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A: 哇，胡佛水壩太神奇了！快給我拍照。
wa¯ , Hu´
Fo´
shuˇıba`
ta`i she´nq´ı le! kua`i geˇi woˇ
pa¯ izha`o.
Wow, Hoover Dam is so magical! Quick, take my picture!
B: 你已經拍了幾百張了，還要拍？
nˇı yˇıj¯ıng pa¯ i le jˇı baˇi zha¯ ng le, ha´i ya`o pa¯ i?
You’ve already taken hundreds of photos and you’re still tak- ing them?
A: 好不容易來到拉斯維加斯，當然要多拍點。
haˇobu`ro´ngy`ı la´ida`o La¯ s¯ıwe´ijia¯ s¯ı, da¯ ngra´n ya`o duo¯ pa¯ i diaˇnr.
It’s not easy getting to Las Vegas. Of course I want to take a few more pictures than usual.
B: 我們現在可以去賭場了吧？
woˇmen xia`nza`i keˇyˇı qu` duˇchaˇng le ba?
Can we go to the casino now?
A: 不去不去，肯定會輸錢的。
bu`
qu`
bu`
qu`, keˇnd`ıng hu`ı shu¯
qia´n de.
Let’s not go. We’ll definitely lose money.
B: 啊呀，到了賭城不賭，白來了！
a¯ ya¯ , da`o le duˇche´ng bu` duˇ, ba´i la´i le!
Oh geez. We come to the city of gambling and we’re not gambling. What a waste!
B: 而且入家都說第一次在拉斯維加斯賭錢的入肯定
會贏錢！
e´rqieˇ
re´njia¯
do¯ u shuo¯
d`ı y¯ı c`ı za`i La¯ s¯ıwe´ijia¯ s¯ı duˇ
qia´n de re´n
keˇnd`ıng hu`ı y´ıng qia´n!
Also, everyone says the first time you come to Las Vegas, you’ll definitely win!
A: 我才不信呢！
woˇ
ca´i bu`
x`ın ne!
Well, I just don’t believe that!
B: 我保證只玩老虎機，才一分錢一次。
woˇ baˇozhe`ng zhˇı wa´nr laˇohuˇj¯ı, ca´i y¯ı fe¯ n qia´n y¯ı c`ı.
I promise I’ll only play the slots. It’s only one cent each time.
A: 那二十美金，不許超過。
na`
e`rsh´ı meˇij¯ın, bu`xuˇ
cha¯ oguo`.
Okay, then twenty dollars, nothing more.
B: 好！
haˇo!
OK!
B: 老婆，走吧！我的二十塊都輸光了。
laˇopo´, zoˇu ba! woˇ
de e`rsh´ı kua`i do¯ u shu¯
gua¯ ng le.
Honey, let’s go. I spent all of my twenty bucks.
A: 不要，不要，這個老虎機真好玩。我要繼續玩。
bu`
ya`o, bu`
ya`o, zhe`
ge laˇohuˇj¯ı zhe¯ n haˇowa´n. woˇ
ya`o j`ıxu`
wa´n.
No way, no way. This slot machine is really fun. I want to keep playing.
---Key Vocabulary---
胡佛 Hu´
Fo´
Hover
水壩 shuˇıba` dam
神奇 she´nq´ı mysterious, magical
拍照 pa¯ izha`o to take a picture
好不容易 haˇobu`ro´ngy`ı really not easy
拉斯維加
斯
La¯ s¯ıwe´ijia¯ s¯ı Las Vegas
賭場 duˇchaˇng casino
輸 shu¯ to lose
白 ba´i in vain
賭 duˇ to gamble
贏 y´ıng to win
才 ca´i just
信 x`ın to believe
保證 baˇozhe`ng to guarantee, to as- sure
老虎機 laˇohuˇj¯ı slot machine
美金 meˇij¯ın American dollar
不許 bu`xuˇ to not be allowed
超過 cha¯ oguo` to exceed
光 gua¯ ng completely
繼續 j`ıxu` to continue
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
賭博 duˇbo´
三峽水壩 Sa¯ nxia´
shuˇıba`
to gamble
Three Gorges Dam
允許 yuˇnxuˇ
to allow
二十一點
e`rsh´ıy¯ıdiaˇn Black Jack
輪盤賭 lu´npa´nduˇ
百家樂 baˇijia¯ le`
撲克 pu¯ ke`
roulette
Baccarat poker
擲骰子 zh`ı shaˇizi to throw dice
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