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@ 31145 Boston
A: 徐先生、徐太太要在美國買房子，波士頓是最好
的地方。
Xu´
xia¯ nsheng, Xu´
ta`itai ya`o za`i Meˇiguo´
maˇi fa´ngzi, Bo¯ sh`ı-
du`n sh`ı zu`ı haˇo de d`ıfang.
Mr. Xu, if you and Mrs. Xu want to buy a house in America, Boston is the best place.
B: 哪些地方好啊？你說說看。
naˇxie¯
d`ıfang haˇo a? nˇı shuo¯
shuo ka`n.
What’s so good about it?
A: 這可是美國最有文化的城市。哈佛、麻省理工都
在這兒。對孩子的教育好！
zhe`
keˇ
sh`ı Meˇiguo´
zu`ı yoˇu we´nhua`
de che´ngsh`ı. Ha¯ fo´, Ma´-
sheˇnglˇıgo¯ ng do¯ u za`i zhe`r. du`ı ha´izi de jia`oyu` haˇo!
It’s the American city with the most culture! Harvard and
M.I.T. are here. It’ll be great for your child’s education!
B: 我做夢都想讓兒子進哈佛！
woˇ zuo`me`ng do¯ u xiaˇng ra`ng e´rzi j`ın Ha¯ fo´!
I dream of having my kid get into Harvard!
C: 小趙，波士頓治安怎麼樣？
Xiaˇo Zha`o, Bo¯ sh`ıdu`n zh`ı a¯ n zeˇnmeya`ng?
Xiao Zhao, how safe is Boston?
A: 徐太太，你放心，我帶你們看的是富入區，很安
全的。
Xu´
ta`itai, nˇı fa`ngx¯ın, woˇ
da`i nˇımen ka`n de sh`ı fu`re´nqu¯ , heˇn
a¯ nqua´n de.
Don’t worry, Mrs. Xu. I’m going to take you to a rich area. It’s very safe.
B: 前面是什麼？
qia´nmian sh`ı she´nme?
What’s in front of it?
A: 噢，是波士頓紅襪隊的主場。
o, sh`ı Bo¯ sh`ıdu`n ho´ngwa`du`ı de zhuˇchaˇng.
Oh, that’s the Boston Red Sox’ home field.
B: 什麼隊？
she´nme du`ı?
What team?
A: 紅襪隊，美國最好的棒球隊！
ho´ngwa`du`ı, Meˇiguo´ zu`ı haˇo de ba`ngqiu´du`ı!
The Red Sox, the best baseball team in America!
B: 老婆，將來可以讓兒子打打棒球。
laˇopo, jia¯ ngla´i keˇyˇı ra`ng e´rzi daˇ da ba`ngqiu´.
Darling, we can take our kid to play baseball.
C: 有什麼好打的？好好讀書進哈佛！
yoˇu she´nme haˇo daˇ
de? haˇoha¯ o du´shu¯
j`ın Ha¯ fo´!
What’s so great about baseball? He needs to study hard and get into Harvard!
---Key Vocabulary---
波士頓 Bo¯ sh`ıdu`n Boston
說說看 shuo¯ shuo ka`n to explain a bit
文化 we´nhua` culture
哈佛 Ha¯ fo´ Harvard
麻省理工 Ma´sheˇnglˇıgo¯ ng Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology
教育 jia`oyu` education
治安 zh`ı a¯ n public safety
富入區 fu`re´nqu¯ wealthy area
安全 a¯ nqua´n safe
前面 qia´nmian front
紅襪隊 ho´ngwa`du`ı Boston Red Sox
主場 zhuˇchaˇng home stadium
棒球隊 ba`ngqiu´du`ı baseball team
進 j`ın to go into
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
球場 qiu´chaˇng ball-field
客場 ke`chaˇng not your home stadium
山區 sha¯ nqu¯ mountainous region
市區 sh`ıqu¯ downtown
貧民窟 p´ınm´ınku¯ slum
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