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@ 31539 Considering an iPad
A: 那邊新開了一家蘋果專賣店，我們去看看吧。
na`bia¯ n x¯ın ka¯ i le y¯ı jia¯ ka`n kan ba.
P´ıngguoˇ
zhua¯ nma`idia`n, woˇmen qu`
A new official Apple store opened over there. How about we go check it out?
B: 你還想看什麼，不是剛買了iPhone4嗎?
nˇı ha´i xiaˇng ka`n she´nme, bu`sh`ı ga¯ ng maˇi le iPhone s`ı ma?
What else do you want to check out? Didn’t you just buy an iPhone 4?
A: 我想看看iPad。
woˇ xiaˇng ka`n kan iPad.
I want to check out the iPad.
B: 我勸你別買iPad。
woˇ
qua`n nˇı bie´
maˇi iPad.
I really don’t think you should buy an iPad.
A: 怎麼這麼說呢？
zeˇnme zhe`me shuo¯
ne?
What makes you say that?
B: 我看iPad就是大號的iPhone。
woˇ ka`n iPad jiu`sh`ı da`ha`o de iPhone.
I think the iPad is just a large-sized iPhone.
A: 那不一樣，iPhone是手機，iPad是平板電腦。
na`
bu`
y¯ıya`ng, iPhone sh`ı shoˇuj¯ı, iPad sh`ı p´ıngbaˇn dia`nnaˇo.
They’re not the same. The iPhone is a cell phone. The iPad is a tablet computer.
B: 要上網，發郵件，看視頻什麼的，你用筆記本不
就行了？
ya`o sha`ngwaˇng, fa¯ yo´ujia`n, ka`n sh`ıp´ın she´nme de, nˇı yo`ng
bˇıj`ıbeˇn bu`
jiu`
x´ıng le?
If you want to go online, send emails, watch videos isn’t a laptop good enough?
A: 我喜歡觸摸屏。而且聽說用iPad看電子書特別
爽。
woˇ
xˇıhuan chu`mo¯ p´ıng.
e´rqieˇ
t¯ıngshuo¯
yo`ng iPad ka`n dia`n-
zˇıshu¯
te`bie´
shuaˇng.
I like touchscreens. Also, I heard that reading e-books on the iPad is really nice.
B: 就為了看電子書買iPad？
jiu`
we`ile ka`n dia`nzˇıshu¯
maˇi iPad?
You’d buy an iPad just to read e-books?
A: 我就是去看看，不一定買。
woˇ
jiu`sh`ı qu`
ka`n kan, bu`
y¯ıd`ıng maˇi.
I’m just going to go check it out. I’m not necessarily going to buy it.
B: 我不想去。要不你去看iPad，我去逛商場。
woˇ
bu`
xiaˇng qu`. ya`obu`
nˇı qu`
ka`n iPad, woˇ
qu`
gua`ng sha¯ ng-
chaˇng.
I don’t want to go. How about you go check out the iPad and I’ll go hang out at the mall?
A: 那算了，改天我自己去看吧！
na`
sua`n le, gaˇitia¯ n woˇ
z`ıjˇı qu`
ka`n ba!
Nah, forget it. I’ll check it out myself some other day!
---Key Vocabulary---
開 ka¯ i to open
家 jia¯ [measure word for stores]
蘋果 P´ıngguoˇ Apple
專賣店 zhua¯ nma`idia`n official store
勸 qua`n to advise
大號 da`ha`o large-size
平板電腦 p´ıngbaˇn dia`nnaˇo tablet computer
郵件 yo´ujia`n mail
發 fa¯ to send
視頻 sh`ıp´ın video
什麼的 she´nme de and so on, etc.
筆記本 bˇıj`ıbeˇn laptop
觸摸屏 chu`mo¯ p´ıng touchscreen
而且 e´rqieˇ moreover
電子書 dia`nzˇıshu¯ ebook
爽 shuaˇng great
就 jiu` just
為了 we`ile in order to, for the sake of
不一定 bu` y¯ıd`ıng not necessarily
要不 ya`obu` how about
逛 gua`ng to stroll, to wander
商場 sha¯ ngchaˇng shopping mall
改天 gaˇitia¯ n someday soon
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
紅 ho´ng popular
專門 zhua¯ nme´n specially
建議 jia`ny`ı to recommend
強烈 qia´nglie`
intense
理由 lˇıyo´u reason
平板電視 p´ıngbaˇn dia`n- sh`ı
flatscreen TV
時髦 sh´ıma´o fashionable
代表 da`ibiaˇo to represent
外觀 wa`igua¯ n outward appearance
傳統 chua´ntoˇng tradition
受歡迎 sho`u hua¯ n- y´ıng
well-received
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