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@ 30188 Buying a Drink
A: 服務員！
fu´wu`yua´n!
Waiter!
B: 先生，您需要什麼？
xia¯ nsheng, n´ın xu¯ ya`o she´nme?
What do you need, sir?
A: 你們有哪些生啤？
nˇımen yoˇu naˇxie¯ she¯ ngp´ı?
What kind of draft beer do you have?
B: 有青島和嘉士伯。
yoˇu Q¯ıngdaˇo he´ Jia¯ sh`ıbo´.
We’ve got Tsingdao and Carlsberg.
A: 好的，來一杯青島生啤和一杯威士忌加冰塊兒。
還有一份爆米花。
haˇo de, la´i y¯ı be¯ i Q¯ıngdaˇo she¯ ngp´ı he´ y¯ı be¯ i we¯ ish`ıj`ı jia¯ b¯ıng- kua`ir. ha´iyoˇu y¯ı fe`n ba`omˇıhua¯ .
All right, I’d like a Tsingdao and a whiskey on the rocks. I’d also like some popcorn.
B: 好的，請稍等。
haˇo de, qˇıng sha¯ odeˇng.
Sure, just a moment.
B: 先生，您的灑和爆米花。
xia¯ nsheng, n´ın de jiuˇ
he´
ba`omˇıhua¯ .
Sir, your drinks and popcorn.
A: 這是什麼呀？
zhe` sh`ı she´nme ya¯ ?
What is this?
B: 青島生啤加冰塊兒。
Q¯ıngdaˇo she¯ ngp´ı jia¯ b¯ıngkua`ir.
Tsingdao draft beer with ice.
A: 我要的是威士忌加冰塊兒，不是生啤加冰塊兒！
woˇ
ya`o de sh`ı we¯ ish`ıj`ı jia¯
b¯ıngkua`ir, bu`sh`ı bu`sh`ı she¯ ngp´ı jia¯
b¯ıngkua`ir!
I ordered whiskey with ice, not draft beer with ice!
B: 噢，我以為您都要加冰塊兒！對不起，先生，我
給您換一杯。
o, woˇ
yˇıwe´i n´ın do¯ u ya`o jia¯
b¯ıngkua`ir! du`ıbuqˇı, xia¯ nsheng,
woˇ geˇi n´ın hua`n y¯ı be¯ i.
Oh, I thought you wanted both with ice. I’m sorry, sir. I’ll get you another one.
A: 等一下，你們的生啤是冰的嗎？我要冰的。
deˇngy¯ıxia`, nˇımen de she¯ ngp´ı sh`ı b¯ıng de ma? woˇ de.
ya`o b¯ıng
Just a second, is your draft beer cold? I want it cold.
B: 不好意思，不太冰......
bu`haˇoy`ısi, bu`ta`i b¯ıng......
I’m sorry, it’s not very cold….
A: 那算了，不要了。再來一杯威士忌加冰塊兒。
na`
sua`nle, bu`ya`o le. za`i la´i y¯ı be¯ i we¯ ish`ıj`ı jia¯
b¯ıngkua`ir.
In that case, never mind. I don’t want it. Please get me another whiskey on the rocks.
B: 好的。
haˇo de.
Certainly.
---Key Vocabulary---
服務員 fu´wu`yua´n waiter
需要 xu¯ ya`o need
哪些 naˇxie¯ which
生啤 she¯ ngp´ı draft beer
青島 Q¯ıngdaˇo Tsingtao (beer)
嘉士伯 Jia¯ sh`ıbo´ Carlsberg (beer)
杯 be¯ i glass (of)
威士忌 we¯ ish`ıj`ı whiskey
加 jia¯ to add
冰塊兒 b¯ıngkua`ir ice cubes
份 fe`n [measure word]
爆米花 ba`omˇıhua¯ popcorn
稍等 sha¯ odeˇng wait a moment
以為 yˇıwe´i to assume
換 hua`n to change
冰 b¯ıng icy
算了 sua`nle forget it
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
買單 maˇida¯ n to pay the bill
葡萄灑 pu´taojiuˇ
白灑 ba´ijiuˇ
wine
Chinese white wine
白蘭地 ba´ila´ndi brandy
雞尾灑 j¯ıweˇijiuˇ
cocktail
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