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@ 31461 A Magazine Subscription
A: 小剛，發什麼呆呢？
Xiaˇoga¯ ng, fa¯ she´nme da¯ i ne?
Xiao Gang, what are you spacing out about?
B: 女朋友快過生日了，我在想送她什麼比較好。
nuˇ¨ pe´ngyou kua`i guo` me bˇıjia`o haˇo.
she¯ ngr`ı le, woˇ
za`i xiaˇng so`ng ta¯
she´n-
It’s almost my girlfriend’s birthday. I’m thinking about what would be a good gift to get her.
A: 項鍊、耳環、香水、化妝品都行啊。
xia`nglia`n, eˇrhua´n, xia¯ ngshuˇı, hua`zhua¯ ngpˇın do¯ u x´ıng a.
A necklace, earrings, perfume, make up; those are all OK.
B: 每次都是這些，多俗啊！
meˇic`ı do¯ u sh`ı zhe`xie¯ , duo¯ su´ a!
I get her those things every time. They’re co cliché!
A: 哎，她喜歡看時尚雜誌嗎？
a¯ i, ta¯ xˇıhuan ka`n sh´ısha`ng za´zh`ı ma?
Hey, does she like reading fashion magazines?
B: 喜歡。老在街上買那個什麼......
xˇıhuan. laˇo za`i jie¯ shang maˇi na`ge she´nme......
Yeah. She’s always buying those when she’s out and about...
A: 那你可以訂一年的送給她啊！
na` nˇı keˇyˇı d`ıng y¯ı nia´n de so`nggeˇi ta¯ a!
Then you can order her a year’s subscription as a gift!
B: 不錯，好主意！
bu`cuo`, haˇo zhuˇyi!
Not bad! That’s a good idea!
A: 訂月刊的話，一個月一期，一期大概20塊，一年
兩百多。
d`ıng yue`ka¯ n dehua`, y¯ı ge yue` nia´n liaˇng baˇi duo¯ .
y¯ı q¯ı, y¯ı q¯ı da`ga`i e`rsh´ı kua`i, y¯ı
If you order it monthly, you’ll get one issue per month. One issue is about 20 kuai, so one year is about 200.
B: 就算是半月刊，一年也不到五百塊。
jiu`sua`n sh`ı ba`nyue`ka¯ n, y¯ı nia´n yeˇ
bu`
da`o wuˇbaˇi kua`i.
Even if it’s bi-monthly, one year wouldn’t be more than 500 kuai.
A: 就是，又划算又有創意。
jiu`sh`ı, yo`u hua´sua`n yo`u yoˇu chua`ngy`ı.
That’s right. Not only is it worth the price, it’s creative too.
B: 好，我明天就去郵局訂。謝啦，美女。
haˇo, woˇ
m´ıngtia¯ n jiu`
qu`
yo´uju´
d`ıng. xie`
la, meˇinuˇ¨ .
OK, tomorrow I’ll go to the post office and order it. Thanks, sweetheart.
---Key Vocabulary---
發呆 fa¯ da¯ i to space out
送 so`ng to give as a gift
項鍊 xia`nglia`n necklace
耳環 eˇrhua´n earring
香水 xia¯ ngshuˇı perfume, cologne
化妝品 hua`zhua¯ ngpˇın cosmetics
俗 su´ common, cliché
時尚 sh´ısha`ng fashion
雜誌 za´zh`ı magazine
訂 d`ıng to order
好主意 haˇo zhuˇyi good idea
月刊 yue`ka¯ n monthly
期 q¯ı [measure word for is- sues]
就算 jiu`sua`n even if
半月刊 ba`nyue`ka¯ n bi-monthly
划算 hua´sua`n worth it
創意 chua`ngy`ı creativity, creative
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
體育雜誌 tˇıyu` za´zh`ı sports magazine
財經雜誌 ca´ij¯ıng za´zh`ı economics and fi-
nance magazine
時政雜誌 sh´ızhe`ng za´- zh`ı
political magazine
八卦雜誌 ba¯ gua` za´zh`ı gossip magazine
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