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@ 31428 Insecticide
A: 什麼味道？那麼怪。
she´nme we`idao? na`me gua`i.
What’s that smell? It’s so strange.
B: 我剛噴了殺蟲劑。
woˇ ga¯ ng pe¯ n le sha¯ cho´ngj`ı.
I just sprayed some insecticides.
A: 哦。唉，這是什麼？巧克力豆？
o. a´i, zhe` sh`ı she´nme? qiaˇoke`l`ıdo`u?
Oh. Hey, what’s this? Chocolate beans?
B: 別動，那是滅鼠藥，
bie´
do`ng! na`
sh`ı mie`shuˇya`o!
Don’t move! That’s rat poison!
A: 啊？ 還好我沒吃。那這裡地上為什麼要畫一條
線？
aˇ? ha´i haˇo woˇ
me´i ch¯ı. na`
zhe`lˇı d`ıshang we`ishe´nme ya`o
hua` y¯ı tia´o xia`n?
Ah? Well that’s good I didn’t eat it then. Well, why did you have to draw a line on the ground here?
B: 那是滅幛螂用的。
na`
sh`ı mie`
zha¯ ngla´ng yo`ng de.
That’s for exterminating cockroaches.
A: 有用嗎？家裡幛螂那麼多。
yoˇuyo`ng ma? jia¯ lˇı zha¯ ngla´ng na`me duo¯ .
Does it work? There’s so many cockroaches in the house.
B: 賣的入說，有多少死多少。
ma`i de re´n shuo¯ , yoˇu duo¯ shao sˇı duo¯ shao.
The person who sold them said that no matter how many there were, they’d all die.
B: 今天一定要把家裡的蚊子蒼蠅， 老鼠幛螂都殺
死。
j¯ıntia¯ n y¯ıd`ıng ya`o baˇ
jia¯ lˇı de we´nzi ca¯ ngying, laˇoshuˇ
zha¯ ng-
la´ng do¯ u sha¯ sˇı.
Today we’ll definitely kill all the mosquitoes, flies, mice and cockroaches in the house.
A: 哎喲，老公，我感覺頭好暈。
a¯ iyo¯ u, laˇogo¯ ng, woˇ
gaˇnjue´
to´u haˇo yu¯ n.
Oh boy. Honey, I feel really dizzy.
B: 啊？是不是殺蟲劑噴得太多了？
aˇ? sh`ı bu sh`ı sha¯ cho´ngj`ı pe¯ n de ta`i duo¯
le?
Huh? Is it because I sprayed too much insecticide?
A: 咱們快到外面去吧。
za´nmen kua`i da`o wa`imian qu`
ba.
Let’s hurry up and get outside.
B: 嗯，快走，等害蟲都死了，我們再回來。
ng, kua`i zoˇu, deˇng ha`icho´ng do¯ u sˇı le, woˇmen za`i hu´ılai.
Yeah, let’s get out of here. Let’s come back once they’re all dead.
---Key Vocabulary---
味道 we`idao smell, flavor
怪 gua`i strange
噴 pe¯ n to spray
殺蟲劑 sha¯ cho´ngj`ı insecticide, pesticide
巧克力豆 qiaˇoke`l`ıdo`u chocolate bean
動 do`ng to move
滅鼠藥 mie`shuˇya`o rat poison
還好 ha´i haˇo ’it’s good that...’
畫 hua` to paint
條 tia´o [measure word lines] for
線 xia`n line
滅 mie` to exterminate, to tinguish ex-
幛螂 zha¯ ngla´ng cockroach
一定要 y¯ıd`ıng ya`o definitely must
蚊子 we´nzi mosquito
蒼蠅 ca¯ ngying fly
老鼠 laˇoshuˇ mouse, rat
殺死 sha¯ sˇı to kill
感覺 gaˇnjue´ to feel
暈 yu¯ n dizzy
等 deˇng to wait for, once...
害蟲 ha`icho´ng pest
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
止汗劑 zhˇıha`nj`ı antiperspirant
化學 hua`xue´
消滅 xia¯ omie`
chemistry
to exterminate, to die out
司藥 du´ya`o poison
粉筆 feˇnbˇı chalk
衛生 we`ishe¯ ng hygiene
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