We'll hear the line-by-line translation of the dialogue from S02 Episode 8, and then we'll further reinforce the vocabulary and practice answering some questions with a mock interview.
Lesson Outline:
- [01:53] Dialogue (normal speed)
- [03:19] Complete translation
- [10:00] Explanation of 才對 and 我如果把車子先開到對面去
- [12:35] Mock interview (reinforcement and speaking practice)
- [14:40] Reference interview with A-Ming (阿明)
Dialogue transcript (Chinese characters only):
- 小李：便利商店在哪裡？
- 阿明：那裡的路口有一家，我帶你去
- 小李：好，要走多久？我快熱死了！
- 阿明：差不多五分鐘，很近！
- 小李：好，走吧！
- 康太太：不好意思，不好意思
- 阿明：欸？我們嗎？
- 康太太：不好意思，我是你的鄰居！我姓康。
- 阿明：康太太你好，我叫阿明，這個是小李，小李才是你的鄰居
- 康太太：啊你是他的朋友！
- 阿明：對
- 康太太：這麼好！
- 阿明：對，然後我們正要去...
- 康太太：你知道嗎齁，這裡不能停車！
- 阿明：是喔...
- 康太太：是的！你要趕快開去對面的停車場才對
- 阿明：可是我們正要去買一點東西，然後我就要走了，很快，十分鐘就好！
- 康太太：不行，這裡常常會有警察來看
- 小李：阿明，怎麼辦？
- 阿明：那... 請問，康太太，我如果把車子先開到對面去，你可以給小李一杯冰水喝嗎？他覺得很熱！
- 康太太：沒問題，來我們家坐一下！
- 阿明：太感謝了！
- 小李：真的嗎？謝謝你！
- 康太太：不客氣，趕快進來坐！
Dialogue transcript (w/ pinyin and translation):
- 小李：便利商店在哪裡？
- Xiǎo lǐ: Biànlì shāngdiàn zài nǎlǐ?
- Where’s the convenience store?
- 阿明：那裡的路口有一家，我帶你去
- Ā míng: Nàlǐ de lùkǒu yǒu yījiā, wǒ dài nǐ qù
- The intersection over there has one, I’ll take you there.
- 小李：好，要走多久？我快熱死了！
- Xiǎo lǐ: Hǎo, yào zǒu duōjiǔ? Wǒ kuài rè sǐle!
- Okay, how long of a walk is it? This heat is killing me!
- 阿明：差不多五分鐘，很近！
- Ā míng: Chàbùduō wǔ fēnzhōng, hěn jìn!
- Around five minutes, it’s close!
- 小李：好，走吧！
- Xiǎo lǐ: Hǎo, zǒu ba!
- Okay, let’s go!
- 康太太：不好意思，不好意思
- Kāng tàitài: Bù hǎoyìsi, bù hǎoyìsi
- Excuse me, sorry...
- 阿明：欸？我們嗎？
- Ā míng: Éi? Wǒmen ma?
- Huh? You mean us?
- 康太太：不好意思，我是你的鄰居！我姓康。
- Kāng tàitài: Bù hǎoyìsi, wǒ shì nǐ de línjū! Wǒ xìng kāng.
- Excuse me, I’m your neighbor! My last name is Kang.
- 阿明：康太太你好，我叫阿明，這個是小李，小李才是你的鄰居
- Ā míng: Kāng tàitài nǐ hǎo, wǒ jiào ā míng, zhège shì xiǎo lǐ, xiǎo lǐ cái shì nǐ de línjū
- Hello Mrs. Kang, I’m A-Ming, and this is Xiao-Li, Xiao-Li is actually your neighbor.
- 康太太：啊你是他的朋友！
- Kāng tàitài: A nǐ shì tā de péngyǒu!
- Oh you’re his friend!
- 阿明：對
- 康太太：這麼好！
- kāng tàitài: Zhème hǎo!
- That’s so great!
- 阿明：對，然後我們正要去...
- Ā míng: Duì, ránhòu wǒmen zhèng yào qù...
- Right, and we’re just about to go...
- 康太太：你知道嗎齁*，這裡不能停車！
- Kāng tàitài: Nǐ zhīdào ma hou, zhèlǐ bùnéng tíngchē!
- You know, you can’t park here!
- 阿明：是喔...
- Ā míng: Shì ō...
- Oh really...
- 康太太：是的！你要趕快開去對面的停車場才對
- Kāng tàitài: Shì de! Nǐ yào gǎnkuài kāi qù duìmiàn de tíngchēchǎng cái duì
- Really! You’ve gotta hurry up and drive across to the parking lot!
- 阿明：可是我們正要去買一點東西，然後我就要走了，很快，十分鐘就好！
- Ā míng: Kěshì wǒmen zhèng yào qù mǎi yīdiǎn dōngxī, ránhòu wǒ jiù yào zǒule, hěn kuài, shí fēnzhōng jiù hǎo!
- But we’re just about to go buy something, and then I’m going to leave, it’ll be fast, just ten minutes!
- 康太太：不行，這裡常常會有警察來看
- Kāng tàitài: Bùxíng, zhèlǐ chángcháng huì yǒu jǐngchá lái kàn
- No way, police often come by here to check.
- 小李：阿明，怎麼辦？
- Xiǎo lǐ: Ā míng, zěnme bàn?
- A-Ming, what are we going to do?
- 阿明：那... 請問，康太太，我如果把車子先開到對面去，你可以給小李一杯冰水喝嗎？他覺得很熱！
- Ā míng: Nà... Qǐngwèn, kāng tàitài, wǒ rúguǒ bǎ chēzi xiān kāi dào duìmiàn qù, nǐ kěyǐ gěi xiǎo lǐ yībēi bīng shuǐ hē ma? Tā juédé hěn rè!
- Well then... excuse me, Mrs. Kang, if I take my car across the way right now, can you give Xiao-Li a cup of ice water to drink? He feels really hot!
- 康太太：沒問題，來我們家坐一下！
- Kāng tàitài: Méi wèntí, lái wǒmen jiā zuò yīxià!
- No problem, come inside and sit down for a bit!
- 阿明：太感謝了！
- Ā míng: Tài gǎnxièle!
- Thank you so much!
- 小李：真的嗎？謝謝你！
- Xiǎo lǐ: Zhēn de ma? Xièxiè nǐ!
- Really? Thank you!
- 康太太：不客氣，趕快進來坐！
- Kāng tàitài: Bù kèqì, gǎnkuài jìnlái zuò!
- Don’t mention it, hurry up and come inside!
* 齁 (hou) is a particularly Taiwanese auxiliary word, said with a nasal sound. In this case when Mrs. Kang uses it, it's sort of to emphasize or reaffirm the feeling of "you know, right?"
Interview with A-Ming (阿明)：
- Q：你家住在什麼路口？
- Q: Nǐ jiā zhù zài shénme lùkǒu?
- What intersection do you live at?
- 阿明：我住在中山北路跟民族東路附近。
- Ā míng: Wǒ zhù zài zhōngshān běi lù gēn mínzú dōnglù fùjìn.
- I live near Zhongshan North Road and Minzu East Road.
- Q：你很常去便利商店嗎？
- Q: Nǐ hěn cháng qù biànlì shāngdiàn ma?
- Do you often go to convenience stores?
- 阿明：對，幾乎每天都會去。
- Ā míng: Duì, jīhū měitiān dūhuì qù.
- Yeah, I go almost every day.
- Q：你去便利商店你會買什麼？
- Q: Nǐ qù biànlì shāngdiàn nǐ huì mǎi shénme?
- When you go to a convenience store, what do you buy?
- 阿明：有時候買水，有時候買咖啡，有時候也會買啤酒。
- Ā míng: Yǒu shíhòu mǎi shuǐ, yǒu shíhòu mǎi kāfēi, yǒu shíhòu yě huì mǎi píjiǔ.
- Sometimes I buy water, sometimes I buy coffee, and sometimes I buy beer.
- Q：你比較怕熱嗎？還是比較怕冷？
- Q: Nǐ bǐjiào pà rè ma? Háishì bǐjiào pà lěng?
- Are you relatively afraid of heat? Or relatively afraid of the cold?
- 阿明：我比較怕冷！我不太會怕熱。
- Ā míng: Wǒ bǐjiào pà lěng! Wǒ bù tài huì pà rè.
- I'm more afraid of the cold! I don't really mind heat.
- Q：你夏天都喝什麼？
- Q: Nǐ xiàtiān dū hē shénme?
- What do you drink in the summer?
- 阿明：我夏天最喜歡喝冰拿鐵。
- Ā míng: Wǒ xiàtiān zuì xǐhuān hē bīng ná tiě.
- In the summer I most like drinking iced lattes.
- Q：你會開車嗎？你喜歡停車嗎？
- Q: Nǐ huì kāichē ma? Nǐ xǐhuān tíngchē ma?
- Can you drive? Do you like parking?
- 阿明：我會開車啊！但我覺得停車很麻煩。
- Ā míng: Wǒ huì kāichē a! Dàn wǒ juédé tíngchē hěn máfan.
- I can drive! But I feel that parking is a nuisance.
- Q：你有認識警察嗎？
- Q: Nǐ yǒu rènshí jǐngchá ma?
- Do you know any police?
- 阿明：有！我姊姊就是警察！
- Ā míng: Yǒu! Wǒ jiě jie jiùshì jǐngchá!
- I do! My older sister is a police!
- Q：你認識你的鄰居嗎？
- Q: Nǐ rènshí nǐ de línjū ma?
- Do you know your neighbors?
- 阿明：我認識他們啊，我家對面的鄰居人都很好。
- Ā míng: Wǒ rènshí tāmen a, wǒjiā duìmiàn de línjū rén dōu hěn hǎo.
- I know them. The neighbors across from my home are all really nice.
- Q：你的鄰居來過你家嗎？
- Q: Nǐ de línjū láiguò nǐ jiā ma?
- Have your neighbors come over to your house before?
- 阿明：他們好像沒有來過欸～
- Ā míng: Tāmen hǎoxiàng méiyǒu láiguò āi ~
- It seems they haven't been over before!
- Q：你去過鄰居的家嗎？
- Q: Nǐ qùguò línjū de jiā ma?
- Have you been to your neighbors' house before?
- 阿明：我去過幾次，上個月我去他們家唱歌！
- Ā míng: Wǒ qùguò jǐ cì, shàng gè yuè wǒ qù tāmen jiā chànggē!
- I've been several times. Last month I went there to sing karaoke!
Thanks for listening!
Wan...