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@ 30871 Mobile Repairman
A: 修電視、冰箱、洗衣機。修電視、冰箱、洗衣機。
xiu¯
dia`nsh`ı, b¯ıngxia¯ ng, xˇıy¯ıj¯ı. xiu¯
dia`nsh`ı, b¯ıngxia¯ ng, xˇıy¯ıj¯ı.
TV, refrigerator, washing machine repair. TV, refrigerator, washing machine repair.
B: 微波爐修嗎？
we¯ ibo¯ lu´
xiu¯
ma?
Can you fix a microwave?
A: 修，出了什麼問題？
xiu¯ , chu¯ le she´nme we`nt´ı?
Yes, what is the problem?
B: 不能加熱。以前轉兩分鐘就好了，現在二十分鐘
都不熱。
bu`ne´ng jia¯ re`. yˇıqia´n zhua`n liaˇng fe¯ nzho¯ ng jiu` haˇo le, xia`nza`i
e`rsh´ı fe¯ nzho¯ ng do¯ u bu` re`.
It doesn’t heat very well. I used to be able to microwave something in two minutes, now even after twenty minutes it’s not hot.
A: 你買了多久？
nˇı maˇi le duo¯ jiuˇ?
How long ago did you buy it?
B: 快十年了。
kua`i sh´ı nia´n le.
Almost 10 years ago.
A: 噢喲，太老了，還是買個新的吧。
oyo¯ , ta`i laˇo le, ha´ish`ı maˇi ge x¯ın de ba.
Wow, that is old. You should buy a new one.
B: 修不好嗎？
xiu¯ bu haˇo ma?
You can’t fix it?
A: 不合算。
bu` he´sua`n.
It’s not worth it.
B: 哦，你回收嗎？
o, nˇı hu´ısho¯ u ma?
Oh, do you recycle?
A: 可以，不過最多四十塊。
keˇyˇı, bu`guo`
zu`ıduo¯
s`ısh´ı kua`i.
Yes, but 40 RMB is the most I’d pay you.
B: 啊？那麼少？
aˇ? na`me shaˇo?
Huh? That’s not very much.
A: 都是這個價。
do¯ u sh`ı zhe`ge jia`.
That’s the price everywhere.
---Key Vocabulary---
修 xiu¯ to repair
電視 dia`nsh`ı television
冰箱 b¯ıngxia¯ ng refrigerator
洗衣機 xˇıy¯ıj¯ı washing machine
微波爐 we¯ ibo¯ lu´ microwave oven
出問題 chu¯ we`nt´ı to have a problem arise
加熱 jia¯ re` to heat up
轉 zhua`n to rotate
老 laˇo old
新 x¯ın new
修不好 xiu¯ bu haˇo to not be able to repair
合算 he´sua`n worthwhile
回收 hu´ısho¯ u to recycle
價 jia` price
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
修得好 xiu¯ de haˇo to be able to repair
壞了 hua`i le broken
換 hua`n to exchange
出事 chu¯ sh`ı to have an accident
家電 jia¯ dia`n electric appliance
傢俱 jia¯ ju` furniture
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