jiu`
jiu woˇ!
Agh! It’s getting faster all the time! Save me!
A: 真是個膽小鬼！越快越好，太刺激了！哎，怎麼
這麼快就停了？
zhe¯ n sh`ı ge`
daˇnxiaˇoguˇı! yue`
kua`i yue`
haˇo, ta`i c`ıj¯ı le!
a¯ i,
zeˇnme zhe`me kua`i jiu` t´ıng le?
What a wimp you are! The faster, the better! This is so exciting! Huh?! How come it stopped so soon?
B: 停了？哎喲，頭暈死了。我們休息一下吧。
t´ıng le? a¯ iyo¯ , to´uyu¯ n sˇı le. woˇmen xiu¯ xi y¯ıxia` ba.
It’s stopped? Agh, I’m so dizzy. Let’s rest for a bit.
A: 別嘛， 我們去玩你最喜歡的摩天輪， 那個很慢
的。
bie´
ma, woˇmen qu`
wa´n nˇı zu`ı xˇıhuan de mo´tia¯ nlu´n, na`ge
heˇn ma`n de.
Let’s not—let’s go on your favorite, the Ferris wheel. That’s really slow.
B: 不行，我要休息一下再去玩。
bu`x´ıng, woˇ
ya`o xiu¯ xi y¯ıxia`
za`i qu`
wa´n.
Nope. I want to rest for a bit before we do anything else.
---Key Vocabulary---
遊樂園 yo´ule`yua´n amusement park
旋轉木馬 xua´nzhuaˇnmu`- maˇ
carousel, merry-go- round
刺激 c`ıj¯ı stimulating; thrilling; exciting
過山車 guo`sha¯ nche¯ rollercoaster
沒事 me´ish`ı no problem
出發 chu¯ fa¯ to start out; to set out
越來越 yue`la´iyue` more and more
救 jiu` to save (usually a life)
膽小鬼 daˇnxiaˇoguˇı coward
頭暈 to´uyu¯ n dizzy
摩天輪 mo´tia¯ nlu´n Ferris wheel
休息 xiu¯ xi to rest
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
膽小 daˇnxiaˇo cowardly, wimpy
膽大 daˇnda`
bold
膽子 daˇnzi gall-bladder
摩天大樓 mo´tia¯ nda`lo´u skyscraper
迪斯尼樂
園
D´ıs¯ın´ıle`yua´n Disney World
環球影城 Hua´nqiu´yˇıng- che´ng
Universal Studios
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