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@ 31408 Fog or Smog
A: 哎呀，十幾年沒回來，家鄉的變化真大啊！
a¯ iya¯ , sh´ı jˇı nia´n me´i hu´ılai, jia¯ xia¯ ng de bia`nhua` zhe¯ n da` a!
Wow, it’s been 10 odd years since I’ve come back. Our hometown has really changed a lot!
B: 是啊，一天一個樣。你早就應該回來看看了。
sh`ı a, y¯ı tia¯ n y¯ı ge ya`ng. nˇı zaˇo jiu` y¯ıngga¯ i hu´ılai ka`n kan le.
Yeah, it changes every day. You should have come back earlier and had a look.
A: 我記得以前這裡是田地。現在都是高樓大廈了。
woˇ le.
j`ıde yˇıqia´n zhe`lˇı sh`ı tia´nd`ı. xia`nza`i do¯ u sh`ı ga¯ olo´uda`sha`
I remember this here used to be fields. Now it’s all tall build- ings.
B: 以前坐的是牛車，現在開的是汽車了。
yˇıqia´n zuo`
de sh`ı niu´che¯ , xia`nza`i ka¯ i de sh`ı q`ıche¯
le.
We used to ride oxcarts, now we ride in cars.
A: 唉，前面霧好大。
a¯ i, qia´nmian wu` haˇo da`.
Oh wow, that fog up ahead is really thick.
B: 咳，那不是霧。
ha`i, na`
bu`
sh`ı wu`.
Um, that’s not fog.
A: 不是霧？那是什麼？
bu`
sh`ı wu`? na`
sh`ı she´nme?
It’s not fog? Then what is it?
B: 你打開窗聞聞。
nˇı daˇka¯ i chua¯ ng we´n wen.
Open up the window and take a whiff.
A: 空氣怎麼這麼臭？
ko¯ ngq`ı zeˇnme zhe`me cho`u?
How come the air smells so bad?
B: 你再看遠處，那裡有好多工廠。
nˇı za`i ka`n yuaˇnchu`, na`lˇı yoˇu haˇo duo¯ go¯ ngchaˇng.
Look further into the distance. There’s a ton of factories over there.
A: 家鄉的空氣汙染這麼嚴重！
jia¯ xia¯ ng de ko¯ ngq`ı wu¯ raˇn zhe`me ya´nzho`ng!
Our hometown’s air pollution is so severe!
B: 哎！有錢有什麼用啊？
a¯ i! yoˇuqia´n yoˇu she´nme yo`ng a?
Agh! People have money now, but what’s the use?
---Key Vocabulary---
家鄉 jia¯ xia¯ ng hometown
變化 bia`nhua` change
一天一個
樣
y¯ı tia¯ n y¯ı ge ya`ng to be different every
day
早就 zaˇo jiu` early on, long ago
記得 j`ıde to remember
以前 yˇıqia´n before, in the past
田地 tia´nd`ı field
高樓大廈 ga¯ olo´uda`sha` tall buildings
牛車 niu´che¯ oxcart
汽車 q`ıche¯ car
霧 wu` fog
打開 daˇka¯ i to open
窗 chua¯ ng window
聞 we´n to take a sniff
空氣 ko¯ ngq`ı air
臭 cho`u stinky
遠處 yuaˇnchu` distant place
工廠 go¯ ngchaˇng factory
汙染 wu¯ raˇn to pollute, pollution
嚴重 ya´nzho`ng serious, severe
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
強調 qia´ngdia`o to stress
農村 no´ngcu¯ n countryside
濃 no´ng dense
重 zho`ng heavy
保護 baˇohu` protect
環境 hua´nj`ıng environment
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