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@ 30114 Chinese Tea
A: 明天我要去見我女朋友的爸爸。
m´ıngtia¯ n woˇ
ya`o qu`
jia`n woˇ
nuˇ¨ pe´ngyou de ba`ba.
Tomorrow I’m going to see my girlfriend’s dad.
B: 是嗎？你準備好了嗎？
sh`ı ma? nˇı zhuˇnbe`ihaˇo le ma?
Really? Are you well prepared?
A: 還沒有。我不知道買什麼禮物好。
ha´i me´iyoˇu. woˇ
bu`
zh¯ıda`o maˇi she´nme lˇıwu`
haˇo.
Not yet. I have no idea what gift I should buy.
B: 他喜歡喝茶嗎？好的茶葉是不錯的禮物。
ta¯
xˇıhuan he¯ cha´
ma? haˇo de cha´ye`
sh`ı bu´cuo`
de lˇıwu`.
Does he like to drink tea? Good tea is a good gift.
A: 對。茶是很健康的飲料。但是我應該買哪種茶葉
呢？
du`ı. cha´
sh`ı heˇn jia`nka¯ ng de yˇınlia`o. da`nsh`ı woˇ
y¯ıngga¯ i maˇi
naˇ
zhoˇng cha´ye`
ne?
Yeah. Tea is a very healthy drink. But which kind of tea should I buy?
B: 好的綠茶是最保險的選擇。比如龍井或者碧螺春。一般男性都喜歡喝綠茶， 尤其是上了年紀的。
haˇo de lu`¨ cha´
sh`ı zu`ı baˇoxiaˇn de xuaˇnze´. bˇıru´
Lo´ngjˇıng huo`-
zheˇ
B`ıluo´chu¯ n. y¯ıba¯ n na´nx`ıng do¯ u xˇıhuan he¯
lu`¨ cha´, yo´uq´ı
sh`ı sha`ng le nia´nj`ı de.
Good green tea is the safest choice. For example Longjing or Biluochun. Men usually like to drink green tea, and espe- cially older men.
A: 你說得對。我就送龍井給她的爸爸。
nˇı shuo¯
de du`ı. woˇ
jiu`
so`ng Lo´ngjˇıng geˇi ta¯ de ba`ba.
You are right. I’ll just give Longjing to her dad.
---Key Vocabulary---
要 ya`o to want
去 qu` to go
準備好 zhuˇnbe`i haˇo to be ready
買 maˇi to buy
什麼 she´nme what
好 haˇo good
哪 naˇ which
種 zhoˇng kind
呢 ne [particle]
尤其 yo´uq´ı especially
一般 y¯ıba¯ n usually
上 sha`ng to advance
年紀 nia´nj`ı age
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
紅茶 ho´ngcha´ black tea
茶呂 cha´guaˇn teahouse
茶亞 cha´hu´ teapot
茶杯 cha´be¯ i teacup
泡茶 pa`ocha´ to make tea
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