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@ 31418 Shanghai Expo Pavilions
A: 快看，世博園區就在前面！
kua`i ka`n, Sh`ıbo´
yua´nqu¯
jiu`
za`i qia´nmian!
Hurry, look! The Expo Park is just up ahead!
B: 哇，這麼大一片地方，造了好多房子！
wa¯ , zhe`me da`
y¯ı pia`n d`ıfang, za`o le haˇo duo¯
fa´ngzi!
Wow, such a big place. They built a lot of buildings!
A: 你們看，中國館！
nˇımen ka`n, Zho¯ ngguo´guaˇn!
You guys, look. It’s the Chinese pavilion!
C: 在哪兒？我怎麼沒看見？
za`i naˇr? woˇ zeˇnme me´i ka`njia`n?
Where is it? How come I can’t see it yet?
A: 就是那個紅色的， 上面大、下面小的。看見了
沒？
jiu`sh`ı na`ge ho´ngse` ka`njia`n le me´i?
de, sha`ngmian da`, xia`mian xiaˇo de.
It’s that red one. The top is big, and the bottom is small. Have you seen it yet?
C: 噢，像大紅燈籠，很有中國傳統特色嘛。
o, xia`ng da`ho´ngde¯ nglong, heˇn yoˇu Zho¯ ngguo´ chua´ntoˇng te`-
se` ma.
Oh, it looks like a big red lantern. It really has a lot of tradi- tional Chinese character.
A: 廢話，中國館當然有中國特色。
fe`ihua`, Zho¯ ngguo´guaˇn da¯ ngra´n yoˇu Zho¯ ngguo´
te`se`.
Well, yeah. Of course the Chinese pavilion has Chinese character.
B: 聽說其他場館都很新潮、也很有創意。
t¯ıngshuo¯ chua`ngy`ı.
q´ıta¯
chaˇngguaˇn do¯ u heˇn x¯ıncha´o, yeˇ
heˇn yoˇu
I heard the other pavilions are all really modern and cre- ative.
A: 嗯，而且裡面吃喝玩樂看，什麼都有。
ng, e´rqieˇ
lˇımia`n ch¯ı he¯
wa´n le`
ka`n, she´nme do¯ u yoˇu.
Yeah. Also, there’s food, drinks, fun stuff to do, entertain- ment, things to watch: they’ve got everything.
C: 那中國館裡肯定有烤鴨！
na` Zho¯ ngguo´guaˇn lˇı keˇnd`ıng yoˇu kaˇoya¯ !
Then the Chinese pavilion definitely has roasted duck!
A: 你就知道吃。
nˇı jiu` zh¯ıda`o ch¯ı.
All you ever think about is food.
B: 我還聽說每個館裡都有很酷的科技，像科幻片一
樣。
woˇ
ha´i t¯ıngshuo¯
meˇige guaˇn lˇı do¯ u yoˇu heˇn ku`
de ke¯ j`ı, xia`ng
ke¯ hua`npia¯ nr y¯ıya`ng.
I also heard there’s really cool technology inside each pavil- ion; just like the stuff in science fiction movies.
C: 哇，太期待今天的世博一日遊了！
wa¯ , ta`i q¯ıda`i j¯ıntia¯ n de Sh`ıbo´ y¯ır`ıyo´u le!
Wow, I’m really looking forward to our one day trip to the Expo!
---Key Vocabulary---
世博園區 Sh`ıbo´
yua´nqu¯
Expo Park
片 pia`n [measure word for pieces of land]
造 za`o to make, to build中國館 Zho¯ ngguo´guaˇn Chinese pavilion大紅燈籠 da`ho´ngde¯ nglong big red lantern
傳統 chua´ntoˇng traditional
特色 te`se` character, specialty
廢話 fe`ihua` to speak nonsense
場館 chaˇngguaˇn pavilion
新潮 x¯ıncha´o hip, trendy, modern
創意 chua`ngy`ı creative
肯定 keˇnd`ıng certainly, definitely
烤鴨 kaˇoya¯ roast duck
酷 ku` cool
科技 ke¯ j`ı science and technol- ogy
科幻片 ke¯ hua`npia¯ nr science fiction film
期待 q¯ıda`i to look forward to
一日遊 y¯ır`ıyo´u day trip
世博會 Sh`ıbo´hu`ı World Expo
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
《 大 紅燈籠高高掛》
Da`ho´ngde¯ ng- longga¯ oga¯ o- gua`
Raise the Red Lantern
社會主義 she`hu`ızhuˇy`ı socialism
圖書館 tu´shu¯ guaˇn library
體育館 tˇıyu`guaˇn stadium, gymnasium
博物館 bo´wu`guaˇn museum
現代 xia`nda`i modern
技術 j`ıshu`
technology
旅遊 luˇ¨ yo´u travel
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