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@ 31315 Having One's Nails Done
A: 你好。我要美甲。
nˇıhaˇo. woˇ ya`o meˇijiaˇ.
Hello. I want to have my nails done.
B: 好的。請坐！你第一次美甲嗎？
haˇo de. qˇıng zuo`! nˇı d`ı y¯ı c`ı meˇijiaˇ ma?
Okay. Please, sit down! Is this your first time having your nails done?
A: 對。幫我做得漂亮點兒。
du`ı. ba¯ ng woˇ
zuo`
de pia`oliang diaˇnr.
That’s right. Pretty them up a little for me.
B: 放心吧。想做什麼樣的？
fa`ngx¯ın ba. xiaˇng zuo` she´nmeya`ng de?
Don’t worry. What kind of treatment would you like?
A: 法式的吧。前面白色的，後面粉色的。
faˇsh`ı de ba. qia´nmian ba´ise`
de, ho`umian feˇnse`
de.
I’ll do the French style. White on the tips and a pink base.
B: 好的。先泡一下手吧。
haˇo de. xia¯ n pa`o y¯ıxia` shoˇu ba.
Okay. First, soak your hands for a little while.
A: 好了嗎？
haˇo le ma?
Finished?
B: 好了。哎喲，你的手挺千的，要不要做個護理？
haˇo le. hu`lˇı?
a¯ iyo¯ u, nˇı de shoˇu tˇıng ga¯ n de, ya`o bu ya`o zuo` ge
Finished. Goodness, your hands are quite dry. Do you want to do a treatment?
A: 不用了。我自己塗點兒護手霜就行。
bu`yo`ng le. woˇ
z`ıjˇı tu´
diaˇnr hu`shoˇushua¯ ng jiu`
x´ıng.
No thanks. I’ll just put on a bit of hand cream and I’ll be alright.
B: 好吧。我給你去一下死皮。
haˇo ba. woˇ
geˇi nˇı qu`
y¯ıxia`
sˇıp´ı.
Okay. Let me remove some dead skin for you.
A: 你要千嗎？
nˇı ya`o ga`nma´?
What are you going to do?
B: 別怕，不會痛的。這樣能讓你的指甲更光滑。
bie´
pa`, bu`
hu`ı to`ng de. zhe`ya`ng ne´ng ra`ng nˇı de zhˇıjia ge`ng
gua¯ nghua´.
Don’t be scared, it won’t hurt. This way your nails will be- come more smooth and glossy.
A: 哦。
o.
Oh.
B: 好了。接下來要塗指甲油了。再幫你修一下。
haˇo le. jie¯
xia`la´i ya`o tu´
zhˇıjiayo´u le. za`i ba¯ ng nˇı xiu¯
y¯ıxia`.
Finished. Next we have to apply the nail polish. Then, I’ll fix them up for you a bit.
A: 那我睡會兒。
na`
woˇ
shu`ı huˇır.
Okay, I’ll take a quick nap.
B: 好了。看看，喜不喜歡？
haˇo le. ka`n kan, xˇı bu xˇıhuan?
Finished. Have a look. Do you like it?
A: 啊，怎麼這麼尖。像雞爪子！
a`, zeˇnme zhe`me jia¯ n. xia`ng j¯ızhuaˇzi!
Ah, why are they so sharp? They’re like chicken claws!
---Key Vocabulary---
美甲 meˇijiaˇ to have one’s nails
done
放心 fa`ngx¯ın to relax
什麼樣 she´nmeya`ng what kind
法式 faˇsh`ı French style
泡 pa`o to steep
千 ga¯ n dry
護理 hu`lˇı beauty treatment
塗 tu´ to smear
護手霜 hu`shoˇushua¯ ng hand cream
去 qu` to remove
死皮 sˇıp´ı dead skin
指甲 zhˇıjia fingernail
光滑 gua¯ nghua´ glossy and smooth
接下來 jie¯ xia`la´i next
指甲油 zhˇıjiayo´u fingernail polish
修 xiu¯ to trim
尖 jia¯ n sharp
雞爪子 j¯ızhuaˇzi chicken feet
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
手指 shoˇuzhˇı finger
剪指甲 jiaˇn zhˇıjia to cut one’s fingernails
指甲剪 zhˇıjiajiaˇn fingernail clippers
美容 meˇiro´ng cosmetology
圓 yua´n round
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