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A: 佳佳，我們有個好消息要告訴你！
Jia¯ jia, woˇmen yoˇu ge haˇo xia¯ oxi ya`o ga`osu nˇı!
Jiajia, we have some good news for you!
B: 什麼消息？不用考試了？
she´nme xia¯ oxi? bu`yo`ng kaˇosh`ı le?
What news? We don’t have to take the exam?
C: 比這個還好。有個選美比賽快要開始了。你一定
要去參加！
bˇı zhe`ge ha´i haˇo. yoˇu ge xuaˇnmeˇi bˇısa`i kua`i ya`o ka¯ ishˇı le.
nˇı y¯ıd`ıng ya`o qu` ca¯ njia¯ !
Even better. There’s a beauty pageant that’s going to start soon. You totally have to be in it!
B: 哎喲，別開玩笑了！我怎麼夠格？
a¯ iyo¯ , bie´
ka¯ i wa´nxia`o le! woˇ
zeˇnme go`uge´?
Oh, stop joking around! How would I qualify?
A: 你不夠格，誰夠格？
nˇı bu` go`uge´, she´i go`uge´?
If you don’t qualify, who qualifies?
C: 佳佳，你這麼漂亮，而且博客也寫得這麼好，不
去太可惜了。
Jia¯ jia, nˇı zhe`me pia`oliang, e´rqieˇ
bo´ke`
yeˇ
xieˇ
de zhe`me haˇo,
bu`
qu`
ta`i keˇx¯ı le.
Jiajia, you’re so pretty, plus you’re such a good blogger. It would be such a shame not to do it.
A: 是啊。我如果有你一半漂亮，肯定馬上就去。
sh`ı a. woˇ
ru´guoˇ
yoˇu nˇı y¯ıba`n pia`oliang, keˇnd`ıng maˇsha`ng
jiu` qu`.
Yeah. If I were half as pretty as you, I’d do it right away.
B: 那你們先說說是什麼比賽？
na` nˇımen xia¯ n shuo¯ shuo sh`ı she´nme bˇısa`i?
OK, first tell me something about the competition.
C: 博客小姐。參加的人一定要有自己的博客。
bo´ke`
xiaˇojie. ca¯ njia¯
de re´n y¯ıd`ıng ya`o yoˇu z`ıjˇı de bo´ke`.
Miss Blogger. Participants must have their own blogs.
B: 選美和博客有什麼關係？
xuaˇnmeˇi he´
bo´ke`
yoˇu she´nme gua¯ nxi?
What does beauty have to do with blogs?
C: 這個比賽不只是比誰漂亮，最重要的是比頭腦。
你既有外表，又有內涵。博客小姐肯定是你！
zhe`ge bˇısa`i bu` zhˇısh`ı bˇı she´i pia`oliang, zu`ı zho`ngya`o de sh`ı
bˇı to´unaˇo. nˇı j`ı yoˇu wa`ibiaˇo, yo`u yoˇu ne`iha´n. bo´ke` keˇnd`ıng sh`ı nˇı!
xiaˇojie
The competition is not just about who’s the prettiest. The im- portant thing is who’s got brains. You’ve got both the looks and the smarts. Miss Blogger is so you!
A: 是啊、是啊。報名已經開始了，你趕快去吧！
sh`ı a, sh`ı a. ba`om´ıng yˇıj¯ıng ka¯ ishˇı le, nˇı gaˇnkua`i qu` ba!
Yeah, yeah. Registration has already started. Hurry over there!
B: 需要穿比基尼嗎？那樣的話，打死我也不去。
xu¯ ya`o chua¯ n bˇıj¯ın´ı ma? na`ya`ng dehua`, daˇsˇı woˇ
yeˇ
bu`
qu`.
Do I need to wear a bikini? If it’s like that, even torture won’t get me to do it.
C: 不需要。這個比賽比的是頭腦。
bu` xu¯ ya`o. zhe`ge bˇısa`i bˇı de sh`ı to´unaˇo.
You don’t need to. The contest is about brains.
A: 最重要的是， 可以讓大家都知道你， 讀你的博
客。
zu`ı zho`ngya`o de sh`ı, keˇyˇı ra`ng da`jia¯ bo´ke`.
do¯ u zh¯ıda`o nˇı, du´
nˇı de
The most important thing is getting everyone to know you, and to read your blog.
B: 好了、好了。那我試試吧。
haˇo le, haˇo le. na`
woˇ
sh`ıshi ba.
OK, OK. I’ll give it a try.
AC: 耶！佳佳要出名了！
ye¯ ! Jia¯ jia ya`o chu¯ m´ıng le!
Yay! Jiajia is going to be famous!
---Key Vocabulary---
比 bˇı to compare
選美 xuaˇnmeˇi beauty pageant
參加 ca¯ njia¯ to participate in
夠格 go`uge´ qualified
可惜 keˇx¯ı a pity
一半 y¯ıba`n half
博客 bo´ke` blog
關係 gua¯ nxi relation
頭腦 to´unaˇo brain
外表 wa`ibiaˇo outward appearance
內涵 ne`iha´n substance
報名 ba`om´ıng to register
比基尼 bˇıj¯ın´ı bikini
出名 chu¯ m´ıng famous
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
身材 she¯ nca´i figure
性感 x`ınggaˇn sexy
模特 mo´te` model
名模 m´ıngmo´ supermodel
美貌 meˇima`o beauty
智慧 zh`ıhu`ı intelligence
選手 xuaˇnshoˇu contestant
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