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@ 31559 Sign Language in China
A: 你這是在幹嗎？
nˇı zhe` sh`ı za`i ga`nma´?
What is this that you’re doing?
B: 我在學手語。
woˇ
za`i xue´
shoˇuyuˇ.
I’m studying sign language.
A: 怎麼突然開始學手語了？
zeˇnme tu¯ ra´n ka¯ ishˇı xue´
shoˇuyuˇ
le?
What made you suddenly start studying sign language?
B: 我想做志願者。不會手語的話，沒辦法跟聾啞人義 /Ji 。
woˇ
xiaˇng zuo`
zh`ıyua`nzheˇ. bu`hu`ı shoˇuyuˇ
dehua`, me´i ba`nfaˇ
ge¯ n lo´ngyaˇre´n jia¯ oliu´.
I want to be a volunteer. If I don’t know sign language, I can’t communicate with deaf people.
A: 你真有愛心。手語是全世界通用的吧？
nˇı zhe¯ n yoˇu a`ix¯ın. shoˇuyuˇ
sh`ı qua´nsh`ıjie`
to¯ ngyo`ng de ba?
You’re really kind. Is sign language used the same all over the world?
B: 不是。每個國家都有不同的手語。
bu`sh`ı. meˇige guo´jia¯ do¯ u yoˇu bu`to´ng de shoˇuyuˇ.
No. Every country has its own sign language.
A: 哦，那中國各地的手語一樣嗎？
o, na`
Zho¯ ngguo´
ge`d`ı de shoˇuyuˇ
y¯ıya`ng ma?
Oh. Is the sign language in different parts of China all the same then?
B: 也不一樣。
yeˇ
bu`
y¯ıya`ng.
They’re different as well.
A: 真麻煩。跟方言似的。那你怎麼學？
zhe¯ n ma´fan. ge¯ n fa¯ ngya´n sh`ıde. na` nˇı zeˇnme xue´?
What a pain. It’s like dialects. How are you studying it then?
B: 我先學中國手語，再學一點兒地方手語。
woˇ yuˇ.
xia¯ n xue´
Zho¯ ngguo´
shoˇuyuˇ, za`i xue´
y¯ıdiaˇnr d`ıfang shoˇu-
I’m studying Chinese sign language first and then I’ll study a little of the regional sign languages.
A: 你真牛。要堅持哦！
nˇı zhe¯ n niu´. ya`o jia¯ nch´ı o!
You’re really impressive. Keep it up!
---Key Vocabulary---
手語 shoˇuyuˇ sign language
突然 tu¯ ra´n suddenly
志願者 zh`ıyua`nzheˇ volunteer
聾啞人 lo´ngyaˇre´n deaf (and mute) per- son
義L jia¯ oliu´
to interact, to commu- nicate
愛心 a`ix¯ın kind, compassionate
全世界 qua´nsh`ıjie` entire world
通用 to¯ ngyo`ng in common use
國家 guo´jia¯ country
不同 bu`to´ng different
各地 ge`d`ı every place
方言 fa¯ ngya´n dialect
似的 sh`ıde similar to
地方 d`ıfang place
牛 niu´ impressive, outstand- ing
堅持 jia¯ nch´ı to persist
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
如果 ru´guoˇ if...
指 zhˇı to indicate, to point to
驚訝 j¯ıngya` surprised
聾人 lo´ngre´n deaf person
當地 da¯ ngd`ı local
普通話 puˇto¯ nghua` Standard Chinese
情況 q´ıngkua`ng situation
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