對話 Dialogue
小清：你是貓派還是狗派?
Xiǎoqīng: Nǐ shì māo pài háishì gǒu pài?
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小華：我算是狗派，你呢？
Xiǎohuá: Wǒ suànshì gǒu pài, nǐ ne?
小清：我是貓奴。
Xiǎoqīng: Wǒ shì māo nú.
小華：蛤？貓奴是什麼？
Xiǎohuá: Há? Māo nú shì shénme?
小清：貓奴就是貓的奴隸。我們心甘情願為了貓做所有的事情，包括鏟屎。
Xiǎoqīng: Māo nú jiùshì māo de núlì. Wǒmen xīngānqíngyuàn wéi le māo zuò suǒyǒu de shìqíng, bāokuò chǎn shǐ.
小華：喔，我懂了，就像狗是我的毛小孩一樣！
Xiǎohuá: Ō, wǒ dǒngle, jiù xiàng gǒu shì wǒ de máo xiǎohái yīyàng!
翻譯 Translation
Xiaoqing: Are you a cat person or a dog person?
Xiaohua: I would consider myself a dog person. How about you?
Xiaoqing: I am a cat slave.
Xiaohua: Huh? What is a cat slave?
Xiaoqing: A cat slave is a cat’s slave. We would do anything for our cats, including scooping their poop.
Xiaohua: Oh, I get it, just like my dogs are my furry children!
生詞 Vocabulary
1. 貓派 (māo pài) cat person
2. 狗派 (gǒu pài) dog person
3. 蛤？ (Há) Huh? (Taiwanese accent)
4. 奴隸 (núlì) slave
5. 心甘情願 (xīngānqíngyuàn) happily, willingly
6. 所有的 (suǒyǒu de) all
7. 鏟屎 (chǎn shǐ) scoop poop
8. 毛小孩 (máo xiǎohái) furry child
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