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A: 請問博客小姐在這裡報名嗎?

qˇıng we`n bo´ke` xiaˇojie za`i zhe`lˇı ba`om´ıng ma?

Excuse me, is this the Miss Blogger sign up?

B: 對。在那裡排隊。

du`ı. za`i na`lˇı pa´idu`ı.

Yes. Line up over there.

C: 哎,你看,那個女孩兒挺漂亮的。

a¯ i, nˇı ka`n, na`ge nuˇ¨ ha´ir tˇıng pia`oliang de.

Hey, look. That girl is quite pretty.

D: 是啊,挺有氣質的,身材也不錯。我們跟她聊聊

怎麼樣?

sh`ı a, tˇıng yoˇu q`ızh`ı de, she¯ nca´i yeˇ lia´oliao zeˇnmeya`ng?

bu`cuo`. woˇmen ge¯ n ta¯

Yeah, rather refined, and with a decent figure. How about chatting with her?

C: 好啊,...... 報名的入真多,我們都等了一個多小

時了。

haˇo a!...... ba`om´ıng de re´n zhe¯ n duo¯ , woˇmen do¯ u deˇng le

y¯ı ge duo¯ xiaˇosh´ı le.

All right! ... There are a lot of people signing up. We’ve been waiting for over an hour already.

A: 是嗎?那我上課要遲到了。

sh`ı ma? na`

woˇ

sha`ngke`

ya`o ch´ıda`o le.

Really? Then I’m going to be late for class.

D: 你還是學生?

nˇı ha´i sh`ı xue´sheng?

You’re still a student?

A: 嗯,研究生。我叫劉佳。

ng, ya´njiu¯ she¯ ng. woˇ

jia`o Liu´

Jia¯ .

Yeah, a graduate student. My name is Liu Jia.

C: 我叫Monica。這是我朋友,Jessica

woˇ

jia`o . zhe`

sh`ı woˇ

pe´ngyou, .

I’m Monica. This is my friend, Jessica.

A: 你們也是學生嗎?

nˇımen yeˇ sh`ı xue´sheng ma?

Are you students too?

D: 對,我們兩個都是學表演的。你是什麼專業的?

du`ı, woˇmen liaˇng ge do¯ u sh`ı xue´ biaˇoyaˇn de. nˇı sh`ı she´nme

zhua¯ nye` de?

Yeah, we both study theater. What major are you?

A: 中文。

Zho¯ ngwe´n.

Chinese.

C: 那你怎麼會來參加選美?

na`

nˇı ze´nme hu`ı la´i ca¯ njia¯

xuaˇnmeˇi?

So why would you participate in a beauty pageant?

D: 是啊。我們學表演的,學校會教我們怎麼打扮。而且表演、唱歌、跳舞、樣樣都要學。正好可以在選美的時候用。學中文好像就沒什麼用了。

sh`ı a. woˇmen xue´ biaˇoyaˇn de, xue´xia`o hu`ı jia¯ o woˇmen zeˇn-

me daˇban.

e´rqieˇ

biaˇoyaˇn, cha`ngge¯ , tia`owuˇ, ya`ngya`ng do¯ u

ya`o xue´. zhe`nghaˇo keˇyˇı za`i xuaˇnmeˇi de sh´ıhou yo`ng. xue´

Zho¯ ngwe´n haˇoxia`ng jiu` me´i she´nme yo`ng le.

Yeah. We study acting, and the school even teaches us how to put on make-up. Plus we have to study performing, singing, dancing, and all that. It comes in handy for a beauty pageant. It seems that learning Chinese just isn’t of any use.

A: 我以前也這麼覺得。可沒想到博客小姐最重要的是博客的內容。我寫的都是二十多歲女生的感想,連男生都喜歡看。

woˇ

yˇıqia´n yeˇ

zhe`me jue´de. keˇ

me´ixiaˇngda`o bo´ke`

xiaˇojie zu`ı

zho`ngya`o de sh`ı bo´ke`

de ne`iro´ng. woˇ

xieˇ

de do¯ u sh`ı e`rsh´ı

duo¯ ka`n.

su`ı nu¨ˇshe¯ ng de gaˇnxiaˇng, lia´n na´nshe¯ ng do¯ u xˇıhuan

I used to think that way. But I never imagined that for Miss Blogger the most important thing is the blog content. Ev- erything I write is about the thoughts of a twenty-something girl. Even boys like to read it.

C: 我的博客也很受歡迎。我教大家怎麼化妝、怎麼

穿衣服,

woˇ

de bo´ke`

yeˇ

heˇn sho`u hua¯ ny´ıng. woˇ

jia¯ o da`jia¯

zeˇnme

hua`zhua¯ ng, zeˇnme chua¯ n y¯ıfu!

Same with my blog. I teach how to apply make-up, and how to dress!

D: 我的也是。我們上個月都得了博客新入獎呢。那

個比賽你參加了嗎?

woˇ

de yeˇ

sh`ı. woˇmen sha`ng ge yue`

do¯ u de´

le bo´ke`

x¯ınre´n

jiaˇng ne. na`ge bˇısa`i nˇı ca¯ njia¯ le ma?

Me too, the same goes for my blog. Last month we both won new blogger awards. Were you in that competition?

A: 沒有。我的博客已經寫了兩年多了, 所以不算新入。不過這次是選美加博客,我應該算是新入吧。你們兩位一定很有經驗了,我要多向你們學習啊。

me´iyoˇu. woˇ

de bo´ke`

yˇıj¯ıng xieˇ

le liaˇng nia´n duo¯

le, suoˇyˇı bu`

sua`n x¯ınre´n. bu`guo`

zhe`c`ı sh`ı xuaˇnmeˇi jia¯

bo´ke`, woˇ

y¯ıngga¯ i

sua`n sh`ı x¯ınre´n ba. nˇımen liaˇng we`i y¯ıd`ıng heˇn yoˇu j¯ıngya`n

le, woˇ

ya`o duo¯

xia`ng nˇımen xue´x´ı a.

No. I’ve had my blog for over two years, so I’m not a new- comer. But this time it’s a beauty pageant plus blogging, so maybe I am a newcomer there. You two must have a lot of experience. I have to learn a lot from you.

---Key Vocabulary---

報名 ba`om´ıng to enroll

氣質 q`ızh`ı refinement; the way a person has about

them

身材 she¯ nca´i figure

研究生 ya´njiu¯ she¯ ng graduate student

表演 biaˇoyaˇn performance

專業 zhua¯ nye` major

打扮 daˇban to get dressed up

樣樣 ya`ngya`ng every sort

感想 gaˇnxiaˇng thoughts; impressions

受歡迎 sho`u hua¯ ny´ıng popular

化妝 hua`zhua¯ ng to apply makeup

新入 x¯ınre´n newcomer

sua`n to be considered

---Supplementary Vocabulary---

三個女入一臺戲

sa¯ n ge nuˇ¨ re´n y¯ı ta´i x`ı

three women make enough for a drama

忌妒 j`ıdu jealous

做作 zuo`zuo fake; affected

瞧不起 qia´obuqˇı to look down on

諷刺 feˇngc`ı to mock

炫耀 xua`nya`o to show off

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