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@ 30132 Complaining to the Waiter
Complaining to the Waiter HTML
A: 我很討厭有入在飯店的非吸菸區抽菸。昨天，我和我的女朋友在飯店吃飯，旁邊桌的男入開始抽菸。
woˇ
heˇn taˇoya`n yoˇure´n za`i fa`ndia`n de fe¯ ix¯ıya¯ nqu¯
cho¯ uya¯ n.
zuo´tia¯ n, woˇ
he´
woˇ
de nuˇ¨ pe´ngyou za`i fa`ndia`n ch¯ıfa`n, pa´ng-
bia¯ n zhuo¯ de na´nre´n ka¯ ishˇı cho¯ uya¯ n.
I really hate it when someone smokes in the non-smoking area of a restaurant. Yesterday I was having dinner with my girlfriend when the guy next to our table started to smoke.
B: 你為什麼不叫他別抽了？
nˇı we`ishe´nme bu`
jia`o ta¯
bie´
cho¯ u le?
Why didn’t you ask him to stop smoking?
A: 我說了。但是他不理我。他一邊抽菸，一邊大聲
地打手機。我非常生氣。所以我向服務員投訴。
woˇ
shuo¯
le. da`nsh`ı ta¯
bu`lˇı woˇ. ta¯
y¯ıbia¯ n cho¯ uya¯ n, y¯ıbia¯ n
da`she¯ ng de daˇshoˇuj¯ı. woˇ fu´wu`yua´n to´usu`.
fe¯ icha´ng she¯ ngq`ı. suoˇyˇı woˇ
xia`ng
I did and he just ignored me. He was smoking and talking loudly on his mobile. I was so pissed off. So I complained to the waiter.
B: 服務員說什麼？他怎麼處理？
fu´wu`yua´n shuo¯
she´nme? ta¯
zeˇnme chuˇlˇı?
What did the waiter say? How did he handle it?
A: 服務員很尷尬，他說那個男入是飯店的老闆。他
沒辦法。
fu´wu`yua´n heˇn ga¯ nga`, ta¯
shuo¯
na`ge na´nre´n sh`ı fa`ndia`n de
laˇobaˇn. ta¯ me´i ba`nfaˇ.
The waiter was really embarrassed and told me that the guy was the boss of the restaurant. There was nothing he could do.
B: 接下來怎麼了？
jie¯ xia`la´i zeˇnme le?
What happened next?
A: 我們沒有給小費。
woˇmen me´iyoˇu geˇi xiaˇofe`i.
We didn’t leave a tip.
---Key Vocabulary---
討厭 taˇoya`n to hate
抽菸 cho¯ uya¯ n to smoke a cigarette
投訴 to´usu` to complain
處理 chuˇlˇı to handle
尷尬 ga¯ nga` embarassed
辦法 ba`nfaˇ method
小費 xiaˇofe`i tip
非吸菸區 fe¯ ix¯ıya¯ nqu¯ non-smoking area
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
厭惡 ya`nwu` detest
反映 faˇny`ıng report
¥又 ta`idu` attitude
理睬 lˇıcaˇi pay attention to
影響 yˇıngxiaˇng influence
聲聲 she¯ ngyu` fame
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