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@ 31299 Finding a Street Number
A: 快到了嗎？我走不動了。
kua`i da`o le ma? woˇ zoˇubudo`ng le.
Are we almost there? I can’t walk any further.
B: 不知道，我去問一下。你好，請問808號離這裡遠
嗎？
bu`
zh¯ıda`o, woˇ
qu`
we`n y¯ıxia`. nˇıhaˇo, qˇıngwe`n ba¯
baˇi l´ıng ba¯
ha`o l´ı zhe`lˇı yuaˇn ma?
I don’t know. Let me go ask. Hi, do you know if number 808 is far from here?
C: 不遠，一會兒就到了。
bu`
yuaˇn, y¯ıhuˇır jiu`
da`o le.
It’s not far. You’ll be there in just a bit.
B: 好勺，調調。
haˇo de, xie`xie.
Okay, thanks.
A: 怎麼還沒到？都走了二十分鐘了。
zeˇnme ha´i me´i da`o? do¯ u zoˇu le e`rsh´ı fe¯ nzho¯ ng le.
How haven’t we gotten there yet? We’ve been walking for 20 minutes already.
B: 你問我，我怎麼知道。
nˇı we`n woˇ, woˇ zeˇnme zh¯ıda`o.
You’re asking me? How should I know?
A: 那你不會去問別人啊。
na`
nˇı bu`hu`ı qu`
we`n bie´re´n a.
Can’t you go ask someone else?
B: 每次都是我問。小姐，請問808號快到了嗎？
meˇic`ı do¯ ush`ı woˇ kua`i da`o le ma?
we`n. xiaˇojie, qˇıngwe`n ba¯
baˇi l´ıng ba¯
ha`o
Every time I’m the one who asks. Miss, may I ask, are we close to number 808?
D: 這邊是單號，雙號在對面呢。
zhe`bia¯ n sh`ı da¯ nha`o, shua¯ ngha`o za`i du`ımia`n ne.
These are the odd numbers. The even numbers are on the other side of the street.
B: 哦，調調啊！
o, xie`xie a!
Oh, thank you!
B: 終於到了。哎，不對，這裡沒有飯店。
zho¯ ngyu´
da`o le. a¯ i, bu`
du`ı, zhe`lˇı me´iyoˇu fa`ndia`n.
We’ve finally arrived. Oh, that’s not right. There’s no restau- rant here.
A: 啊？不會搞錯了吧。
aˇ? bu`hu`ı gaˇocuo` le ba.
Huh? We couldn’t have gotten it wrong.
B: 我看一下地址。延安西路808號。
woˇ
ka`n y¯ıxia`
d`ızhˇı. Ya´n’a¯ n X¯ı Lu`
ba¯
baˇi l´ıng ba¯
ha`o.
Let me look at the address. 808 West Yan’an road.
A: 什麼？這裡是延安中路。你這個豬頭。
she´nme? zhe`lˇı sh`ı Ya´n’a¯ n Zho¯ ng Lu`. nˇı zhe` ge zhu¯ to´u.
What? This is Middle Yan’an road. You dummy.
B: 我怎麼知道會有兩條路？
woˇ zeˇnme zh¯ıda`o hu`ı yoˇu liaˇng tia´o lu`?
How was I supposed to know there are two of them?
A: 別說了，我打勺回去了。再見！
bie´
shuo¯
le, woˇ
daˇd¯ı hu´ıqu le. za`ijia`n!
That’s it, I’m taking a cab back home. Bye bye!
---Key Vocabulary---
走不動 zoˇubudo`ng to be unable to walk any further
離 l´ı away from
都 do¯ u all
每次 meˇic`ı every time
這邊 zhe`bia¯ n here
單號 da¯ nha`o odd numbers
雙號 shua¯ ngha`o even numbers
對面 du`ımia`n opposite side
終於 zho¯ ngyu´ finally
搞錯 gaˇocuo` be mistaken
地址 d`ızhˇı address
延安西路 Ya´n’a¯ n X¯ı Lu` West Yan’an Road
延安中路 Ya´n’a¯ n Zho¯ ng Lu` Middle Yan’an Road
豬頭 zhu¯ to´u pig head
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
問路 we`nlu`
ask directions
指路 zhˇılu` point the way
認識 re`nshi to recognize
熟悉 shu´x¯ı familiar
門牌號碼 me´npa´i maˇ ha`o- house number
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