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A: 師傅，你好。去展覽館。

sh¯ıfu, nˇıhaˇo. qu` zhaˇnlaˇnguaˇn.

Hello, driver. Take me to the Exhibition Center.

B: 好的。咦，你的中文怎麼說得這麼標準？如果光聽你說話，我還真以為你是中國入呢。你這是在哪兒學的？

haˇo de. y´ı, nˇı de Zho¯ ngwe´n zeˇnme shuo¯ de zhe`me bia¯ o-

zhuˇn? ru´guoˇ

gua¯ ng t¯ıng nˇı shuo¯ hua`, woˇ

ha´i zhe¯ n yˇıwe´i nˇı

sh`ı Zho¯ ngguo´re´n ne. nˇı zhe`

sh`ı za`i naˇr xue´

de?

All right. Wow, how come you speak Chinese so well? If I had just heard you speaking, I really would have thought you were Chinese! Where did you learn?

A: 加拿大。我是加拿大入。

Jia¯ na´da`. woˇ sh`ı Jia¯ na´da`re´n.

In Canada. I am Canadian.

B: 噢！那你可是第二個大山了。對了，大山你聽說

過嗎？是你的老鄉。

o! na` nˇı keˇ sh`ı d`ı e`r ge Da`sha¯ n le. du`ıle, Da`sha¯ n nˇı t¯ıngshuo¯ guo ma? sh`ı nˇı de laˇoxia¯ ng.

Whoa! Well, then you must be the second Dashan! Oh right, have you heard of Dashan before? He is your fellow countryman.

A: 當然，大山誰不知道啊。

da¯ ngra´n, da`sha¯ n she´i bu` zh¯ıda`o a¯ .

Of course! Who doesn’t know Dashan?

B: 嗯，這小夥子真不賴，中文說得跟中國入一樣順

暢，一點兒洋腔洋調都聽不出來。

e´n, zhe`

xiaˇohuoˇzi zhe¯ n bu`la`i, Zho¯ ngwe´n shuo¯

de ge¯ n

Zho¯ ngguo´re´n y´ıya`ng shu`ncha`ng, y¯ıdiaˇnr ya´ngqia¯ ngya´ng- dia`o do¯ u t¯ıng bu`chu¯ la´i.

Uh-huh. That young fellow is really not bad. He can speak Chinese as smoothly as a Chinese person can; you can’t hear any kind of a foreign accent.

A: 對啊！他大概是中國最有名的加拿大入了。噢，

還有白求恩。

du`ıa¯ ! ta¯

da`ga`i sh`ı Zho¯ ngguo´

zu`ı yoˇum´ıng de jia¯ na´da`re´n le.

o, ha´i yoˇu Ba´iqiu´e¯ n.

That’s right. He is probably the most famous Canadian in China. Oh, there was also Norman Bethune.

B: 其實你們都是中國入民的好朋友啊！你看上去好

像是來出差的？

q´ısh´ı nˇımen do¯ u sh`ı Zho¯ ngguo´ re´nm´ın de haˇo pe´ngyou a¯ !

nˇı ka`n shangqu haˇoxia`ng sh`ı la´i chu¯ cha¯ i de?

Actually, you are all good friends of China! You look as if you have come on a business trip?

A: 沒錯。我是來採購的。中國是世界上最好的產品生產國。質量好，品種多，而且價格也便宜。總之這裡的機會太多啦！

me´icuo`. woˇ

sh`ı la´i caˇigo`u de. Zho¯ ngguo´

sh`ı sh`ıjie`sha`ng

zu`ıhaˇo de chaˇnpˇın she¯ ngchaˇnguo´. zh`ılia`ng haˇo, pˇınzhoˇng

duo¯ , e´rqieˇ

jia`ge´

yeˇ

pia´nyi. zoˇngzh¯ı zhe`lˇı de j¯ıhu`ı ta`i duo¯

la!

That’s right. I have come to do some sourcing. China is the best country in the world for manufactured goods. The quality is good, there is a lot of selection, and the prices are also cheap. To put it simply, there are just so many opportunities here!

B: 是啊，你從這兒把東西採購回去，肯定能賺錢。我有一個朋友，是從歐洲來中國採購瓷器的。現在他的生意做得可大了。

sh`ı a¯ , nˇı co´ng zhe`r baˇ do¯ ngxi caˇigo`u hu´ıqu, keˇnd`ıng ne´ng

zhua`nqia´n. woˇ

yoˇu y¯ı ge pe´ngyou, sh`ı co´ng

O¯ uzho¯ u la´i

Zho¯ ngguo´

caˇigo`u c´ıq`ı de. xia`nza`i ta¯

de she¯ ngyi zuo`

de keˇ

da` le.

Yeah. If you source things from here and send them back, you will definitely make money. I have a friend, who came to China from Europe to source porcelain dishes. Now his business is really big.

A: 嗯，希望我也能像他一樣成功。所以一下飛機就

先去展覽館看看。

e´n, x¯ıwa`ng woˇ

yeˇ

ne´ng xia`ng ta¯

y´ıya`ng che´nggo¯ ng. suoˇyˇı

y¯ı xia`

fe¯ ij¯ı jiu`

xia¯ n qu`

zhaˇnlaˇnguaˇn ka`nkan.

Uh-huh. I hope that I can succeed like he did. That’s why after just getting off the plane I’m already going straight to the Exhibition Center.

B: 你這麼努力，肯定行！好好千吧！

nˇı zhe`me nuˇl`ı, keˇnd`ıng x´ıng! haˇoha¯ o ga`n ba!

You’re so hard-working, you definitely will. Go get ’em!

---Key Vocabulary---

光 gua¯ ng only

以為 yˇıwe´i to think mistakenly

賴 la`i bad

順暢 shu`ncha`ng smooth

洋腔洋調 ya´ngqia¯ ngya´ng- dia`o

foreign accent

出差 chu¯ cha¯ i to go on a business trip

採購 caˇigo`u to purchase

品種 pˇınzhoˇng variety

瓷器 c´ıq`ı porcelain; china

生意 she¯ ngyi business; trade

展覽館 zhaˇnlaˇnguaˇn exhibition hall

大山 da`sha¯ n Dashan

白求恩 Ba´iqiu´e¯ n Bethune

---Supplementary Vocabulary---

跨國採購 kua`guo´ caˇigo`u international sourcing

語氣詞 yuˇq`ıc´ı mood, modal particle

驚訝 j¯ıngya` amazed, astounded

好奇 ha`oq´ı curious

地道 d`ıdao authentic

佩服 pe`ifu admire

一模一樣 y¯ımu´y¯ıya`ng exactly alike

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