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@ 31497 Getting a Tattoo
A: 你先進去。
nˇı xia¯ n j`ınqu`.
Go on in.
B: 不行。我好怕。
bu`x´ıng. woˇ haˇo pa`.
No way. I’m scared.
A: 我......我也不敢。有的人說痛，有的人說不痛。你
說，到底會不會痛啊？
woˇ...... woˇ
yeˇ
bu`
gaˇn. yoˇude re´n shuo¯
to`ng, yoˇude re´n shuo¯
bu` to`ng. nˇı shuo¯ , da`odˇı hu`ı bu hu`ı to`ng a?
I...I don’t dare myself. Some people say it hurts, some peo- ple say it doesn’t. What do you think? Is it actually going to hurt or not?
B: 我怎麼知道？
woˇ zeˇnme zh¯ıda`o?
How would I know?
A: 會不會傷口發炎，死掉了啊？
hu`ı bu hu`ı sha¯ ngkoˇu fa¯ ya´n, sˇı dia`o le a?
Do you think the cut will get inflamed and I’ll die?
B: 應該不會吧。
y¯ıngga¯ i bu`hu`ı ba.
I doubt it.
A: 哎喲， 如果被我媽發現了， 我肯定會被她打死
的。
a¯ iyo¯ u, ru´guoˇ sˇı de.
be`i woˇ
ma¯
fa¯ xia`n le, woˇ
keˇnd`ıng hu`ı be`i ta¯
daˇ
Oh geez, if my mom finds out, she’ll definitely give me a beating.
B: 你別說了。你越說我越怕。
nˇı bie´
shuo¯
le. nˇı yue`
shuo¯
woˇ
yue`
pa`.
Don’t say that. The more you talk like that, the more scared I get.
A: 我們到底要不要紋身啊？
woˇmen da`odˇı ya`o bu ya`o we´nshe¯ n a?
Do we really want to get tattoos?
B: 我看，還是算了吧！
woˇ ka`n, ha´ish`ı sua`n le ba!
I think it’d be best to just forget it.
A: 可是我喜歡他， 我真的好想把他的名字紋在身上。
keˇsh`ı woˇ
xˇıhuan ta¯ , woˇ
zhe¯ n de haˇo xiaˇng baˇ
ta¯
de m´ıngzi
we´n za`i she¯ n sha`ng.
But I like him. I really want to tattoo his name on my body.
B: 那你進去吧。我在外面等你。
na`
nˇı j`ınqu`
ba. woˇ
za`i wa`imian deˇng nˇı.
Then go on in. I’ll wait for you outside.
A: 啊！啊！
a`! a`!
Ah! Ah!
---Key Vocabulary---
好 haˇo very
怕 pa` to be afraid
敢 gaˇn to dare
有的 yoˇude some
痛 to`ng painful
到底 da`odˇı actually, really
傷口 sha¯ ngkoˇu cut, wound
發炎 fa¯ ya´n to become inflamed
應該 y¯ıngga¯ i should
如果 ru´guoˇ if
被 be`i by, [passive marker]
發現 fa¯ xia`n to discover, to realize
肯定 keˇnd`ıng definitely, certainly
打死 daˇ sˇı to beat to death
越......越...... yue` ... yue` ... the more...
紋身 we´nshe¯ n to tattoo, tattoo
還是 ha´ish`ı it would be better to
算了 sua`n le ’forget it’
可是 keˇsh`ı but
把 baˇ to take
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
害怕 ha`ipa`
to be afraid
受傷 sho`usha¯ ng to be injured, to be wounded
懷疑 hua´iy´ı to doubt
黑社會 he¯ ishe`hu`ı organized crime, mafia
貼 tie¯
to stick, to paste
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