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@ 30770 Evading Nosy Questions
A: 盺說你現在在大公司工作啊。
t¯ıngshuo¯
nˇı xia`nza`i za`i da`
go¯ ngs¯ı go¯ ngzuo` a.
I heard that you work at a big company now.
B: 我只是小職員。
woˇ zhˇısh`ı xiaˇo zh´ıyua´n.
I’m just a lowly staff member.
A: 那也不一樣。待遇一定很好吧？
na`
yeˇ
bu`
y¯ıya`ng. da`iyu`
y¯ıd`ıng heˇn haˇo ba?
It’s not the same. The salary must be very good, no?
B: 一般。
y¯ıba¯ n.
It’s average.
A: 工資有多少？
go¯ ngz¯ı yoˇu duo¯ shao?
How much do you make?
B: 沒多少。
me´i duo¯ shao.
Not much.
A: 不會吧。盺說你最近搬家了。新房子多大呀？
bu`hu`ı ba. t¯ıngshuo¯
nˇı zu`ıj`ın ba¯ njia¯
le. x¯ın fa´ngzi duo¯
da`
ya?
That couldn’t be. I heard that you moved lately. How big is your new house?
B: 沒多大。買不起大的。
me´i duo¯
da`. maˇi bu qˇı da`
de.
Not that big. I can’t afford a big house.
A: 現在的房子多貴呀，只有你們有錢入買得起。
xia`nza`i de fa´ngzi duo¯ de qˇı.
gu`ı ya, zhˇıyoˇu nˇımen yoˇuqia´n re´n maˇi
Nowadays houses are so expensive, only rich people like you can afford one.
B: 是貸款的，要還幾十年呢。
sh`ı da`ikuaˇn de, ya`o hua´n jˇısh´ı nia´n ne.
It’s mortgaged. I still have decades left on it.
A: 至少你有房子。哎，剛剛看你從停車場走出來，
買車了？
zh`ıshaˇo nˇı yoˇu fa´ngzi. a¯ i, ga¯ ngga¯ ng ka`n nˇı co´ng t´ıngche¯
chaˇng zoˇu chu¯ lai, maˇi che¯ le ?
At least you have a house. Oh, I just saw you come out of the parking lot. Did you buy a car?
B: 沒有，朋友的車。
me´iyoˇu, pe´ngyou de che¯ .
No, it’s a friend’s car.
A: 哎，你女朋友呢？還是以前那個嗎？
a¯ i, nˇı nuˇ¨
pe´ngyou ne? ha´ish`ı yˇıqia´n na`ge ma?
Oh, what about your girlfriend? Are you still with the same girl?
B: 嗯。
ng.
Uh-huh.
A: 什麼時候結婚？
she´nme sh´ıhou jie´hu¯ n?
When are you going to get married?
B: 過一段時間。我朋友來了，我先走了。下次有空
出來吃飯。
guo`
y¯ıdua`n sh´ıjia¯ n. woˇ
pe´ngyou la´i le , woˇ
xia¯ n zoˇu le. xia`c`ı
yoˇuko`ng chu¯ lai ch¯ıfa`n.
After a while. My friend is here, I have to go. Next time you have some free time we’ll go eat together.
A: 好，別忘了啊。
haˇo, bie´ wa`ng le a.
OK, don’t forget.
B: 真愛管閒事。
zhe¯ n a`i guaˇn xia´nsh`ı .
So nosy.
---Key Vocabulary---
職員 zh´ıyua´n staff member
待遇 da`iyu` remuneration
一般 y¯ıba¯ n average
工資 go¯ ngz¯ı wages
買不起 maˇi bu qˇı to be unable to afford
有錢 yoˇuqia´n rich
買得起 maˇi de qˇı to be able to afford
貸款 da`ikuaˇn loan
還 hua´n to return
至少 zh`ıshaˇo at least
剛剛 ga¯ ngga¯ ng just
停車場 t´ıngche¯ chaˇng parking lot
結婚 jie´hu¯ n to marry
過 guo` to pass
一段時間 y¯ıdua`n sh´ıjia¯ n a brief period of time
管閒事 guaˇn xia´nsh`ı to meddle in others af-
fairs
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
少管閒事 shaˇo guaˇn xia´n- do not be so nosy
sh`ı
私事
s¯ısh`ı personal matter
模糊 mo´hu vague
迴避
hu´ıb`ı to evade
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