對話 Dialogue
清清:嗨!早安!
Q?ngqing: H?i! Z?o?n!
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?華華:早!你今天穿的這套衣服好看喔!很貴吧?
Huahua: Z?o! N? j?nti?n chu?n de zhe tao y?fu h?o kan o! H?n gui ba?
清清:多謝誇獎。還好啦!之前百貨公司週年慶時買的,比平常便宜。
Q?ngqing: Du?xie ku?ji?ng. Haih?o la! Zh?qian b?ihuo g?ngs? zh?unianqing shi m?i de, b? pingchang pianyi.
華華:你是打幾折買的?
Huahua: N? shi d? j? zhe m?i de?
?清清:七折,還送了一些小贈品。
Q?ngqing: Q? zhe, hai songle yixi? xi?o zengp?n.
華華:這樣真的滿划算的,最近我想買新鞋,也許下次應該跟你一起去看看。
Huahua: Zheyang zh?nde m?n huasuan de, zuijin w? xi?ng m?i x?n xie, y?x? xiaciy?ngg?i g?n n? yiq? qu kankan.
清清:好啊!不過下次我會先去排隊買限量商品,你不介意的話,就一起去。
Q?ngqing: H?o a! Buguo xiaci w? hui xi?n qu paidui m?i xianliang sh?ngp?n, n? bujieyi dehua, jiu yiq? qu.
華華:沒問題,買完再去吃個飯,剛剛好!
Huahua: Mei wenti, m?i wan zai qu ch? ge fan, g?ngg?ngh?o!
翻譯 Translation
Qingqing: Hi, good morning.
Huahua: Morning. The outfit you’re wearing today looks really nice. It must be expensive, right?
Qingqing: Thanks. The price wasn’t too bad. I bought it during a department store anniversary sale, so it was cheaper than usual.
Huahua: How much was the discount?
Qingqing: Thirty percent off, and it also came with some small free gifts.
Huahua: That’s really a good deal. I’ve been thinking about buying new shoes lately. Maybe I should go with you next time.
Qingqing: Sure. But next time I plan to go early to line up for limited items. If you don’t mind, we can go together.
Huahua: No problem. After shopping, we can go grab a meal. That sounds just right.
生詞 Vocabulary
1. 週年慶 (zh?unianqing) anniversary sale
2. 誇獎 (ku?ji?ng) to praise, compliment
3. 打折 (d?zhe) to give a discount
4. 贈品 (zengp?n) free gift
5. 划算 (huasuan) a good deal, worth it
6. 排隊 (paidui) to line up
7. 限量 (xianliang) limited (quantity)
8. 介意 (jieyi) to mind, to care about
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