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@ 31090 Mexico City
A: Hola! Hola! Hola!
B: 喲，回來啦。說什麼鳥語呢？
yo¯ , hu´ılai la. shuo¯
she´nme niaˇoyuˇ
ne?
Oh, you’re back. What crazy language are you speaking?
A: 西班牙語，Hola就是你好。Hola! Hola!
X¯ıba¯ nya´ yuˇ, Hola jiu`sh`ı nˇıhaˇo. Hola! Hola!
Spanish– Hola means “Hi!” “Hi, hi!”
C: 行了！昂西哥好玩兒嗎？
x´ıng le! Mo`x¯ıge¯ haˇowa´nr ma?
OK, that’s enough! Was Mexico fun?
A: 太好玩兒了。沒想到昂西哥城有那麼多人。
ta`i haˇowa´nr le. me´ixiaˇngda`o Mo`x¯ıge¯ re´n.
che´ng yoˇu na`me duo¯
Incredibly fun! I had no idea there were so many people in Mexico City.
B: 那快跟我們說說昂西哥城有什麼好玩兒的？
na`
kua`i ge¯ n woˇmen shuo¯
shuo Mo`x¯ıge¯
che´ng yoˇu she´nme
haˇowa´nr de?
Well, then, quick, tell me: what’s so fun about Mexico City!
A: 整個城市看上去特有意思。有各種顏色的房子。
而且那裡的人都很友好，對人特別熱情。
zheˇngge`
che´ngsh`ı ka`n shangqu te`
yoˇu y`ısi. yoˇu ge`zhoˇng
ya´nse`
de fa´ngzi.
e´rqieˇ
na`lˇı de re´n do¯ u heˇn yoˇuhaˇo, du`ı re´n
te`bie´ re`q´ıng.
The entire city looks really interesting. There are all kinds of houses in all different colors. And the people there are really friendly. They’re very warm toward others.
C: 唉，盺說昂西哥菜很辣。
a´i, t¯ıngshuo¯
Mo`x¯ıge¯
ca`i heˇn la`.
Oh, I’ve heard that Mexican food is really spicy.
A: 對啊！跟昂西哥美女一樣辣！
du`ı a! ge¯ n Mo`x¯ıge¯
meˇinuˇ¨
y¯ıya`ng la`!
Right! It’s as hot as the Mexican women!
B: 哈哈，那美女有沒有教你跳拉丁舞？
ha¯ ha¯ , na`
meˇinuˇ¨
yoˇumeiyoˇu jia¯ o nˇı tia`o La¯ d¯ıng wuˇ?
Ha-ha. Well, did any beautiful women teach you Latin dance?
A: 當然咯。你們看！
da¯ ngra´n lo. nˇımen ka`n!
Of course! Look, you guys!
---Key Vocabulary---
鳥語 niaˇoyuˇ incomprehensible lan-
guage
西班牙語 X¯ıba¯ nya´ yuˇ Spanish language
昂西哥 Mo`x¯ıge¯ Mexico
昂西哥城 Mo`x¯ıge¯ che´ng Mexico City
整個 zheˇngge` entire
特 te` especially
有意思 yoˇu y`ısi to be interesting
各種 ge`zhoˇng every kind of
友好 yoˇuhaˇo friendly
熱情 re`q´ıng enthusiastic
辣 la` hot
教 jia¯ o to teach
拉丁舞 La¯ d¯ıng wuˇ Latin dance
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
方言 fa¯ ngya´n dialect
各種各樣 ge`zhoˇngge`ya`ng all types
貶義 biaˇny`ı negative (of implica- tions)
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