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A: 你好，配眼鏡嗎？
nˇıhaˇo, pe`i yaˇnj`ıng ma?
Hello, looking for glasses?
B: 嗯。哇，鏡架這麼貴！
ng. wa¯ , j`ıngjia` zhe`me gu`ı!
Yeah. Whoa, frames are so expensive!
A: 貴是貴，但是質量好。
gu`ı sh`ı gu`ı, da`nsh`ı zh`ılia`ng haˇo.
They are expensive, but they’re high quality.
B: 鏡架無所謂，鏡片配好一點的就行了。
j`ıngjia`
wu´suoˇwe`i, j`ıngpia`n pe`i haˇo y¯ıdiaˇn de jiu`
x´ıng le.
I don’t care so much about the frames. As long as the lenses are good, I’m happy.
A: 也可以。那你看看這些吧。
yeˇ
keˇyˇı. na`
nˇı ka`n kan zhe`xie¯
ba.
Okay. Well, then take a look at these.
B: 那副紫色的，讓我戴一下。
na`
fu`
zˇıse`
de, ra`ng woˇ
da`i y¯ıxia`.
That purple pair over there. Let me try those on.
A: 挺好看的。
tˇıng haˇoka`n de.
They look quite nice.
B: 可是臉看上去很大。我再戴一下那副金色的。
keˇsh`ı liaˇn ka`n shangqu heˇn da`. woˇ de.
za`i da`i y¯ıxia`
na`
fu`
j¯ınse`
But they make my face look big. Let me try on that gold pair.
A: 哇！真好看，馬上就年輕了10歲。
wa¯ ! zhe¯ n haˇoka`n, maˇsha`ng jiu` nia´nq¯ıng le sh´ı su`ı.
Wow! They look great! You’re instantly ten years younger.
B: 還不錯。讓我看看鏡片吧。
ha´i bu`cuo`. ra`ng woˇ ka`n kan j`ıngpia`n ba.
Not bad. Let me take a look at the lenses.
A: 這裡都有。你原來的眼鏡幾度？
zhe`lˇı do¯ u yoˇu. nˇı yua´nla´i de yaˇnj`ıng jˇı du`?
We have them all here. What’s your original vision?
B: 左眼500度，右眼600度。
zuoˇyaˇn wuˇ
baˇi du`, yo`uyaˇn liu`
baˇi du`.
Left eye, 500 degrees. Right eye, 600 degrees.
A: 挺深的。我建議你配這種鏡片，比較薄，也比較輕。
tˇıng she¯ n de. woˇ jia`ny`ı nˇı pe`i zhe` zhoˇng j`ıngpia`n, bˇıjia`o ba´o,
yeˇ bˇıjia`o q¯ıng.
That’s pretty severe. I recommend you use these lenses. They’re quite thin and also quite light.
B: 那就這種吧。
na`
jiu`
zhe`
zhoˇng ba.
All right, this kind then.
A: 好的。我帶你去驗光！
haˇo de. woˇ
da`i nˇı qu`
ya`ngua¯ ng!
Okay. I’ll take you to have your eyes examined!
---Key Vocabulary---
眼鏡 yaˇnj`ıng glasses
配眼鏡 pe`i yaˇnj`ıng to find the correct lenses for one’s eyes
鏡架 j`ıngjia` glasses frames
質量 zh`ılia`ng quality
是 sh`ı to be
無所謂 wu´suoˇwe`i to be indifferent
鏡片 j`ıngpia`n lens
副 fu` [measure word for glasses, gloves, ear- rings]
紫色 zˇıse` purple
戴 da`i to put on, to wear [ac- cessories]
看上去 ka`n shangqu to seem as if
金色 j¯ınse` golden
年輕 nia´nq¯ıng young
原來 yua´nla´i original
度 du` degree
左眼 zuoˇyaˇn left eye
右眼 yo`uyaˇn right eye
深 she¯ n deep
建議 jia`ny`ı to advise
薄 ba´o thin
輕 q¯ıng light
驗光 ya`ngua¯ ng to have an eye exami- nation
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
隱形眼鏡 yˇınx´ıngyaˇn- j`ıng
contact lenses
眼藥水 yaˇnya`oshuˇı eye drops
視力 sh`ıl`ı eyesight
近視 j`ınsh`ı nearsightedness
遠視 yuaˇnsh`ı farsightedness
散光 saˇngua¯ ng astigmatism
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