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@ 31487 Weighing Yourself on the Street
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A: 哎，你看，那是什麼東西？
a¯ i, nˇı ka`n, na` sh`ı she´nme do¯ ngxi?
Hey, look. What is that thing?
B: 哦，那是秤，可以量身高，也可以稱體重。
o, na`
sh`ı che`ng, keˇyˇı lia´ng she¯ nga¯ o, yeˇ
keˇyˇı che¯ ng tˇızho`ng.
Oh, it’s a scale. It can measure your height, and also weigh you.
A: 啊？在大街上量啊？這麼多人，多尷尬啊，
aˇ? za`i da`jie¯
shang lia´ng a? zhe`me duo¯
re´n! duo¯
ga¯ nga` a!
Yeah? On the street? There are so many people around! How embarrassing!
B: 沒關係。你站上去試試吧。
me´igua¯ nxi. nˇı zha`n sha`ngqu` sh`ı shi ba.
It’s OK. Get on it and give it a try.
A: 我不去。
woˇ
bu`
qu`.
I’m not doing it.
B: 又沒人認識你。快把鞋脫了。
yo`u me´i re´n re`nshi nˇı. kua`i baˇ
xie´
tuo¯
le.
No one around here knows you. Hurry up and take off your shoes.
A: 好吧，那就量一下吧，
haˇo ba, na`
jiu`
lia´ng y¯ıxia`
ba!
All right, I’ll measure myself.
C: 請站直，
qˇıng zha`n zh´ı!
Please stand up straight!
C: 請稍等，
qˇıng sha¯ odeˇng!
Please wait a moment!
A: 哦喲，真麻煩，
oyo, zhe¯ n ma´fan!
Man, what a hassle.
B: 別急嘛，馬上就知道了。
bie´
j´ı ma, maˇsha`ng jiu`
zh¯ıda`o le.
Don’t get impatient. We’ll know in a second.
C: 身高，一米七二。體重95.6公斤。對不起，您的體
重超重。
she¯ nga¯ o, y¯ı mˇı q¯ı e`r. tˇızho`ng jiuˇsh´ı wuˇ buqˇı, n´ın de tˇızho`ng cha¯ ozho`ng.
diaˇn liu`
go¯ ngj¯ın. du`ı-
Height: 1.73 meters. Weight: 95.6 kilograms. I’m sorry, but you are overweight.
B: 哈哈，你該減肥了，
ha¯ ha¯ ! nˇı ga¯ i jiaˇnfe´i le!
Ha ha! You need to go on a diet!
A: 噓，你要保密，別告訴別人，
xu¯ ! nˇı ya`o baˇom`ı, bie´ ga`osu bie´re´n!
Shhh! You have to keep this a secret. Don’t tell anyone!
---Key Vocabulary---
秤 che`ng scale
量 lia´ng to measure
身高 she¯ nga¯ o body height
稱 che¯ ng to weigh
體重 tˇızho`ng body weight
尷尬 ga¯ nga` embarrassing, awk- ward
站 zha`n to stand
又 yo`u [adds emphasis]
認識 re`nshi to know (a person)
脫 tuo¯ to take off
直 zh´ı straight
稍等 sha¯ odeˇng to wait a moment
麻煩 ma´fan troublesome
公斤 go¯ ngj¯ın kilogram
超重 cha¯ ozho`ng to be overweight
減肥 jiaˇnfe´i to lose weight
保密 baˇom`ı to keep a secret
告訴 ga`osu to tell
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
行李 x´ıngli luggage
電梯 dia`nt¯ı elevator
機器 j¯ıq`ı machine, apparatus
祕密 m`ım`ı secret
身體 she¯ ntˇı body, health
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