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@ 31133 Business Card Gone Wrong
A: 朱小姐，名片印好了。你看一下。
Zhu¯ xiaˇojie, m´ıngpia`n y`ın haˇo le. nˇı ka`n y¯ıxia`.
Miss Zhu, your business cards have come out. Take a look.
B: 謝謝。啊？顏色不對！
xie`xie. aˇ? ya´nse`
bu`
du`ı!
Thanks. Oh! The color is wrong!
A: 是嗎？你給我的設計就是這個顏色，我是照著印
的。
sh`ı ma? nˇı geˇi woˇ zhe y`ın de.
de she`j`ı jiu`sh`ı zhe`
ge ya´nse`, woˇ
sh`ı zha`o
Really? The design you gave me had this color. I printed them according to your design.
B: 啊喲，公司名也拼錯了。
a¯ yo¯ , go¯ ngs¯ı m´ıng yeˇ
p¯ıncuo`
le.
Agh– the company name is also misspelled.
A: 是嗎？
sh`ı ma?
Really?
B: 你自己看。而且字體也不對。
nˇı z`ıjˇı ka`n. e´rqieˇ
z`ıtˇı yeˇ
bu`
du`ı.
Look for yourself. And the font is wrong.
A: 這是文件格式的問題。我沒辦法。
zhe`
sh`ı we´njia`n ge´sh`ı de we`nt´ı. woˇ
me´i ba`nfaˇ.
This is a problem with the document format. There’s nothing I can do.
B: 瞎說！你必須給我免費重印。
xia¯ shuo¯ ! nˇı b`ıxu¯
geˇi woˇ
miaˇnfe`i cho´ngy`ın.
Baloney! You have to reprint them for me, for free!
A: 我給你打折吧。
woˇ
geˇi nˇı daˇzhe´
ba.
How about I give you a discount?
B: 不行，這全是你的錯！
bu`x´ıng, zhe` qua´n sh`ı nˇı de cuo`!
No way! This is completely your error!
A: 我是做小生意的......
woˇ
sh`ı zuo`
xiaˇo she¯ ngyi de......
I don’t have a big margin...
B: 那你退錢。
na` nˇı tu`ıqia´n.
Then give me back my money.
A: 朱小姐......
Zhu¯ xiaˇojie......
Miss Zhu...
B: 要麼重印，要麼退錢！
ya`ome cho´ngy`ın, ya`ome tu`ıqia´n!
Either reprint them, or give me my money back!
---Key Vocabulary---
名片 m´ıngpia`n business card
印 y`ın to print
顏色 ya´nse` color
設計 she`j`ı design
照著 zha`o zhe according to
拼錯 p¯ıncuo` misspell
字體 z`ıtˇı font
文件 we´njia`n document
格式 ge´sh`ı format
沒辦法 me´i ba`nfaˇ to have no solution
必須 b`ıxu¯ need to
免費 miaˇnfe`i free
重印 cho´ngy`ın reprint
打折 daˇzhe´ to discount
退錢 tu`ıqia´n money-back
要 麼...要
麼...
ya`o- me...yao4me...
either...or...
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
按照 a`nzha`o according to
字虧 z`ıha`o font size
宋體 so`ngtˇı the standard Song typeface
黑體 he¯ itˇı bold-face
楷體 kaˇitˇı block letter
重寫 cho´ngxieˇ
重做 cho´ngzuo`
rewrite redo
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