@ 31503 Giving Instructions to the Ayi

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A: 阿姨，我們晚上想吃這幾個菜。

a¯ y´ı, woˇmen waˇnshang xiaˇng ch¯ı zhe` jˇı ge ca`i.

Auntie, tonight we’d like to eat these couple of dishes.

B: 好的。我做好放在桌上，你們回家就可以吃了。

haˇo de. woˇ keˇyˇı ch¯ı le.

zuo`

haˇo fa`ng za`i zhuo¯

sha`ng, nˇımen hu´ıjia¯

jiu`

OK. When I’m finished, I’ll put them on the table. You can eat them when you come home.

A: 嗯。對了，打掃衛生的時候用吸塵器把地毯好好

吸吸。

ng. du`ıle, daˇsaˇo we`ishe¯ ng de sh´ıhou yo`ng x¯ıche´nq`ı baˇ taˇn haˇoha¯ o x¯ı xi.

d`ı-

OK. That’s right, when you clean up, use the vacuum and really get the dust out of the rug.

B: 昨天吸過了。

zuo´tia¯ n x¯ı guo le.

I vacuumed it yesterday.

A: 還有點兒灰塵，你再吸一下吧。還有，沙發後面

和床底下也掃一掃。

ha´i yoˇu diaˇnr hu¯ıche´n, nˇı za`i x¯ı y¯ıxia`

ba. ha´iyoˇu, sha¯ fa¯

ho`u-

mian he´

chua´ng dˇıxia`

yeˇ

saˇo y¯ı saˇo.

There’s still a little dust. Could you vacuum it again? Also, sweep behind the sofa and under the bed as well.

B: 行。我每天都打掃的。

x´ıng. woˇ meˇitia¯ n do¯ u daˇsaˇo de.

OK. I do sweep every day.

A: 沙發套也洗洗吧。還有些衣服也要洗，都放在那

兒了。

sha¯ fa¯ ta`o yeˇ na`r le.

xˇı xi ba. ha´i yoˇu xie¯

y¯ıfu yeˇ

ya`o xˇı, do¯ u fa`ng za`i

Wash the sofa cover as well. There are also some clothes that need to be washed. I put them over there.

B: 好的。

haˇo de.

OK.

A: 洗的時候麻煩你看看衣服口袋裡有沒有東西。

xˇı de sh´ıhou ma´fan nˇı ka`n kan y¯ıfu koˇuda`i lˇı yoˇu me´iyoˇu do¯ ngxi.

When you’re washing them, could you check if there’s any- thing in the pockets?

B: 好。有的話我幫你收起來。

haˇo. yoˇu dehua`

woˇ

ba¯ ng nˇı sho¯ u qˇıla´i.

OK. If there’s anything in there, I’ll put it aside for you.

A: 哎，對了，昨天洗的那條牛仔褲口袋裡面有東西嗎？

a¯ i, du`ıle, zuo´tia¯ n xˇı de na` do¯ ngxi ma?

tia´o niu´zaˇiku`

koˇuda`i lˇımia`n yoˇu

Hey, that’s right was there anything in the pockets of that pair of jeans you washed yesterday?

B: 有幾張名片和發票，我放在桌上了。

yoˇu jˇı zha¯ ng m´ıngpia`n he´

fa¯ pia`o, woˇ

fa`ng za`i zhuo¯

sha`ng le.

There were a few business cards and receipts. I put them on the table.

A: 我好像記得裡面有些零錢。

woˇ

haˇoxia`ng j`ıde lˇımia`n yoˇuxie¯

l´ıngqia´n.

I think I remember there being some spare change in there.

B: 錢？錢我可沒看見。你是不是記錯了？

qia´n? qia´n woˇ

keˇ

me´i ka`njia`n. nˇı sh`ı bu sh`ı j`ıcuo`

le?

Money? I didn’t see any money. Are you sure you’re not mistaken?

---Key Vocabulary---

阿姨 a¯ y´ı auntie

打掃 daˇsaˇo to clean up

衛生 we`ishe¯ ng hygiene

吸塵器 x¯ıche´nq`ı vacuum

地毯 d`ıtaˇn rug

吸 x¯ı to vacuum

把 baˇ to take and...] [something

灰塵 hu¯ıche´n dust, dirt

沙發 sha¯ fa¯ sofa

床 chua´ng bed

底下 dˇıxia` underneath

沙發套 sha¯ fa¯ ta`o sofa cover

口袋 koˇuda`i pocket

...的話 dehua` if...

條 tia´o [measure pants] word for

收起來 sho¯ u qˇıla´i to put aside

張 zha¯ ng [measure word for thin, flat objects]

名片 m´ıngpia`n business card

發票 fa¯ pia`o receipt

好像 haˇoxia`ng to seem as if

記得 j`ıde to remember

零錢 l´ıngqia´n small change

可 keˇ really

記錯 j`ıcuo` to remember incor-

rectly

---Supplementary Vocabulary---

r:i 飛 yuˇq`ı tone of voice

吸管 x¯ıguaˇn straw

灰色 hu¯ıse` grey

灰 hu¯ı dust

掃地 saˇod`ı to sweep the floor

如果 ru´guoˇ if

收到 sho¯ uda`o to receive

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