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@ 30843 Detroit
A: 底特律是不是很破？
Dˇıte`lu`¨
sh`ı bu sh`ı heˇn po`?
Is Detroit really run down?
B: 怎麼會？它可是美國的汽車城，大的車廠都在那
L。
ze´nme hu`ı? ta¯
keˇ
sh`ı Meˇiguo´
de q`ıche¯
che´ng, da`
de che¯
chaˇng do¯ u za`i na`r.
How could that be? It is America’s automobile manufactur- ing center. The big factories are all there.
A: 那是以前。現在好多車廠都搬走了。所以好多人
失業。
na`
sh`ı yˇıqia´n. xia`nza`i haˇo duo¯
che¯
chaˇng do¯ u ba¯ nzoˇu le.
suoˇyˇı haˇo duo¯ re´n sh¯ıye`.
That was before. Now a lot of automobile factories have moved. So a lot of people there are unemployed.
B: 你對底特律有偏見吧？
nˇı du`ı Dˇıte`lu`¨
yoˇu pia¯ njia`n ba?
You’re a little prejudiced against Detroit, aren’t you?
A: 沒有，我說的是事實。
me´iyoˇu, woˇ
shuo¯
de sh`ı sh`ısh´ı.
It’s not that at all. I am just speaking the truth.
B: 你知道底特律還是音樂城嗎？
nˇı zh¯ıda`o Dˇıte`lu`¨
ha´i sh`ı y¯ınyue`
che´ng ma?
Did you know that Detroit is also a musical city?
A: 是嗎？
sh`ı ma?
Really?
B: 那L六十年代是美國的流行音樂中心。
na`r liu`sh´ı nia´nda`i sh`ı Meˇiguo´
de liu´x´ıng y¯ınyue`
zho¯ ngx¯ın.
In the 1960s it was the center of American pop music.
A: 真沒想到。
zhe¯ n me´ixiaˇngda`o.
I didn’t realize that.
B: 而且城市還挺漂亮呢。有機會，我想去看看。
e´rqieˇ
che´ngsh`ı ha´i tˇıng pia`oliang ne. yoˇuj¯ıhu`ı, woˇ
xiaˇng qu`
ka`n kan.
Plus the city is quite beautiful. If I have the chance, I would like to go have a look.
A: 我可不想去。
woˇ
keˇ
bu`
xiaˇng qu`.
I don’t want to go at all.
---Key Vocabulary---
底特律 Dˇıte`lu`¨
Detroit
破 po` run down
廠 chaˇng factory
搬走 ba¯ nzoˇu to move away
失業 sh¯ıye` unemployed
偏見 pia¯ njia`n prejudice
事實 sh`ısh´ı fact
音樂 y¯ınyue` music
流行 liu´x´ıng popular
中心 zho¯ ngx¯ın center
年代 nia´nda`i era
沒想到 me´ixiaˇngda`o to not realize
有機會 yoˇuj¯ıhu`ı to have an opportunity
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
繁華 fa´nhua´ flourishing
蕭條 xia¯ otia´o desolate
工業 go¯ ngye` industry
生產 she¯ ngchaˇn to manufacture
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