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@ 31183 Delivery Problems
A: 喂，你是送貨的嗎？
we´i, nˇı sh`ı so`nghuo` de ma?
Hey, are you the delivery person?
B: 對，你哪位？
du`ı, nˇı naˇ we`i?
Yes. May I ask who you are?
A: 你說好上午送電腦過來的。現在都中午了，你在
哪"阿？
nˇı shuo¯ haˇo sha`ngwuˇ so`ng dia`nnaˇo guo`lai de. xia`nza`i do¯ u
zho¯ ngwuˇ le, nˇı za`i naˇr a?
You agreed that you’d deliver the computer this morning. It’s already noon – where are you?
B: 我今天要送很多東西。你等一下，我快到了。
woˇ
j¯ıntia¯ n ya`o so`ng heˇn duo¯
do¯ ngxi. nˇı deˇng y¯ıxia`, woˇ
kua`i
da`o le.
I have a lot of stuff to deliver today. Please wait a bit – I’ll be there soon.
A: 師傅，都快一個小時了，你怎麼還不來？
sh¯ıfu, do¯ u kua`i y¯ı ge xiaˇosh´ı le, nˇı zeˇnme ha´i bu` la´i?
It’s been almost an hour now. How come you still haven’t come?
B: 今天車很堵，我馬上到。
j¯ıntia¯ n che¯
heˇn duˇ, woˇ
maˇsha`ng da`o.
The traffic is terrible today. I’ll be there very soon.
A: 馬上是多久？
maˇsha`ng sh`ı duo¯
jiuˇ ?
How long is “very soon”?
B: 二十分鐘，肯定到。
e`rsh´ı fe¯ nzho¯ ng, keˇnd`ıng da`o.
I’ll definitely be there in twenty minutes.
A: 你快一點"。我要出去辦事。
nˇı kua`i y¯ıdiaˇnr. woˇ
ya`o chu¯ qu`
ba`nsh`ı.
Hurry up! I have to go out to do some things.
A: 喂，你到底來不來？
we´i, nˇı da`odˇı la´i bu la´i?
Hey, are you coming or not?
B: 拐個彎"就到了。
guaˇi ge wa¯ nr jiu` da`o le.
I’m right around the corner!
A: 你別胡說了。
nˇı bie´
hu´shuo¯
le.
Don’t give me that. [i.e. Don’t talk rubbish – Ed.]
B: 你怎麼這麼說？我連午飯都沒吃，忙死了！
nˇı zeˇnme zhe`me shuo¯ ? woˇ le!
lia´n wuˇfa`n do¯ u me´i ch¯ı, ma´ng sˇı
How could you say that? I haven’t even had lunch! I’m extremely busy!
A: 我不等你了，你明天再送吧。
woˇ
bu`
deˇng nˇı le, nˇı m´ıngtia¯ n za`i so`ng ba.
I’m not going to wait any more. Deliver it tomorrow.
B: 喂，喂！
we´i, we´i!
Hello? Hello!
---Key Vocabulary---
送貨 so`nghuo` to deliver goods
師傅 sh¯ıfu Sir, Master
堵 duˇ congested
馬上 maˇsha`ng at once
肯定 keˇnd`ıng sure
辦事 ba`nsh`ı to handle affairs
到底 da`odˇı in the end
拐彎" guaˇi wa¯ nr to turn
胡說 hu´shuo¯ to talk nonsense
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
借門 jie`koˇu excuse
不耐煩 bu` na`ifa´n impatient
堵車 duˇche¯ traffic jam
急 j´ı urgent
送快遞 so`ng kua`id`ı to deliver a package
投訴 to´usu` to complain
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