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@ 31451 Yellow Mountain
A: 看，那就是“迎客鬆”，
ka`n, na` jiu`sh`ı” Yıngke´ `so¯ ng”!
Look, that’s the, ”Welcoming Guest Pine”.
B: 哎，真的很像在迎接客人。
a¯ i, zhe¯ nde heˇn xia`ng za`i y´ıngjie¯ ke`re´n.
Hey, it really does look like it’s welcoming guests.
A: 快站過去，幫你拍張照片。
kua`i zha`n guo`qu`, ba¯ ng nˇı pa¯ i zha¯ ng zha`opia¯ n.
Quick, go stand over there. I’ll take a picture for you.
B: 不用拍我，只拍美景就好了。
bu`yo`ng pa¯ i woˇ, zhˇı pa¯ i meˇijˇıng jiu` haˇole.
No need to take one of me. Just take one of the beautiful scenery and that’s enough.
A: 好。出發去下一個景點，
haˇo. chu¯ fa¯
qu`
xia`
y¯ı ge jˇıngdiaˇn!
OK. Let’s set out for the next scenic spot!
B: 據說前面的一段山路最陡了。
ju`shuo¯
qia´nmian de y¯ı dua`n sha¯ nlu`
zu`ı doˇu le.
They say that mountain path up ahead is the steepest one.
A: 別怕，有我呢。
bie´
pa`, yoˇu woˇ
ne.
Don’t be afraid. You have me.
B: 我的體力也不差，
woˇ
de tˇıl`ı yeˇ
bu`
cha`!
I’m not in bad shape myself!
A: 呵呵，那我們抓緊時間，
he¯ he¯ , na` woˇmen zhua¯ jˇın sh´ıjia¯ n!
Heh-heh. Then let’s get a move on!
B: 你看遠處，多漂亮，山峰都在雲霧中。
nˇı ka`n yuaˇnchu`, duo¯ zho¯ ng.
pia`oliang, sha¯ nfe¯ ng do¯ u za`i yu´nwu`
Look in the distance, it’s so pretty. The mountain peaks are all covered in a cloudy fog.
A: 來黃山就是要看雲海、奇鬆和怪石。
la´i Hua´ngsha¯ n jiu`sh`ı ya`o ka`n yu´nhaˇi, q´ıso¯ ng he´
gua`ish´ı.
Coming to Yellow Mountain is all about seeing the sea of clouds, the rare pines and odd rock formations.
B: 這大概就是傳說中的仙境吧。
zhe`
da`ga`i jiu`sh`ı chua´nshuo¯
zho¯ ng de xia¯ nj`ıng ba.
So this must be the paradise of legends huh?
A: 這麼美， 累也值得。不過下山的時候可以坐纜
車。
zhe`me meˇi, le`i yeˇ laˇnche¯ .
zh´ıde´. bu`guo`
xia`sha¯ n de sh´ıhou keˇyˇı zuo`
It’s so beautiful, it’s worth getting so tired. On the way down though, we can take the cable car.
B: 我才不坐纜車呢。
woˇ
ca´i bu`
zuo`
laˇnche¯
ne.
I, for one, am not taking the cable car.
---Key Vocabulary---
迎客鬆 Y´ıngke`so¯ ng Welcoming Guest Pine
迎接 y´ıngjie¯ to welcome
客人 ke`re´n guest
站過去 zha`n guo`qu` stand over there
拍 pa¯ i to take a photo, to film
張 zha¯ ng [measure word for photos]
照片 zha`opia¯ nr photograph
美景 meˇijˇıng beautiful scenery
出發 chu¯ fa¯ to set out
景點 jˇıngdiaˇn scenic spot
據說 ju`shuo¯ it is said
一段 y¯ı dua`n a section
山路 sha¯ nlu` mountain path
陡 doˇu steep
體力 tˇıl`ı physical strength
差 cha` poor
抓緊時間 zhua¯ jˇın sh´ıjia¯ n to hurry
遠處 yuaˇnchu` distant place
山峰 sha¯ nfe¯ ng mountain peak
雲霧 yu´nwu` cloudy fog
黃山 Hua´ngsha¯ n Yellow Mountain
雲海 yu´nhaˇi sea of clouds
奇鬆 q´ıso¯ ng rare pines
怪石 gua`ish´ı odd rock formations
傳說 chua´nshuo¯ legend
仙境 xia¯ nj`ıng paradise
值得 zh´ıde´ to be worthwhile
下山 xia`sha¯ n to descend a mountain
纜車 laˇnche¯ cable car
才 ca´i [emphatic marker]
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
風景 fe¯ ngjˇıng scenery
坐過去 zuo` guo`qu` sit over there
聽說 t¯ıngshuo¯ to have heard
身體 she¯ ntˇı body
霧 wu` fog
奇怪 q´ıgua`i strange
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