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@ 31310 Wrapping a Gift
A: 歡迎光臨，先生，買禮物嗎？
hua¯ ny´ıng gua¯ ngl´ın, xia¯ nsheng, maˇi lˇıwu`
Welcome, sir. Are you buying a gift?
B: 是。
sh`ı.
Yes.
A: 送給女朋友？
so`nggeˇi nuˇ¨ pe´ngyou?
To give to your girlfriend?
B: 對。
du`ı.
That’s right.
A: 生日禮物？
she¯ ngr`ı lˇıwu`?
A birthday gift?
ma?
B: 不是。我們昨天吵架了，所以想送份禮物給她。
bu`sh`ı. woˇmen zuo´tia¯ n chaˇojia` geˇi ta¯ .
le, suoˇyˇı xiaˇng so`ng fe`n lˇıwu`
No. We had a fight yesterday, so I wanted to get her a little something.
A: 哦。哄她開心，是吧？
o. hoˇng ta¯ ka¯ ix¯ın, sh`ı ba?
Oh. To make it up to her, is that right?
B: 可以這麼說吧。不過不知道送什麼好？
keˇyˇı zhe`me shuo¯
ba. bu`guo`
bu`
zh¯ıda`o so`ng she´nme haˇo?
You could say that. But, I don’t know what’s good to get her.
A: 這個音樂盒，怎麼樣？
zhe` ge y¯ınyue`he´, zeˇnmeya`ng?
How about this music box?
B: 她有一個了。
ta¯ yoˇu y¯ı ge le.
She already has one.
A: 那這對情侶杯呢？
na`
zhe`
du`ı q´ıngluˇ¨
be¯ i ne?
Well, then how about this pair of ’lover’s cups’.
B: 杯子有什麼好送的。
be¯ izi yoˇu she´nme haˇo so`ng de.
What’s good about giving cups?
A: 杯子代表一輩子。你送她杯子，就代表你想一輩
子跟她在一起。
be¯ izi da`ibiaˇo y¯ıbe`izi. nˇı so`ng ta¯
be¯ izi, jiu`
da`ibiaˇo nˇı xiaˇng
y¯ıbe`izi ge¯ n ta¯ za`i y¯ıqˇı.
Cups represent a lifetime. If you give a cup it shows that you want to be with her for a lifetime.
B: 哦。挺有意義的。那幫我包起來吧。
o. tˇıng yoˇu y`ıy`ı de. na`
ba¯ ng woˇ
ba¯ o qˇıla´i ba.
Oh. That’s pretty meaningful. All right, then wrap them up for me.
A: 好。喜歡什麼包裝紙？
haˇo. xˇıhuan she´nme ba¯ ozhua¯ ng zhˇı?
Okay. What kind of wrapping paper do you like?
B: 這種粉色的吧。
zhe`zhoˇng feˇnse` de ba.
This pink kind is good.
A: 要加蝴蝶結嗎？
ya`o jia¯
hu´die´jie´
ma?
Do you want to add a bow?
B: 加！我女朋友就喜歡這些可愛的東西。
jia¯ ! woˇ
nuˇ¨ pe´ngyou jiu`
xˇıhuan zhe`xie¯
keˇ’a`i de do¯ ngxi.
Yeah! My girlfriend loves these cutesy kinds of things.
---Key Vocabulary---
歡迎光臨 hua¯ ny´ıng gua¯ ng- l´ın welcome
禮物 lˇıwu` gifts
送給 so`nggeˇi to give (a gift)
吵架 chaˇojia` to quarrel
份 fe`n [measure word for gifts]
哄 hoˇng to coax
音樂盒 y¯ınyue`he´ music box
對 du`ı pair
情侶 q´ıngluˇ¨ lovers
代表 da`ibiaˇo to represent
一輩子 y¯ıbe`izi a lifetime
有意義 yoˇu y`ıy`ı meaningful
包起來 ba¯ o qˇıla´i to wrap up
包裝紙 ba¯ ozhua¯ ng wrapping paper
粉色 feˇnse` pink
加 jia¯ to add
蝴蝶結 hu´die´jie´ bow
可愛 keˇ’a`i cute
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
挑選 tia¯ oxuaˇn to select
包裝 ba¯ ozhua¯ ng to package
分手 fe¯ nshoˇu to break up
和好 he´haˇo to get back together
道歉 da`oqia`n to apologize
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