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@ 31356 A Cell Phone Ad on TV
A: 老婆，快來看電視'
laˇopo´, kua`i la´i ka`n dia`nsh`ı!
Honey, quick. Come look at the TV.
B: 哎喲，我忙死了。
a¯ iyo¯ u, woˇ ma´ng sˇı le.
Agh, I’m super busy.
A: 電視上在賣手機。
dia`nsh`ı sha`ng za`i ma`i shoˇuj¯ı.
They’re selling a cellphone on TV.
B: 我沒興趣。
woˇ me´i x`ıngqu`.
I’m not interested.
C: 朋友們，您想買手機嗎？
pe´ngyoˇu men, n´ın xiaˇng maˇi shoˇuj¯ı ma?
Friends, do you want to buy a cellphone?
C: 請看我手上的這個手機。
qˇıng ka`n woˇ
shoˇushang de zhe`
ge shoˇuj¯ı.
Please take a look at the phone in my hands.
C: 它是很小，可是您別小看它。
ta¯
sh`ı heˇn xiaˇo, keˇsh`ı n´ın bie´
xiaˇoka`n ta¯ .
It’s very small, but don’t think less of it.
C: 它既能聽歌、拍照，又能上網。
ta¯ j`ı ne´ng t¯ıng ge¯ , pa¯ izha`o, yo`u ne´ng sha`ngwaˇng.
It can play music, take photos and it can also go online.
D: 有了它，您的相機、遊戲機、MP3等等，都可以不要了。
yoˇu le ta¯ , n´ın de xia`ngj¯ı, yo´ux`ıj¯ı, mp sa¯ n deˇngdeng, do¯ u keˇyˇı
bu` ya`o le.
Once you have it, your camera, your game system, your MP3 player, etc, you can get rid of all of them.
D: 這樣一個高級手機，一定很貴吧？
zhe`ya`ng y¯ı ge ga¯ oj´ı shoˇuj¯ı, y¯ıd`ıng heˇn gu`ı ba?
This kind of high quality cellphone must be very expensive, right?
C: 是的。它是很貴。原來您要花3888元。
sh`ı de. ta¯
sh`ı heˇn gu`ı. yua´nla´i n´ın ya`o hua¯
sa¯ nqia¯ n ba¯ baˇi
ba¯ sh´ı ba¯ yua´n.
That’s right. It is expensive. Originally, you would have to spend 3888 yuan.
C: 可是今天，在我們這兒，您只要花999元。
keˇsh`ı j¯ıntia¯ n, za`i woˇmen zhe`r, n´ın zhˇı ya`o hua¯ jiuˇbaˇi jiuˇsh´ı
jiuˇ yua´n.
But today, with us, you only have to spend 999 yuan.
D: 對，999元，您沒聽錯。只要999元。
du`ı, jiuˇbaˇi jiuˇsh´ı jiuˇ yua´n, n´ın me´i t¯ıng cuo`. zhˇı ya`o jiuˇbaˇi
jiuˇsh´ı jiuˇ yua´n.
That’s right, 999 yuan. You didn’t hear that wrong. Only 999 yuan.
C: 您還在等什麼呢？快拿起電話，訂購吧。
n´ın ha´i za`i deˇng she´nme ne? kua`i na´qˇı dia`nhua`, d`ınggo`u ba.
What are you still waiting for? Hurry, pick up the phone and order one.
A: 老婆，我們買吧。這麼便宜。
laˇopo´, woˇmen maˇi ba. zhe`me pia´nyi.
Honey, let’s buy it. It’s so cheap.
B: 還買？你已經有三個了。
ha´i maˇi? nˇı yˇıj¯ıng yoˇu sa¯ n ge le.
Buy another? You already have 3.
---Key Vocabulary---
興趣 x`ıngqu` interest
小看 xiaˇoka`n to look down upon, to belittle
既......又...... j`ı ... yo`u ... both...and...
拍照 pa¯ izha`o to take a picture
相機 xia`ngj¯ı camera
遊戲機 yo´ux`ıj¯ı video game machine
高級 ga¯ oj´ı high level
原來 yua´nla´i originally
花 hua¯ to spend
拿起 na´qˇı to pick up
訂購 d`ınggo`u to order goods
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
真實 zhe¯ nsh´ı authentic, real
購買 go`umaˇi to purchase
有興趣 yoˇu x`ıngqu`
to be interested
電視購物 dia`nsh`ı go`u- wu`
TV shopping
瘋狂 fe¯ ngkua´ng crazy
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