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@ 30284 Adoption
A: 哇，你的寶寶好可愛。她是…？
wa¯ , nˇı de baˇobao haˇo keˇa`i. ta¯ sh`ı...?
Wow, your baby is so cute! Is she…?
B: 她是我們剛剛領養的女兒。
ta¯
sh`ı woˇmen ga¯ nggang lˇıngyaˇng de nuˇ¨ e´r.
She’s our newly adopted daughter.
A: 難怪她看上去一點兒也不像你們。不過她真的很
漂亮。她是中國入嗎？
na´ngua`i ta¯
ka`n shangqu y¯ıdiaˇnr yeˇ
bu`
xia`ng nˇımen. bu´guo`
ta¯
zhe¯ nde heˇn pia`oliang. ta¯
sh`ı Zho¯ ngguo´re´n ma?
No wonder she doesn’t look like you at all. But she is really pretty. Is she Chinese?
B: 對，她出生在湖南。我們是從當地的福利院領養
來的。
du`ı, ta¯ chu¯ she¯ ng za`i Hu´na´n. woˇmen sh`ı co´ng da¯ ngd`ı de
fu´l`ıyua`n lˇıngyaˇng la´i de.
Yes, she was born in Hunan. We adopted her from the local welfare agency.
A: 你們住在中國嗎？
nˇımen zhu`
za`i Zho¯ ngguo´
ma?
Do you live in China?
B: 我們住在美國，她跟我們一起回美國。
woˇmen zhu`
za`i Meˇiguo´, ta¯
ge¯ n woˇmen y¯ıqˇı hu´ı Meˇiguo´.
We live in the United States. She will return to the States with us.
A: 那麼她的國籍是中國還是美國？
na`me ta¯
de guo´j´ı sh`ı Zho¯ ngguo´
ha´ish`ı Meˇiguo´?
In that case, is she a Chinese citizen or an American citi- zen?
B: 等辦好了手續她拿的就是美國國籍。但是我們會好好教育她，讓她認識中國和中國文化，讓她學中文。
deˇng ba`nhaˇo le shoˇuxu` ta¯ na´ de jiu`sh`ı Meˇiguo´ guo´j´ı. da`nsh`ı
woˇmen hu`ı haˇohao jia`oyu`
ta¯ , ra`ng ta¯
re`nshi Zho¯ ngguo´
he´
Zho¯ ngguo´
we´nhua`, ra`ng ta¯
xue´
Zho¯ ngwe´n.
After we finish the adoption process, she will be an Amer- ican citizen. But we will educate her so she has a good knowledge of China and Chinese culture and we will make her to study Chinese.
A: 這樣也挺好的。有了你們這麼好的父母，她一定
會很幸福。
zhe`ya`ng yeˇ tˇıng haˇo de. yoˇu le nˇımen zhe`me haˇo de fu`muˇ,
ta¯ y¯ıd`ıng hu`ı heˇn x`ıngfu´.
That’s so good. She has such great parents, she will cer- tainly be very happy.
B: 謝謝！我們會把我們所有的愛都給她。
xie`xie! woˇmen hu`ı baˇ woˇmen suoˇyoˇu de a`i do¯ u geˇi ta¯ .
Thank you! We will give her all of our love.
---Key Vocabulary---
領養 lˇıngyaˇng to raise
難怪 na´ngua`i no wonder
看上去 ka`n shangqu it looks like
當地 da¯ ngd`ı local
福利院 fu´l`ıyua`n welfare institution
手續 shoˇuxu` procedure
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
養父 yaˇngfu` foster father
養母 yaˇngmuˇ foster mother
養子 yaˇngzˇı foster son
養女 yaˇngnuˇ¨
foster daughter
孤兒院 gu¯ er yua`n orphanage
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