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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
算 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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