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A: 我老看見你喝熱水,有什麼特別的原因嗎?

woˇ

laˇo ka`njia`n nˇı he¯

re`shuˇı, yoˇu she´nme te`bie´

de yua´ny¯ın

ma?

I always see you drinking hot water. Do you have any par- ticular reason for this?

B: 喝熱水能讓我覺得曖和,尤其在冬天,我每天都喝熱水。

he¯

re`shuˇı ne´ng ra`ng woˇ

jue´de nuaˇnhuo, yo´uq´ı za`i do¯ ngtia¯ n,

woˇ

meˇitia¯ n do¯ u he¯

re`shuˇı.

Drinking hot water makes me feel warm. Especially in the winter, I drink hot water every day.

A: 還有其它好處嗎?

ha´iyoˇu q´ıta¯ haˇochu ma?

Are there any other benefits?

B: 我聽中醫說喝熱水可以潤嗓子。

woˇ

t¯ıng zho¯ ngy¯ı shuo¯

he¯

re`shuˇı keˇyˇı ru`n saˇngzi.

I heard from a doctor of Chinese medicine that drinking hot water can soothe the throat.

A: 是嗎?你覺得有用嗎?

sh`ı ma? nˇı jue´de yoˇuyo`ng ma?

Is that so? Do you think it’s useful?

B: 我覺得很有用。每次我嗓子不舒服的時候,喝熱

水就好多了。

woˇ

jue´de heˇn yoˇuyo`ng. meˇi c`ı woˇ

saˇngzi bu`

shu¯ fu de sh´ı-

hou, he¯

re`shuˇı jiu`

haˇo duo¯

le.

I think it’s very useful. Every time when my throat isn’t comfortable, drinking hot water makes it feel much better.

A: 那我也試試。

na`

woˇ

yeˇ

sh`ıshi.

I’ll also try it, then.

---Key Vocabulary---

laˇo always

曖和 nuaˇnhuo warm

尤其 yo´uq´ı especially

其它 q´ıta¯ other

聽說 t¯ıngshuo¯ to have heard

有用 yoˇuyo`ng useful

好處 haˇochu benefits

試試 sh`ıshi to have a try

---Supplementary Vocabulary---

調理 tia´olˇı recuperate

養生 yaˇngshe¯ ng nourish one’s vital principle

滋補 z¯ıbuˇ nourishing

藥效 ya`oxia`o efficacy of a drug

緩慢 huaˇnma`n slow

副作用 fu` zuo`yo`ng side-effect

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