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@ 31536 One-Way Street Scuffle
A: 你們兩個怎麼回事？
nˇımen liaˇng ge zeˇnme hu´ı sh`ı?
What’s going on here, you two?
B: 他亂開車，差點兒撞死我！
ta¯ lua`n ka¯ iche¯ , cha`diaˇnr zhua`ng sˇı woˇ!
He was driving recklessly. He almost hit me and killed me!
C: 我沒撞到你。
woˇ me´i zhua`ng da`o nˇı.
I didn’t hit you.
B: 當時嚇死我了！ 有車就了不起嗎？ 開車不長眼睛！
da¯ ngsh´ı xia`
sˇı woˇ
le! yoˇu che¯
jiu`
liaˇobuqˇı ma? ka¯ iche¯
bu`
zhaˇng yaˇnjing!
You scared me to death! You’re so great because you have a car, huh? You weren’t even watching the road!
C: 你說話怎麼那麼難聽呢？你過馬路怎麼不走斑馬
線？
nˇı shuo¯ hua`
zeˇnme na`me na´nt¯ıng ne? nˇı guo`
maˇlu`
zeˇnme
bu` zoˇu ba¯ nmaˇxia`n?
Why are you speaking so crudely? Why didn’t you cross at the crosswalk?
B: 你差點兒撞死入，你還有理了？
nˇı cha`diaˇnr zhua`ng sˇı re´n, nˇı ha´i yoˇulˇı le?
You almost killed someone, and yet you’re still in the right?
A: 你們別吵！一個一個說，我要做記錄。
nˇımen bie´
chaˇo! y¯ı ge y¯ı ge shuo¯ , woˇ
ya`o zuo`
j`ılu`.
Don’t argue, you two! Speak one at a time. I have to make a record.
B: 這是單行道，他從這邊就開過來了。
zhe`
sh`ı da¯ nx´ıngda`o, ta¯
co´ng zhe`bia¯ n jiu`
ka¯ i guo`lai le.
This is a one-way street. He drove this way from over there.
C: 又不是我一個入這麼開。
yo`u bu`
sh`ı woˇ
y¯ı ge re´n zhe`me ka¯ i.
I wasn’t the only one driving that way.
A: 好了，好了，過馬路要走斑馬線。
haˇo le, haˇo le, guo`
maˇlu`
ya`o zoˇu ba¯ nmaˇxia`n.
OK, enough. When crossing the street, you need to use the crosswalk.
B: 哦，知道了。
o, zh¯ıda`o le.
OK, I understand.
A: 這條單行道上只能從東往西開。駕照拿出來！
zhe` tia´o da¯ nx´ıngda`o sha`ng zhˇıne´ng co´ng do¯ ng waˇng x¯ı ka¯ i.
jia`zha`o na´ chu¯ lai!
On this oneway street you can only drive from east to west. Get your driver’s license out!
---Key Vocabulary---
怎麼回事 zeˇnme hu´ı sh`ı what happened
亂 lua`n careslessly
差點兒 cha`diaˇnr nearly
撞 zhua`ng to crash into and kill
當時 da¯ ngsh´ı at that time
嚇死 xia` sˇı to scare to death
了不起 liaˇobuqˇı amazing, incredible
長 zhaˇng to grow
難聽 na´nt¯ıng unpleasant sounding
過馬路 guo`
maˇlu`
to cross the street
斑馬線 ba¯ nmaˇxia`n crosswalk
有理 yoˇulˇı to be in the right, justi- fied
記錄 j`ılu` record
單行道 da¯ nx´ıngda`o one-way street
又 yo`u [adds emphasis]
往 waˇng in the direction of
駕照 jia`zha`o drivers license
開過來 ka¯ i guo`lai to drive over here
拿出來 na´ chu¯ lai to take out
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
發生 fa¯ she¯ ng to happen
真理 zhe¯ nlˇı truth
道理 da`olˇı reason
斑馬 ba¯ nmaˇ zebra
吵架 chaˇojia` to argue
北美 BeˇiMeˇi North America
突出 tu¯ chu¯
to stress
嚴重 ya´nzho`ng serious, severe
方向 fa¯ ngxia`ng direction
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