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@ 30943 Ticket Scalper
A: 哎，先生小姐，要票嗎？最後兩張。
a¯ i, xia¯ nsheng xiaˇojie, ya`o pia`o ma? zu`ıho`u liaˇng zha¯ ng.
Hey! Sir, ma’am... do you need tickets? These are the last two.
B: 給我看看。喲，位子挺靠前的聽，多少錢一張？
geˇi woˇ ka`n kan. yo¯ , we`izi tˇıng ka`o qia´n de ma, duo¯ shao
qia´n y¯ı zha¯ ng?
Let me take a look. Wow, the seats are quite close to the front. How much are they a piece?
A: 800。放心，我這絕對是真票。
ba¯ baˇi. fa`ngx¯ın, woˇ
zhe`
jue´du`ı sh`ı zhe¯ n pia`o.
800. Relax, these are definitely real tickets.
B: 1000拿兩張吧。
y¯ıqia¯ n na´ liaˇng zha¯ ng ba.
1,000 for the two of them.
A: 不行，不行，我要虧的。
bu`
x´ıng, bu`
x´ıng, woˇ
ya`o ku¯ı de.
No way, no way. I’ll lose money.
B: 都開場10分鐘了，再不賣的話，虧得更多。
do¯ u ka¯ ichaˇng sh´ı fe¯ nzho¯ ng le, za`i bu` ge`ng duo¯ .
ma`i dehua`, ku¯ı de
It started ten minutes ago, if you don’t sell them you will lose even more money.
A: 算了，給你們吧！
sua`n le, geˇi nˇımen ba!
Forget it, I’ll give them to you!
B: 先讓我女朋友拿一張， 可以進去的話我再付你
錢。
xia¯ n ra`ng woˇ
nuˇ¨ pe´ngyou na´
y¯ı zha¯ ng, keˇyˇı j`ınqu`
dehua`
woˇ
za`i fu` nˇı qia´n.
First let my girlfriend take a ticket. If she can get in with it, I’ll pay you your money.
A: 嗯，也行，給你這張。看，她進去了。
ng, yeˇ
x´ıng, geˇi nˇı zhe`
zha¯ ng. ka`n, ta¯
j`ınqu`
le.
Uh... all right. Take this ticket. Look, she got in.
B: 好，給你錢。
haˇo, geˇi nˇı qia´n.
OK, here is your money.
C: 哎，哎，哎！你這是假票！不能進去。
a¯ i, a¯ i, a¯ i! nˇı zhe`
sh`ı jiaˇ
pia`o! bu`ne´ng j`ınqu`.
Hey, hey, hey! This is a fake ticket. You can’t go in!
B: 啊？又被黃牛騙了。
aˇ? yo`u be`i hua´ngniu´ pia`n le.
Huh? The scalpers swindled me again.
---Key Vocabulary---
票 pia`o ticket
最後 zu`ıho`u last
位子 we`izi seat
靠 ka`o near
絕對 jue´du`ı absolutely
真 zhe¯ n real
假 jiaˇ fake
虧 ku¯ı to lose money
開場 ka¯ ichaˇng to start an event
的話 dehua` if
付 fu` to pay
黃牛 hua´ngniu´ scalper
騙 pia`n to cheat
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
演唱會 yaˇncha`nghu`ı concert
前排 qia´npa´i front row
後排 ho`upa´i back row
保證 baˇozhe`ng guarantee
緊急 jˇınj´ı urgent
周杰倫 Zho¯ u Jie´lu´n Jay Chou
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