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@ 31331 Foot Therapy
A: 先生，今天做什麼項目？
xia¯ nsheng, j¯ıntia¯ n zuo` she´nme xia`ngmu`?
Sir, what treatment would you like ?
B: 中藥泡腳吧！
zho¯ ngya`o pa`ojiaˇo ba!
How about the Chinese medicine foot soak?
A: 好，那先泡腳吧。泡20分鐘。
haˇo, na` xia¯ n pa`ojiaˇo ba. pa`o e`rsh´ı fe¯ nzho¯ ng.
Okay. Then first soak your feet. Soak them for 20 minutes.
A: 先生，現在我幫你按摩。痛的話就告訴我。
xia¯ nsheng, xia`nza`i woˇ woˇ.
ba¯ ng nˇı a`nmo´. to`ng dehua`
jiu`
ga`osu
Sir, now I’ll give you a massage. It if hurts, just let me know.
B: 哎喲，很痛。
a¯ iyo¯ u, heˇn to`ng.
Ahh, that really hurts.
A: 對不起，那我輕點兒。這樣呢？
du`ıbu`qˇı, na`
woˇ
q¯ıng diaˇnr. zhe`ya`ng ne?
Sorry about that. Okay, I’ll do it a bit lighter. How’s this?
B: 哎喲，還有點兒痛。
a¯ iyo¯ u, ha´i yoˇudiaˇnr to`ng.
Agh, it’s still a little painful.
A: 這兒痛說明你胃不好。
zhe`r to`ng shuo¯ m´ıng nˇı we`i bu`
haˇo.
If it hurts here it means your stomach isn’t well.
B: 哦，足療還能治胃不好啊？
o, zu´lia´o ha´i ne´ng zh`ı we`i bu`haˇo a?
Huh, foot therapy can cure stomach problems as well?
A: 能啊，我們有個顧客有胃病好多年了，做了半年
足療就好了。
ne´ng a¯ , woˇmen yoˇu ge`
gu`ke`
yoˇu we`ib`ıng haˇo duo¯
nia´n le,
zuo`
le ba`n nia´n zu´lia´o jiu`
haˇole.
Yes, it can. We had a customer who had stomach problems for years. After half a year of foot treatments, he was cured.
B: 那他怎麼不去醫院呢？
na`
ta¯
zeˇnme bu qu`
y¯ıyua`n ne?
Why didn’t he just go to the hospital?
A: 足療能治很多種病的。頭痛、失眠、胃病都能
治。
zu´lia´o ne´ng zh`ı heˇnduo¯ we`ib`ıng do¯ u ne´ng zh`ı.
zhoˇng b`ıng de. to´uto`ng, sh¯ımia´n,
Foot therapy can cure many different kinds of illnesses. Headaches, insomnia, stomach problems; they can all be cured.
B: 哦。
o.
Oh.
A: 先生，要不要辦張卡，泡腳、修腳都可以用。
xia¯ nsheng, ya`obuya`o ba`n zha¯ ng kaˇ, pa`ojiaˇo, xiu¯ jiaˇo do¯ u keˇ- yˇı yo`ng.
Sir, would you like to set up a membership card? Foot soaks, pedicures; you can use it for all of those things.
B: 謝謝，我不想辦卡。
xie`xie, woˇ
bu`
xiaˇng ba`n kaˇ.
Thanks, but I don’t want a card.
---Key Vocabulary---
項目 xia`ngmu` treatment
中藥 zho¯ ngya`o traditional Chinese medicine
泡腳 pa`ojiaˇo foot soak
泡 pa`o to soak
按摩 a`nmo´ massage
痛 to`ng pain
告訴 ga`osu to tell
輕 q¯ıng light
胃 we`i stomach
足療 zu´lia´o foot therapy
治 zh`ı to cure
顧客 gu`ke` client
胃病 we`ib`ıng stomach problems
種 zhoˇng type
頭痛 to´uto`ng headache
失眠 sh¯ımia´n insomnia
辦 ba`n to set up
卡 kaˇ card
修腳 xiu¯ jiaˇo pedicure
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
腳底按摩 jiaˇodˇı a`nmo´
foot massage
穴位 xue´we`i acupuncture point
全身按摩 qua´nshe¯ n mo´
中式按摩 Zho¯ ngsh`ı mo´
a`n- a`n-
full-body massage
Chinese-style mas- sage
泰式按摩 Ta`ish`ı a`nmo´
Thai-style massage
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