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@ 30600 The DVD Vendor
A: 最近有什麼新碟？
zu`ıj`ın yoˇu she´nme x¯ın die´?
What new DVDs have you gotten in recently?
B: 這些都是新的。好萊塢的、香港的、韓國的、國
產的，都有。你喜歡看什麼？
zhe`xie¯
do¯ u sh`ı x¯ın de. Haˇola´iwu`
de, Xia¯ nggaˇng de, Ha´nguo´
de, guo´chaˇn de, do¯ u yoˇu. nˇı xˇıhuan ka`n she´nme?
These are all new ones. Hollywood, Hong Kong, Korean, local ones–I’ve got them all. What do you like to watch?
A: 都可以。哪些賣得比較好？
do¯ u keˇyˇı. naˇxie¯ ma`i de bˇıjia`o haˇo?
Anything is fine. Which ones do you sell a lot of?
B: 這幾部不錯，全是大明星演的。
zhe`
jˇı bu`
bu`cuo`, qua´n sh`ı da`
m´ıngx¯ıng yaˇn de.
These few here are all pretty good. They all have big movie stars in them.
A: 質量怎麼樣？
zh`ılia`ng zeˇnmeya`ng?
How about the quality?
B: 肯定清楚。你也不看看是什麼貨，全是D9的。
keˇnd`ıng q¯ıngchu. nˇı yeˇ
bu`
ka`n kan sh`ı she´nme huo`, qua´n
sh`ı D jiuˇ de.
They’re definitely clear. Didn’t you see what kind of goods these are? They are all DVD nines.
A: 噢。你這裡電視劇也很多。是壓縮碟嗎？
o. nˇı zhe`lˇı dia`nsh`ıju`
yeˇ
heˇn duo¯ . sh`ı ya¯ suo¯
die´
ma?
Oh. You also have a lot of television series here. Are they the compressed versions?
B: 是啊。全是最新季的。
sh`ı a. qua´n sh`ı zu`ı x¯ın j`ı de.
Yeah. They are all the latest seasons.
A: 你的碟比別入都多，而且還挺新的。是從哪裡進
貨的？
nˇı de die´
bˇı bie´re´n do¯ u duo¯ , e´rqieˇ
ha´i tˇıng x¯ın de. sh`ı co´ng
naˇli j`ınhuo` de?
You have more DVDs than other people do, plus they’re all pretty new. Where do you get your stock from?
B: 啊？這個......哎，你買不買？
aˇ? zhe`ge...... a¯ i, nˇı maˇi bu maˇi?
Huh? Um... er... Hey, do you want to buy it or not?
A: 你別急嘛，讓我慢慢挑。那些是什麼？拿給我看看。
nˇı bie´ geˇi woˇ
j´ı ma, ra`ng woˇ ka`n kan.
ma`nma`n tia¯ o. na`xie¯
sh`ı she´nme? na´
Don’t rush me, let me take my time and look. What are those? Give them to me to have a look at.
B: 都一樣，沒什麼好看的。
do¯ u y¯ıya`ng, me´i she´nme haˇoka`n de.
They’re all the same. None of them are any good.
A: 讓你拿來就拿來。小心我到公安局告你， 把你這些碟都沒收了。別以為我不知道你賣的是盜版碟。
ra`ng nˇı na´la´i jiu`
na´la´i. xiaˇox¯ın woˇ
da`o go¯ ng’a¯ nju´
ga`o nˇı, baˇ
nˇı zhe`xie¯
die´
do¯ u mo`sho¯ u le. bie´
yˇıwe´i woˇ
bu`
zh¯ıda`o nˇı ma`i
de sh`ı da`obaˇn die´.
If I want you to bring them over, just bring them over. Be careful or I’ll go report you to the police, and they’ll confis- cate all your DVDs. Don’t think I don’t know that what you’re selling is all pirated.
B: 笑話！大家都在賣，千嗎只抓我？
xia`ohua`! da`jia¯
do¯ u za`i ma`i, ga`nma´
zhˇı zhua¯
woˇ?
What a joke! Everyone is selling the same thing, as if they would just arrest me.
A: 還說？
ha´i shuo¯ ?
Oh, you think?
B: 哎，大哥，別，別，別，千萬別。您要哪些，我
送給您。
a¯ i, da`ge¯ , bie´, bie´, bie´, qia¯ nwa`n bie´. n´ın ya`o naˇxie¯ , woˇ geˇi n´ın.
so`ng-
Hey, brother... don’t, don’t, don’t... by all means, don’t. Whatever you want, I’ll give them to you.
A: 這還差不多。
zhe` ha´i cha`buduo¯ .
That’s more like it.
---Key Vocabulary---
碟 die´ DVD
國產 guo´chaˇn domestically produced
演 yaˇn to act
電視劇 dia`nsh`ıju` television drama
壓縮 ya¯ suo¯ to compress
季 j`ı season
進貨 j`ınhuo` to stock
挑 tia¯ o to choose
告 ga`o to report
沒收 mo`sho¯ u to confiscate
以為 yˇıwe´i to think mistakenly
盜版 da`obaˇn pirated
千嗎 ga`nma´ whatever for
千萬 qia¯ nwa`n absolutely
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
小販 xiaˇofa`n vendor
小攤 xiaˇota¯ n vendor’s stall
正版 zhe`ngbaˇn legal
多管閒事 duo¯
xia´nsh`ı
guaˇn
to meddle
討價還價 taˇojia`hua´njia`
to bargain
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