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@ 31262 Buying Flowers
A: 小劍，你在網上訂花啊？
Xiaˇojia`n, nˇı za`i waˇngsha`ng d`ıng hua¯ a?
Xiaojian, you’re ordering flowers online?
B: 嗯。我女朋友快過生日了，你說送什麼花好？
ng. woˇ me hua¯
nuˇ¨ pe´ngyou kua`i guo` haˇo?
she¯ ngr`ı le, nˇıshuo¯
so`ng she´n-
Yup. My girlfriend’s birthday is coming up. What flowers do you think I should send?
A: 玫瑰代表愛情， 當然送玫瑰了！ 玫瑰加百合也OK。
me´igui da`ibiaˇo a`iq´ıng, da¯ ngra´n so`ng me´igui le! me´igui jia¯
baˇihe´
yeˇ
OK.
Roses represent love. So send roses, of course! Roses with lilies are OK too.
B: 老送這兩樣也沒意思。有沒有什麼特別的？
laˇo so`ng zhe`
liaˇng ya`ng yeˇ
me´i y`ısi. yoˇume´iyoˇu she´nme
te`bie´ de?
Always sending those two is boring. Isn’t there anything special?
A: 那就送蘭花吧。
na`
jiu`
so`ng la´nhua¯
ba.
So send orchids then.
B: 別搗亂！蘭花不是送老入的嗎？
bie´
daˇolua`n! la´nhua¯
bu`sh`ı so`ng laˇore´n de ma?
Don’t mess around! Aren’t orchids for old people?
A: 哦，那你自己看吧。
o, na` nˇı z`ıjˇı ka`n ba.
Oh. Look yourself then.
B: 好，我再看看。哎，天堂鳥代表什麼？
haˇo, woˇ za`i ka`n kan. a¯ i, tia¯ nta´ngniaˇo da`ibiaˇo she´nme?
OK, I’ll look some more. Hey, what do birds of paradise represent?
A: 代表自由、幸福。
da`ibiaˇo z`ıyo´u, x`ıngfu´.
They represent ”freedom” and ”happiness.”
B: 也挺好的。那我就訂天堂鳥吧！
yeˇ
tˇıng haˇo de. na`
woˇ
jiu`
d`ıng tia¯ nta´ngniaˇo ba!
Also not bad. Then I’ll just order birds of paradise!
A: 小劍，你快看外面！那麼多玫瑰！
Xiaˇojia`n, nˇı kua`i ka`n wa`imian! na`me duo¯
me´igui!
Xiao Jian! Look outside! So many roses!
B: 有999朵吧？有入要求婚嗎？
yoˇu jiuˇbaˇi jiuˇsh´ı jiuˇ
duoˇ
ba? yoˇure´n ya`o qiu´hu¯ n ma?
Are there 999? Is someone going to propose?
---Key Vocabulary---
訂 d`ıng to order
送 so`ng to send
過生日 guo` she¯ ngr`ı to have a birthday
好 haˇo good
玫瑰 me´igui rose
代表 da`ibiaˇo to represent
愛情 a`iq´ıng love
百合 baˇihe´ lily
老 laˇo always
樣 ya`ng [measure word for
types of things]
特別 te`bie´ special
蘭花 la´nhua¯ orchids
搗亂 daˇolua`n to make trouble
天堂鳥 tia¯ nta´ngniaˇo birds of paradise
自由 z`ıyo´u freedom
幸福 x`ıngfu´ happiness
朵 duoˇ [measure word flowers] for
求婚 qiu´hu¯ n propose
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
三個代表 Sa¯ n ge da`i- biaˇo
長長久久 cha´ngcha´ng- jiuˇjiuˇ
菊花 ju´hua¯
The ’Three Repre- sents’ of the Commu- nist Party of China
a very long time
chrysanthemum
康乃馨 ka¯ ngnaˇix¯ın carnation
鬱金香 yu`j¯ınxia¯ ng tulip
馬蹄蓮 maˇt´ılia´n calla lily
向日葵 xia`ngr`ıku´ı sunflower
非洲菊 fe¯ izho¯ uju´
gerbera
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