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A: 老爸，這裡風景不錯。
laˇoba`, zhe`lˇı fe¯ ngjˇıng bu`cuo`.
Dad, the scenery here is really nice.
B: 是啊，我用數碼攝像機把它拍下來。
sh`ı a, woˇ
yo`ng shu`maˇ
she`xia`ngj¯ı baˇ
ta¯
pa¯ i xia`lai.
Yeah. I’ll film it a bit with the digital camcorder.
A: 要不要我幫你？
ya`o bu ya`o woˇ ba¯ ng nˇı?
Do you want me to help you?
B: 不用。我已經會用了。
bu`yo`ng. woˇ yˇıj¯ıng hu`ı yo`ng le.
No, I already know how to use it.
A: 老爸，你的手抖得很厲害。
laˇoba`, nˇı de shoˇu doˇu de heˇn l`ıhai.
Dad, your hand is shaking terribly.
B: 沒事，過一下就好了。
me´ish`ı, guo`
y¯ıxia`
jiu`
haˇo le.
It’s OK. It’ll be fine in little bit.
A: 還有，你別突然地放大或縮小。要慢慢地調。
ha´iyoˇu, nˇı bie´ de tia´o.
tu¯ ra´n de fa`ngda`
huo`
suo¯ xiaˇo. ya`o ma`nma¯ n
Also, don’t suddenly zoom in and out. You have to adjust it slowly.
B: 不是都差不多嗎？
bu`sh`ı do¯ u cha`buduo¯ ma?
It’s pretty much all the same isn’t it?
A: 不一樣。如果調得太快， 拍出來的視頻會很模
糊。
bu`
y¯ıya`ng. ru´guoˇ
tia´o de ta`i kua`i, pa¯ i chu¯ lai de sh`ıp´ın hu`ı
heˇn mo´hu.
It’s not the same. If you adjust it too quickly, the video will come out all blurred.
B: 好好好，我知道了。開始拍了啊！
haˇo haˇo haˇo, woˇ zh¯ıda`o le. ka¯ ishˇı pa¯ i le a!
OK, OK. I got it. I started filming!
A: 哎，老爸！
a¯ i, laˇoba`!
Hey, dad!
B: 別羅嗦了。
bie´ luo¯ suo le.
Quit your yapping.
A: 不是，你的鏡頭蓋沒打開。
bu`sh`ı, nˇı de j`ıngto´u ga`i me´i daˇka¯ i.
No, you haven’t taken the lens cap off.
B: 哦！
o!
Oh!
---Key Vocabulary---
風景 fe¯ ngjˇıng scenery
數碼 shu`maˇ digital
攝像機 she`xia`ngj¯ı video camera
把 baˇ to take
拍 pa¯ i to film
下來 xia`lai to come down [direc- tional compliment]
已經 yˇıj¯ıng already
抖 doˇu to shake
厲害 l`ıhai terribly
突然 tu¯ ra´n suddenly
放大 fa`ngda` to zoom in
或 huo` or
縮小 suo¯ xiaˇo to zoom out
慢慢 ma`nma¯ n slowly
調 tia´o to adjust
差不多 cha`buduo¯ more or less
如果 ru´guoˇ if
出來 chu¯ lai to come out [resulta- tive compliment]
視頻 sh`ıp´ın video
模糊 mo´hu blurry
羅嗦 luo¯ suo verbose, overly talkative
鏡頭 j`ıngto´u camera lens
鏡頭蓋 j`ıngto´uga`i lens cap
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
不耐煩 bu`na`ifa´n impatient
調整 tia´ozheˇng to adjust
清楚 q¯ıngchu clear
蓋子 ga`izi cap
程度 che´ngdu`
degree, extent
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