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- Taipei:
- Mr. White, an American, is talking to a Chinese friend.
- M: Wǒ yǒu yíjiàn zhòngyàode shì yào wàng Měiguo dǎ yìfēng diànbào. Dào náli qù dǎ? I have something important, I want to send by telegram to America. Where do I go to send it?
- F: Dào Diànxìnjú qù dǎ. You go to the Telegraph Office to send it.
- M: Zài náli? Where is it?
- F: Zài Buóài Lù. Gēn Táiběi Yōuzhèngjú zài yìqǐ. It's on Buóài Lù. Together with the Taipei Post Office.
- M: Hǎo. Xièxie ni. Wǒ xiànzài jiù qù dǎ. Okay. Thank you. I'll go right now to send it.
- (Now he speaks to the clerk at the Telegraph Office.)
- M: Qǐngwèn, wǒ yào wàng Měiguo dǎ yìfēng Yīngwénde diànbào zěnme dǎ? May I ask, I want to send an English telegram to the U.S. How do I send it?
- F: Nǐ bǎ dìzhī gēn yào shuōde dōu xiě zài zhèzhāng zhǐshang. Write the address and what you want to say on this paper.
- M: Yíge zì duōshao qián? How much is it per word?
- F: Yíge zì Táibì èrshíèrkuài wǔmáo qián. Zuìshǎo èrshige zì. One word is 22.50 Taibi. The minimum is twenty words.
- M: Hǎo. Okay.
- (He writes down what he wants to say and hands it to the clerk.)
- M: Yígòng èrshiyíge zì. Altogether it's twenty-one words.
- F: Yígōng èrbǎisìshiqīkuài wǔnáo qián. Altogether it's 247.5O
- M: Hǎo. Fine.
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