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@ 31379 Special Green Hat
A: 陳總，生日快樂！
Che´n zoˇng, she¯ ngr`ı kua`ile`!
President Chen, happy birthday!
B: 小徐，這麼客氣，還買禮物。
Xiaˇo Xu´, zhe`me ke`qi, ha´i maˇi lˇıwu`.
Xiao Xu, you’re so polite. You even bought me a gift.
A: 一點兒小意思。
y¯ıdiaˇnr xiaˇoy`ısi.
Oh, it’s nothing.
B: 鋼筆，嗯，不錯。謝謝你。
ga¯ ngbˇı, ng, bu`cuo`. xie`xie nˇı.
A fountain pen, not bad. Thank you.
C: 陳總，生日快樂！這是我給你的禮物。
Che´n zoˇng, she¯ ngr`ı kua`ile`! zhe`
sh`ı woˇ
geˇi nˇı de lˇıwu`.
President Chen, happy birthday! Here’s my gift.
B: 哦，葡萄酒，我喜歡。小張，謝謝。
o, pu´tao jiuˇ, woˇ xˇıhuan. Xiaˇo Zha¯ ng, xie`xie.
Oh, wine. I like it. Xiao Zhang, thank you.
D: 陳總，祝你生日快樂！這是我在美國給你買的禮
物。
Che´n zoˇng, zhu`
nˇı she¯ ngr`ı kua`ile`! zhe`
sh`ı woˇ
za`i Meˇiguo´
geˇi nˇı maˇi de lˇıwu`.
President Chen, happy birthday! This is the gift I bought for you in America.
B: 真的？Tony,那肯定很特別。
zhe¯ nde? Tony, na` keˇnd`ıng heˇn te`bie´.
Really? Well then, Tony, it must be very special.
D: 你看一下，喜不喜歡？
nˇı ka`n y¯ıxia`, xˇı bu xˇıhuan?
Have a look. Do you like it?
B: 呃......
e`......
Umm...
A: 啊？不會吧？
aˇ? bu`hu`ı ba?
Huh? No way...
D: 陳總，這個綠帽子很適合你，你戴一下。
Che´n zoˇng, zhe`
ge lu`¨
ma`ozi heˇn sh`ıhe´
nˇı, nˇı da`i y¯ıxia`.
President Chen, this green hat really suites you. Try it on.
B: 我以後戴吧。
woˇ yˇıho`u da`i ba.
I’ll wear it later.
C: Tony,不能送綠帽子。
Tony, bu`ne´ng so`ng lu`¨ ma`ozi.
Tony, you can’t give a green hat as a gift.
D: 為什麼？
we`ishe´nme?
Why not?
C: 因為......
y¯ınwe`i......
Because...
---Key Vocabulary---
生日 she¯ ngr`ı birthday
客氣 ke`qi polite
禮物 lˇıwu` gift
小意思 xiaˇoy`ısi mere trifle
鋼筆 ga¯ ngbˇı fountain pen
葡萄酒 pu´tao jiuˇ wine
特別 te`bie´ special
帽子 ma`ozi hat
綠帽子 lu`¨ ma`ozi green hat
適合 sh`ıhe´ to suit
戴 da`i to wear [hats, gloves, accessories]
以後 yˇıho`u later, afterwards
為什麼 we`ishe´nme why
因為 y¯ınwe`i because
送 so`ng to give [a gift]
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
總經理 zoˇngj¯ınglˇı president, general manager
裁縫 ca´ifeng tailor
外遇 wa`iyu`
extramarital affair
做壞事 zuo`
hua`ish`ı to do something im- moral
說閒話 shuo¯
xia´nhua`
to gossip
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