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@ 31543 Farewell Dinner
A: 我們先乾一杯，祝小寧的未來更美好！
woˇmen xia¯ n ga¯ n y¯ı be¯ i, zhu` Xiaˇon´ıng de we`ila´i ge`ng meˇi- haˇo!
First, let’s make a toast - to Xiao Ning’s future being even brighter!
ABCD: 好，乾杯！
haˇo, ga¯ nbe¯ i!
OK, cheers!
B: 小寧，恭喜你！你的新生活就要開始了！
Xiaˇon´ıng, go¯ ngxˇı nˇı! nˇı de x¯ın she¯ nghuo´ jiu`ya`o ka¯ ishˇı le!
Xiao Ning, congratulations! Your new life is about to be- gin!
C: 謝謝謝謝！其實我挺捨不得離開公司的，尤其
是你們。
xie`xie xie`xie! q´ısh´ı woˇ tˇıng sheˇbude l´ıka¯ i go¯ ngs¯ı de, yo´u- q´ı sh`ı nˇımen.
Thanks, thanks! Actually, I’m finding it quite hard to leave the company - especially you guys.
D: 能去大公司工作是好事。
ne´ng qu`
da`
go¯ ngs¯ı go¯ ngzuo`
sh`ı haˇosh`ı.
Being able to work at a big company is a good thing.
B: 就是。小寧，有前途！
jiu`sh`ı. Xiaˇon´ıng, yoˇu qia´ntu´!
That’s right. Xiao Ning, you have a future!
A: 以後也要常聯繫，別忘了我們。
yˇıho`u yeˇ
ya`o cha´ng lia´nx`ı, bie´
wa`ng le woˇmen.
In the future, you have to get in touch with us often. Don’t forget us.
C: 怎麼會呢！我們可以經常網上見嘛。
ze´nme hu`ı ne! woˇmen keˇyˇı j¯ıngcha´ng waˇngsha`ng jia`n ma.
How could I?! We can talk online a lot.
D: 有空的話，我們還可以一起出來吃飯，K歌。
yoˇuko`ng dehua`, woˇmen ha´i keˇyˇı y¯ıqˇı chu¯ la´i ch¯ıfa`n, K ge¯ .
If you have any spare time, we can also go out to eat together, go sing karaoke...
B: 就算不在一起工作了，我們還是朋友！
jiu`sua`n bu`
za`i y¯ıqˇı go¯ ngzuo`
le, woˇmen ha´ish`ı pe´ngyou!
Even if we don’t work together anymore, we’re still friends!
A: 來，我們再乾一杯！
la´i, woˇmen za`i ga¯ n y¯ı be¯ i!
Here here! Let’s have another glass!
ABCD: 幹！
ga¯ n!
Cheers!
---Key Vocabulary---
乾杯 ga¯ nbe¯ i ’cheers’, ’bottoms up’
先 xia¯ n first
祝 zhu` to wish
未來 we`ila´i future
更 ge`ng even more
美好 meˇihaˇo wonderful
新生活 x¯ın she¯ nghuo´ new life
就 jiu`ya`o ... le very soon will...
要......了
其實 q´ısh´ı actually
捨不得 sheˇbude to be unable to bring
oneself to
離開 l´ıka¯ i to leave
尤其 yo´uq´ı especially
前途 qia´ntu´ prospects, future
聯繫 lia´nx`ı to contact
的話 dehua` ...if
K歌
K ge¯ to sing karaoke
就算 jiu`sua`n even if
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
散夥飯 sa`nhuoˇfa`n farewell dinner
客套話 ke`ta`ohua`
civilities, courteous language
經歷 j¯ıngl`ı to experience
卡拉OK kaˇla¯ OK karaoke
認真 re`nzhe¯ n serious
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