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@ 31010 Rome
A: 唉，醒醒！鬥獸場到了。
used as a verbal response to inquiry， xǐngxing！ dòushòuchǎng dào le。Hey, wake up. We've arrived at the Coliseum!
B: 啊？在哪兒？
ǎ？ zài nǎr？ Huh? Where is it?
A: 就在對面。
jiù zài duìmiàn。Right in front of us!
B: 噢。我還以為在很遠的地方呢，沒想到就在市區。
ō。 wǒ hái yǐwéi zài hěn yuǎn de dìfang ne， méixiǎngdào jiù zài shìqū。I thought it would be really far away. I had no idea it was downtown.
A: 所以說羅馬像個露天博物館。
suǒyǐ shuō Luómǎ xiàng ge lùtiān bówùguǎn。So, people say Rome is like an outdoor museum.
B: 可是新樓就在老樓的旁邊。這還挺有意思的。
kěshì xīn lóu jiù zài lǎo lóu de pángbiān。 zhè hái tǐng yǒu yìsi de。
But there are new buildings right beside the old ones. It's really interesting.
A: 我們先去喝杯咖啡吧。
wǒmen xiān qù hē bēi kāfēi ba。
Let's go get a cup of coffee first.
B: 好。
hǎo。Ok.
A: 羅馬人真悠閒。每天坐在這裡喝喝咖啡，聊聊天。
Luómǎ rén zhēn yōuxián。 měitiān zuò zài zhèlǐ hēhe kāfēi， liáoliao tiān。
Romans sure have a relaxing lifestyle, sitting here every day drinking coffee and chatting.
B: 是啊，真會生活。
shì a， zhēn huì shēnghuó。
That's for sure. They really know how to live.
A: 怪不得好多中國人都到這兒來了。
guàibude hǎo duō Zhōngguó rén dōu dào zhèr lái le。It's no wonder so many Chinese people have come here.
B: 不過他們大多數都是來做生意的。
bùguò tāmen dàduōshù dōu shì lái zuò shēngyi de。But the majority of them come to do business.
A: 對哦！條條大路通羅馬。在這兒肯定能發財！
duì ō！ tiáotiáo dàlù tōng Luómǎ。 zài zhèr kěndìng néng fācái！ True! All roads lead to Rome. You could definitely get rich here!
---Key Vocabulary---
醒 xǐng to wake up
鬥獸場 dòushòuchǎng The Colosseum
對面 duìmiàn right across
以為 yǐwéi to think mistakenly
沒想到 méixiǎngdào to not have realized
市區 shìqū downtown
所以 suǒyǐ therefore
羅馬 Luómǎ Rome
露天 lùtiān outdoor
博物館 bówùguǎn museum
旁邊 pángbiān side
悠閒 yōuxián leisurely
聊聊天 liáoliao tiān to chat
怪不得 guàibude no wonder
大多數 dàduōshù majority
不過 bùguò but
做生意 zuò shēngyi to do business
條條大路通羅馬 tiáotiáo dàlù tōng Luómǎ
all roads lead to Rome
肯定 kěndìng certainly
發財 fācái to get rich
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
意大利 Yìdàlì Italy
羅馬競技場 Luómǎ jìngjìchǎng Roman Coliseum
萬神殿 Wànshéndiàn Pantheon
許願池 Xǔyuànchí Trevi Fountain
羅馬廣場 Luómǎ guǎngchǎng Roman Forum
西斯廷教堂 Xīsītíng jiàotáng Sistine Chapel
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