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A: 喲，劉佳，沒時間了。你趕快換衣服吧！
yo¯ , Liu´ Jia¯ , me´i sh´ıjia¯ n le. nˇı gaˇnkua`i hua`n y¯ıfu ba!
Hey, Liu Jia, there’s no time. Hurry up and change clothes!
B: Monica, 我原來以為不用穿泳裝......
woˇ yua´nla´i yˇıwe´i bu`yo`ng chua¯ n yoˇngzhua¯ ng......
Monica, I thought we didn’t need to wear swimsuits...
C: 這是選美比賽，當然要穿咯！
zhe` sh`ı xuaˇnmeˇi bˇısa`i, da¯ ngra´n ya`o chua¯ n lo!
It’s a beauty pageant. Of course we have to wear them!
A: 哎，你們看那個女的，肯定去隆胸了。
a¯ i, nˇımen ka`n na`ge nuˇ¨
de, keˇnd`ıng qu`
lo´ngxio¯ ng le.
Ah, look at that girl. She definitely had a boob job.
C: 對呀！報名的時候，她的胸部完全是平的。
du`ı ya¯ ! ba`om´ıng de sh´ıhou, ta¯ de xio¯ ngbu` wa´nqua´n sh`ı p´ıng de.
Yeah! When we signed up, her chest was totally flat.
B: 啊？比賽允許整容嗎？
aˇ? bˇısa`i yuˇnxuˇ zheˇngro´ng ma?
Huh? The pageant allows cosmetic surgery?
A: 他們才不管呢！
ta¯ men ca´i bu` guaˇn ne!
They don’t pay any attention to that!
C: 是啊。只要是美女就行。
sh`ı a. zhˇıya`o sh`ı meˇinuˇ¨
jiu`
x´ıng.
Yeah, as long as the girls are beautiful, it’s fine.
A: 這裡的女孩子，大部分都是人造的。
zhe`lˇı de nuˇ¨ ha´izi, da`bu`fen do¯ u sh`ı re´nza`o de.
Of the girls here, most are artificial.
B: 不會吧？我看挺自然的。
bu`hu`ı ba? woˇ ka`n tˇıng z`ıran de.
What? They look natural to me.
C: 劉佳，你真老土。現在的整容技術很發達，根本
看不出來。
Liu´
Jia¯ , nˇı zhe¯ n laˇotuˇ. xia`nza`i de zheˇngro´ng j`ıshu`
heˇn fa¯ da´,
ge¯ nbeˇn ka`n bu chu¯ lai.
Liu Jia, you’re really not with it. Nowadays the surgery is really advanced. You can’t tell by looking.
A: 對啊。而且隆鼻、隆胸、割雙眼皮都是小手術。
參加選美的人都知道。
du`ı a. e´rqieˇ lo´ngb´ı, lo´ngxio¯ ng, ge¯ shua¯ ngyaˇnp´ı do¯ u sh`ı xiaˇo-
shoˇushu`. ca¯ njia¯ xuaˇnmeˇi de re´n do¯ u zh¯ıda`o.
Right. Besides, nose jobs, boob jobs, and eye jobs are all minor surgery. They’re the most basic requisites for a beauty pageant.
B: 那是不是不整容就沒希望了？
na`
sh`ı bu sh`ı bu`
zheˇngro´ng jiu`
me´i x¯ıwa`ng le?
You mean if you don’t have surgery you have no hope?
A: 可以這麼說吧。
keˇyˇı zhe`me shuo¯ ba.
You could say that.
C: 是啊，人人都這麼完美。不整容，怎麼比得過她
們？
sh`ı a, re´nre´n do¯ u zhe`me wa´nmeˇi. bu` zheˇngro´ng, zeˇnme
bˇıdeguo` ta¯ men?
Yeah, everyone is so perfect. If you don’t have surgery, how can you out-compete them?
B: 看來這個比賽真的不適合我。
ka`nlai zhe`ge bˇısa`i zhe¯ nde bu`
sh`ıhe´
woˇ.
Looks like this pageant is really not for me.
---Key Vocabulary---
以為 yˇıwe´i to think mistakenly
泳裝 yoˇngzhua¯ ng swimsuit
隆胸 lo´ngxio¯ ng boob job
平 p´ıng flat
允許 yuˇnxuˇ to permit
整容 zheˇngro´ng cosmetic surgery
管 guaˇn to pay attention to
人造 re´nza`o artificial
自然 z`ıran natural
老土 laˇotuˇ out of it
技術 j`ıshu` technique
發達 fa¯ da´ developed
看不出來 ka`n bu chu¯ lai to be unable to tell
隆鼻 lo´ngb´ı nose job
割 ge¯ to cut
雙眼皮 shua¯ ngyaˇnp´ı double eyelid
小手術 xiaˇoshoˇushu` minor operation
比得過 bˇıdeguo`
to be able to compare with
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
整形 zheˇngx´ıng plastic surgery
整形醫生 zheˇngx´ıng she¯ ng y¯ı- plastic surgeon
吸脂 x¯ızh¯ı liposuction
性感 x`ınggaˇn sexy
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