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@ 31507 Construction
A: 吵死了，又在修路！
chaˇo sˇı le, yo`u za`i xiu¯ lu`!
That noise is killing me! They’re repairing the road again?
B: 這條路不是剛剛修過嗎？怎麼又要修？
zhe` xiu¯ ?
tia´o lu`
bu`sh`ı ga¯ ngga¯ ng xiu¯
guo`
ma? zeˇnme yo`u ya`o
Wasn’t this road just recently repaired? Why does it have to be repaired again?
A: 誰知道呢！一大早就開始施工。週末想睡個懶覺
都不行。
she´i zh¯ıda`o ne! y¯ıda`zaˇo jiu` shu`ı ge laˇnjia`o do¯ u bu`x´ıng.
ka¯ ishˇı sh¯ıgo¯ ng. zho¯ umo`
xiaˇng
Who knows? They start working so early in the morning. I can’t even sleep in on the weekends.
B: 是啊！那個大機器是起重機嗎？
sh`ı a! na`
ge da`
j¯ıq`ı sh`ı qˇızho`ngj¯ı ma?
Exactly! That big machine is a crane, right?
A: 不是起重機，是挖掘機。
bu`sh`ı qˇızho`ngj¯ı, sh`ı wa¯ jue´j¯ı.
It’s not a crane, it’s an excavator.
B: 哦，那個是攪拌機吧？
o, na` ge sh`ı jiaˇoba`nj¯ı ba?
Oh. Is that a mixer?
A: 對。攪拌水泥的。就它聲音最大。
du`ı. jiaˇoba`n shuˇın´ı de. jiu`
ta¯
she¯ ngy¯ın zu`ı da`.
That’s right. It mixes cement. That one is the loudest.
B: 快躲開，土方車來了。
kua`i duoˇka¯ i, tuˇfa¯ ngche¯ la´i le.
Quick, get out of the way. A dump truck is coming.
A: 這麼大的車，還開得這麼快！
zhe`me da` de che¯ , ha´i ka¯ i de zhe`me kua`i!
Such a big car and it’s driving so fast!
B: 所以說土方車是“馬路殺手”啊！
suoˇyˇı shuo¯
tuˇfa¯ ngche¯
sh`ı” maˇlu`
sha¯ shoˇu” a!
That’s why people call dump trucks the, ’killers of the streets’!
A: 沒辦法。再忍幾天吧！
me´i ba`nfaˇ. za`i reˇn jˇı tia¯ n ba!
Well, there’s nothing we can do. We’ll have to put up with it for a few more days!
---Key Vocabulary---
吵 chaˇo noisy
修路 xiu¯ lu` to repair a road
修 xiu¯ to repair
施工 sh¯ıgo¯ ng to do construction
睡懶覺 shu`ılaˇnjia`o to sleep in
機器 j¯ıq`ı machine
起重機 qˇızho`ngj¯ı crane
挖掘機 wa¯ jue´j¯ı excavator
攪拌機 jiaˇoba`nj¯ı cement mixer, mixer
攪拌 jiaˇoba`n to stir
水泥 shuˇın´ı cement
躲開 duoˇka¯ i to get out of the way, to avoid
土方車 tuˇfa¯ ngche¯ dump truck
馬路 maˇlu` street
殺手 sha¯ shoˇu killer
忍 reˇn to endure, to bear
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
挖掘 wa¯ jue´ to excavate
省略 sheˇnglu¨ e` to leave out
躲避 duoˇb`ı to hide (oneself)
忍者 Reˇnzheˇ ninja
工地 go¯ ngd`ı construction site
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