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A: 你去盂買旅遊啊？

nˇı qu`

Me`ngmaˇi luˇ¨ yo´u a?

You’re going to Mumbai?

B: 是啊。你呢？

sh`ı a. nˇı ne?

Yeah. How about you?

A: 我也是。看了電影，所以想去看看。

woˇ

yeˇ

sh`ı. ka`n le dia`nyˇıng, suoˇyˇı xiaˇng qu`

ka`nkan.

Me, too. I saw it in a movie, so I thought I’d like to check it out.

B: 我以前去過一次。

woˇ

yˇıqia´n qu`

guo y¯ı c`ı.

I’ve been once before.

A: 是嗎？盂買怎麼樣？

sh`ı ma? Me`ngmaˇi zeˇnmeya`ng ?

Really? How was Mumbai?

B: 很繁華，是印度的金融中心。城市挺漂亮的，有條河，很像上海的外灘。

heˇn fa´nhua´, sh`ı Y`ındu` de j¯ınro´ng zho¯ ngx¯ın. che´ngsh`ı tˇıng

pia`oliang de, yoˇu tia´o he´, heˇn xia`ng Sha`nghaˇi de Wa`ita¯ n.

Very prosperous– it’s India’s financial center. The city is really beautiful. It has a river. It’s a lot like Shanghai’s Bund.

A: 入和車都很多吧？

re´n he´

che¯

do¯ u heˇn duo¯

ba?

Probably a lot of people and cars, huh?

B: 特別多，路上挺亂的，不過很熱鬧。

te`bie´

duo¯ , lu`shang tˇıng lua`n de, bu`guo`

heˇn re`nao.

Yes! The roads are pretty chaotic, but it’s fun and lively.

A: 街上有沒有入跳舞？

jie¯ shang yoˇu me´iyoˇu re´n tia`owuˇ?

Are there people dancing in the street?

B: 啊喲，那是電影。不過盂買是寶萊塢的基地。你

可以去看他們現場拍電影I

a¯ yo¯ , na`

sh`ı dia`nyˇıng. bu`guo`

Me`ngmaˇi sh`ı Baˇola´iwu`

de j¯ıd`ı.

nˇı keˇyˇı qu` ka`n ta¯ men xia`nchaˇng pa¯ i dia`nyˇıng!

Oh, come on! That’s just in the movies. But Mumbai is where Bollywood is based. You can go watch them filming movies!

A: 其實我最想吃正宗的印度菜。

q´ısh´ı woˇ

zu`ı xiaˇng ch¯ı zhe`ngzo¯ ng de Y`ındu`

ca`i.

Actually, the thing I’d like to do most is eat some authentic Indian food.

B: 實在太好吃了。我推薦一些地方給你吧。

sh´ıza`i ta`i haˇoch¯ı le. woˇ

tu¯ıjia`n y¯ıxie¯

d`ıfang geˇi nˇı ba.

Oh, it’s just so good. How about I recommend a few places for you?

A: 好啊。哎，到盂買我請你吃飯吧I

haˇoa¯ . a¯ i, da`o Me`ngmaˇi woˇ qˇıng nˇı ch¯ıfa`n ba!

Great. Hey, why don’t I take you out to dinner when we get to Mumbai!

B: 好的。

haˇo de.

Sure.

---Key Vocabulary---

盂買 Me`ngmaˇi Mumbai

旅遊 luˇ¨ yo´u to travel

繁華 fa´nhua´ flourishing

金融中心 j¯ınro´ng zho¯ ngx¯ın financial center

印度 Y`ındu` India

外灘 Wa`ita¯ n the Bund (a scenic spot in Shanghai)

亂 lua`n chaotic

熱鬧 re`nao lively

寶萊塢 Baˇola´iwu` Bollywood

基地 j¯ıd`ı base

現場 xia`nchaˇng on the scene

拍電影 pa¯ i dia`nyˇıng to shoot a movie

正宗 zhe`ngzo¯ ng authentic, orthodox