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@ 31399 Kinds of Nuts
A: 哇，這麼多堅果！
wa¯ , zhe`me duo¯ jia¯ nguoˇ!
Wow, so many nuts!
B: 我同事說，吃堅果可以變聰明。
woˇ
to´ngsh`ı shuo¯ , ch¯ı jia¯ nguoˇ
keˇyˇı bia`n co¯ ngming.
My coworker says that you can get smarter if you eat nuts.
A: 真的？ 那我們買點回去。晚上一邊看碟， 一邊
吃。
zhe¯ nde? na` woˇmen maˇi diaˇnr hu´ıqu. waˇnshang y¯ıbia¯ n ka`n
die´, y¯ıbia¯ n ch¯ı.
Really? Then let’s buy some and head home. We can eat them while watching a movie tonight.
B: 好！買哪種？
haˇo! maˇi naˇ zhoˇng?
OK! What kind should we buy?
A: 小核桃，要不要吃？
xiaˇohe´tao, ya`o bu ya`o ch¯ı?
How about walnuts?
B: 剝起來太麻煩了。還是買開心果吧。
bo¯
qˇıla´i ta`i ma´fan le. ha´ish`ı maˇi ka¯ ix¯ınguoˇ
ba.
They’re too much trouble to shell. Pistachios would be bet- ter.
A: 老吃開心果，你煩不煩？買點沒吃過的吧。
laˇo ch¯ı ka¯ ix¯ınguoˇ, nˇı fa´n bu fa´n? maˇi diaˇnr me´i ch¯ı guo de ba.
We always eat pistachios. Don’t be such a pain. Let’s buy some we’ve never eaten before.
B: 這種叫什麼？
zhe` zhoˇng jia`o she´nme?
What’s this kind called?
A: 上面寫的是 夏威夷果。
sha`ngmian xieˇ de sh`ı: Xia`we¯ iy´ı guoˇ.
It’s written on top: ’Hawaiian Nuts’.
B: 夏威夷果？名字好奇怪！是夏威夷產的嗎？
Xia`we¯ iy´ı guoˇ? m´ıngzi haˇo q´ıgua`i! sh`ı Xia`we¯ iy´ı chaˇn de ma?
Hawaiian nuts? What a strange name! Are they produced in Hawaii?
A: 不知道。哎，你知道哪個是樓子嗎？
bu` zh¯ıda`o. a¯ i, nˇı zh¯ıda`o naˇge sh`ı zhe¯ nzi ma?
Not sure. Hey, you know which ones are hazelnuts?
B: 樓子？我找找看。在這裡，這個是樓子！
zhe¯ nzi? woˇ
zhaˇozhao ka`n. za`i zhe`lˇı, zhe`
ge sh`ı zhe¯ nzi!
Hazelnuts? Let me look around. Right here, these are hazelnuts.
A: 我拿個吃吃看，好吃就買。
woˇ
na´
ge ch¯ıchi ka`n, haˇoch¯ı jiu`
maˇi.
I’ll try one. If it’s good, we’ll buy it.
C: 喂，小姐，我們這裡不能試吃的。吃了就要買。
we`i, xiaˇojie, woˇmen zhe`lˇı bu`ne´ng sh`ı ch¯ı de. ch¯ı le jiu` maˇi.
ya`o
Hey, miss. We don’t give out samples here. If you eat it, you buy it.
A: 啊？
aˇ?
Ah?
---Key Vocabulary---
堅果 jia¯ nguoˇ nut
變 bia`n to become, to change
聰明 co¯ ngming intelligent
一
邊......一
邊......
y¯ıbia¯ n... y¯ıbia¯ n... ...at the same time
as...
碟 die´ dvd, disc
小核桃 xiaˇohe´tao walnut
剝 bo¯ to shell, to peel
開心果 ka¯ ix¯ınguoˇ pistachio
老 laˇo always
煩 fa´n troublesome, annoy- ing
上面 sha`ngmian top
夏威夷果 Xia`we¯ iy´ı guoˇ macadamia nut
奇怪 q´ıgua`i strange
夏威夷 Xia`we¯ iy´ı Hawaii
產 chaˇn to produce
樓子 zhe¯ nzi hazelnut
試 sh`ı to try
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
花生 hua¯ she¯ ng peanut
杏仁 x`ıngre´n almond
堅硬 jia¯ ny`ıng hard, solid
開心 ka¯ ix¯ın happy
試穿 sh`ı chua¯ n to try on
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