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@ 31566 A Rarely Washed Car
A: 小賀，這輛車是你的？
Xiaˇo He`, zhe`
lia`ng che¯
sh`ı nˇı de?
Xiao He, is this your car?
B: 對啊。它可是我的寶貝。
du`ı a. ta¯
keˇsh`ı woˇ
de baˇobe`i.
Yeah. It really is my baby.
A: 你怎麼這麼對待你的寶貝車啊？
nˇı zeˇnme zhe`me du`ıda`i nˇı de baˇobe`i che¯ a?
How can you treat your precious car like this?
B: 怎麼了？
zeˇnmele?
What’s wrong?
A: 你看看，輪胎上都是泥，玻璃上都是灰。你多久
沒洗車了？
nˇı ka`n kan, lu´nta¯ i sha`ng do¯ u sh`ı n´ı, bo¯ li sha`ng do¯ u sh`ı hu¯ı.
nˇı duo¯
jiuˇ
me´i xˇı che¯
le?
Look - there’s mud all over the tires and the windows are covered in dust. How long has it been since you’ve had a carwash?
B: 我週末才洗過。
woˇ
zho¯ umo`
ca´i xˇı guo.
I just had it washed on the weekend.
A: 那怎麼不到一星期就髒了？
na`
zeˇnme bu`
da`o y¯ı x¯ıngq¯ı jiu`
za¯ ng le?
How did it get so dirty in less than a week?
B: 哎！第二天就下雨了。鬱悶死了。
a¯ i! d`ı e`r tia¯ n jiu`
xia`yuˇ
le. yu`me`n sˇı le.
Agh! It rained the next day. It’s so depressing.
---Key Vocabulary---
輛 lia`ng [measure hicles] word for ve-
寶貝 baˇobe`i prized baby possession,
對待 du`ıda`i to treat
輪胎 lu´nta¯ i tire
都 do¯ u all
泥 n´ı mud
玻璃 bo¯ li glass
灰 hu¯ı dust, dirt
才 ca´i only just
不到 bu`da`o to not reach
就 jiu` just, then
鬱悶 yu`me`n depressed, gloomy
第二天 d`ı e`r tia¯ n the next day, the 2nd day
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
祝賀 zhu`he` to congratulate
強調 qia´ngdia`o to emphasize
剛剛 ga¯ ngga¯ ng just now
不滿 bu` maˇn dissatisfied
月卡 yue`kaˇ one-month card
獺 laˇn lazy
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