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@ 31044 The Perfect Sandwich
A: 老婆在做早餐啊。
laˇopo´
za`i zuo`
zaˇoca¯ n a.
Oh, honey, you’re making breakfast.
B: 嗯，我在做愛心三明直。
ng, woˇ
za`i zuo`
a`ix¯ın sa¯ nm´ıngzh`ı.
Uh-uh. I’m making sandwiches.
A: 咦。
y´ı.
Yikes!
B: 怎麼了？
zeˇnme le?
What’s wrong?
A: 你不能用這種麵包做三明直。太軟、太甜了。
nˇı bu`ne´ng yo`ng zhe` ruaˇn, ta`i tia´n le.
zhoˇng mia`nba¯ o zuo`
sa¯ nm´ıngzh`ı. ta`i
You can’t use this kind of bread to make sandwiches. It’s too soft, and too sweet.
B: 這樣才好吃啊！
zhe`ya`ng ca´i haˇoch¯ı a!
That’s what makes them taste good!
A: 哎喲。你懂什麼？我看看你裡面放什麼？
a¯ iyo¯ u. nˇı doˇng she´nme? woˇ me?
ka`n kan nˇı lˇımia`n fa`ng she´n-
Jeesh, what do you know? Let me see what you put inside.
B: 黃瓜和番茄。
hua´nggua¯
he´
fa¯ nqie´.
Cucumber and tomato.
A: 哎呀，怎麼能放黃瓜呢？
a¯ iya¯ , zeˇnme ne´ng fa`ng hua´nggua¯
ne?
Yikes, how could you put cucumber in?
B: 為什麼不能？
we`ishe´nme bu`ne´ng?
Why can’t I?
A: 三明直裡不應該放黃瓜。
sa¯ nm´ıngzh`ı lˇı bu` y¯ıngga¯ i fa`ng hua´nggua¯ .
You shouldn’t put cucumber in a sandwich.
B: 那番茄呢？
na`
fa¯ nqie´
ne?
Well, what about the tomato?
A: 番茄還可以。你放什麼肉？
fa¯ nqie´ ha´i keˇyˇı. nˇı fa`ng she´nme ro`u?
Tomato is OK. What kind of meat did you put in?
B: 午餐肉。
wuˇca¯ nro`u.
Canned luncheon meat.
A: 啊？午餐肉不是肉，太難吃了！有別的肉嗎？
aˇ? wuˇca¯ nro`u bu`
sh`ı ro`u, ta`i na´nch¯ı le! yoˇu bie´
de ro`u ma?
Luncheon meat isn’t meat. It tastes awful! Do you have any other meat?
B: 煩死了，你自己做。
fa´n sˇı le, nˇı z`ıjˇı zuo`.
You’re driving me crazy. Make it yourself.
---Key Vocabulary---
做 zuo` to make
早餐 zaˇoca¯ n breakfast
愛心 a`ix¯ın compassion
三明直 sa¯ nm´ıngzh`ı sandwich
軟 ruaˇn soft
才 ca´i then and only then
懂 doˇng to understand
放 fa`ng to put
黃瓜 hua´nggua¯ cucumber
番茄 fa¯ nqie´ tomato
怎麼能 zeˇnme ne´ng how can
為什麼 we`ishe´nme why
午餐肉 wuˇca¯ nro`u lunch meat
難吃 na´nch¯ı disgusting
煩 fa´n annoying
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
溫暖 we¯ nnuaˇn warm
愛心午餐
a`ix¯ın wuˇca¯ n lunch prepared by a loved one
愛心毛衣 a`ix¯ın ma´oy¯ı sweater knitted by a
loved one
效果 xia`oguoˇ results
看不起 ka`nbuqˇı to look down on
火鍋 huoˇguo¯ hot pot
中西方差 Zho¯ ng X¯ı cha¯ y`ı fa¯ ng differences between the West and China
異
幾乎 j¯ıhu¯ almost
硬 y`ıng hard
完美 wa´nmeˇi perfect
挑剔 tia¯ oti picky
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