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@ 30579 Snacks
A: 你在吃什麼？
nˇı za`i ch¯ı she´nme?
What are you eating?
B: 牛肉乾。香辣的，特別好吃。你也來一塊？
niu´ro`uga¯ n. xia¯ ngla`
de, te`bie´
haˇoch¯ı. nˇı yeˇ
la´i y¯ı kua`i?
Beef jerky. It’s spicy, and especially good. You want a piece?
A: 不要。零食我還是喜歡薯片和巧克力。
bu`ya`o. l´ıngsh´ı woˇ
ha´ishi xˇıhuan shuˇpia`n he´
qiaˇoke`l`ı.
No. When it comes to snacks, I like potato chips and choco- late.
B: 那些都是垃圾食品，熱量很高的。
na`xie¯ do¯ u sh`ı la¯ j¯ı sh´ıpˇın, re`lia`ng heˇn ga¯ o de.
Those are junk food. They’re high in calories.
A: 你愛吃的鴨脖子、雞爪子也好不到哪兒去。
nˇı a`i ch¯ı de ya¯ bo´zi, j¯ızhuaˇzi yeˇ haˇo bu`da`o naˇr qu`.
Those duck necks and chicken feet you like to eat aren’t so great for you either.
B: 哎，這你就不懂了。這些東西可有營養了。還有
瓜子、話梅，都是叉好吃、 叉健康的。
a¯ i, zhe`
nˇı jiu`
bu`
doˇng le. zhe`xie¯
do¯ ngxi keˇ
yoˇu y´ıngyaˇng le.
ha´iyoˇu gua¯ zˇı, hua`me´i, do¯ u sh`ı yo`u haˇoch¯ı, yo`u jia`nka¯ ng de.
Ah, you just don’t understand. Those things are quite nu- tritious. Also melon seeds and pickled plums. They’re all delicious and healthy too.
A: 健康？吃零食才不會健康呢。還是少吃點好。
jia`nka¯ ng? ch¯ı l´ıngsh´ı ca´i bu`hu`ı jia`nka¯ ng ne. ha´ishi shaˇo ch¯ı diaˇn haˇo.
Healthy? Eating snacks is not going to be healthy. It’s better to eat less of them.
B: 這就不用你操心了。我不會把它當飯吃的，零食
本來就是閒的時候吃的質。
zhe`
jiu`
bu`yo`ng nˇı ca¯ ox¯ın le. woˇ
bu`hu`ı baˇ
ta¯
da`ng fa`n ch¯ı de,
l´ıngsh´ı beˇnla´i jiu`sh`ı xia´n de sh´ıhou ch¯ı de ma.
You don’t need to worry about that. I won’t make a meal out of them. Snacks are for munching on when you’re bored.
A: 那我怎麼看你一天到晚都在吃？
na`
woˇ
zeˇnme ka`n nˇı y¯ıtia¯ nda`owaˇn do¯ u za`i ch¯ı?
So how come I see you eating them all day long?
B: 哎呀，現在零食的廣告和包裝都那麼誘人，我看了就讒。每次去超市，本來不想買的，可是最後還是買了一大堆。買了當然要吃咯。
a¯ iya¯ , xia`nza`i l´ıngsh´ı de guaˇngga`o he´ ba¯ ozhua¯ ng do¯ u na`-
me yo`ure´n, woˇ
ka`n le jiu`
cha´n. meˇic`ı qu`
cha¯ osh`ı, beˇnla´i
bu` xiaˇng maˇi de, keˇsh`ı zu`ıho`u ha´ishi maˇi le y¯ıda`du¯ı. maˇi le
da¯ ngra´n ya`o ch¯ı lo.
Geez, these days snack ads and packaging are so enticing, as soon as I see them I get the munchies. Every time I go to the grocery store, even though I’m not planning to buy them, I still end up with a whole pile of them. And if I buy them of course I’m going to eat them.
A: 你真是頭豬。
nˇı zhe¯ nsh`ı to´u zhu¯ .
You’re such a pig.
---Key Vocabulary---
香辣 xia¯ ngla` spicy
零食 l´ıngsh´ı snack
垃圾食品 la¯ j¯ı sh´ıpˇın junk food
熱量 re`lia`ng calories
營養 y´ıngyaˇng nutrition
健康 jia`nka¯ ng healthy
操心 ca¯ ox¯ın to worry about
當 da`ng to regard as
本來 beˇnla´i originally
一天到晚 y¯ıtia¯ nda`owaˇn all day long
包裝 ba¯ ozhua¯ ng packaging
誘人 yo`ure´n enticing
讒 cha´n gluttonous
一大堆 y¯ıda`du¯ı a big pile
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
主食 zhuˇsh´ı staple food
爆米花 ba`omˇıhua¯ popcorn
果脯 guoˇpuˇ candied fruit
餅乾 bˇıngga¯ n biscuit; cookie
加工 jia¯ go¯ ng to process
有害 yoˇuha`i harmful
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