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@ 31213 Manila
A: 樂隊真棒！
yue`du`ı zhe¯ n ba`ng!
This band is great!
B: 芒果汁也很好喝！
ma´ngguoˇ
zh¯ı yeˇ
heˇn haˇo he¯ !
And the mango juice is delicious!
B: 快看他們的車！每輛車都有好幾種顏色！
kua`i ka`n ta¯ men de che¯ ! meˇi lia`ng che¯ ya´nse`!
do¯ u yoˇu haˇojˇı zhoˇng
Quick– check out their car! Every car has a bunch of differ- ent colors!
A: 建築物也是！顏色好豐富！
jia`nzhu`wu`
yeˇ
sh`ı! ya´nse`
haˇo fe¯ ngfu`!
And the buildings are the same way! There are so many colors!
B: 哇， 那就是亞洲最大的購物中心！ 我們去逛逛
吧！
wa¯ , na`
jiu`sh`ı Ya`zho¯ u zu`ıda`
de go`uwu`zho¯ ngx¯ın! woˇmen qu`
gua`ngguang ba!
Whoa, that’s the biggest mall in Asia! Let’s go stroll around there!
A: 你到哪兒都想買東西。
nˇı da`o naˇr do¯ u xiaˇng maˇi do¯ ngxi.
Wherever you go, you always want to go shopping.
B: 這兒東西便宜，買名牌很合算。
zhe`r do¯ ngxi pia´nyi, maˇi m´ıngpa´i heˇn he´sua`n.
Stuff is cheap here. Buying name-brands here is definitely worthwhile.
A: 還是先去看日落吧。晚上再陪你血拼。
ha´ish`ı xia¯ n qu`
ka`n r`ıluo`
ba. waˇnshang za`i pe´i nˇı xieˇp¯ın.
Let’s go watch the sunset first. In the evening, we’ll shop till we drop.
B: 嗯···
ng···
Hmmm...
A: 不看日落就不算到過馬尼拉！這可是你說的。
bu`
ka`n r`ıluo`
jiu`
bu`
sua`n da`o guo Maˇn´ıla¯ ! zhe`
keˇ
sh`ı nˇı shuo¯
de.
If you don’t watch the sunset, you can’t really say you’ve been to Manila! That’s just what you said!
B: 好吧。
haˇoba.
Oh, fine.
---Key Vocabulary---
樂隊 yue`du`ı musical band
棒 ba`ng a stick
芒果汁 ma´ngguoˇ zh¯ı mango juice
輛 lia`ng measure word for cars
顏色 ya´nse` color
建築物 jia`nzhu`wu` building
豐富 fe¯ ngfu` abundant, rich
亞洲 Ya`zho¯ u Asia
購物中心 go`uwu`zho¯ ngx¯ın shopping center
逛 gua`ng to stroll around
名牌 m´ıngpa´i famous brand
合算 he´sua`n worthwhile
日落 r`ıluo` sundown
陪 pe´i to accompany
血拼 xieˇp¯ın to shop till you drop
算 sua`n to be considered
馬尼拉 Maˇn´ıla¯ Manila
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
菲律賓 Fe¯ ilu`¨ b¯ın Philippines
吉普尼 j´ıpuˇn´ı jeepney (a vehicle)
首都 shoˇudu¯
日出 r`ıchu¯
馬尼拉灣 Maˇn´ıla¯
capital city sunrise
wa¯ n Manila Bay
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