More snow


對農民來說,那一年很悲慘。
对农民来说,那一年很悲惨。

duì nóng mín lái shuō, nà yì nián hěn bēi cǎn.

ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄋㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄌㄞˊ ㄋㄚˋ ㄧˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄣˇ ㄅㄟ

It was a disastrous year for the farmers.
大雪下個不停,最後政府不得不出面協助。
大雪下个不停,最后政府不得不出面协助。

dà xuě xià ge bù tíng, zuì hòu zhèng fǔ bù dé bù chū miàn xié zhù.

ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄍㄜ˙ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄥˊ, ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄡˋ ㄓㄥˋ ㄈㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄓㄨˋ.

The snow fell and fell until the government had to step in and help.
政府官員對一位農民說:「情況一定很糟吧?下了那麼多雪。」
政府官员对一位农民说:「情况一定很糟吧?下了那么多雪。」

zhèng fǔ guān yuán duì yī wèi nóng mín shuō:「qíng kuàng yí dìng hěn zāo ba? xià le nà me duō xuě.」

ㄓㄥˋ ㄈㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄧ ㄨㄟˋ ㄋㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄕㄨㄛ:「ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄎㄨㄤˋ ㄧˊ ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄏㄣˇ ㄗㄠ ㄅㄚ˙? ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄜ˙ ㄋㄚˋ ㄇㄜ˙ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄒㄩㄝˇ.」

"It must have been terrible," said the government official to a farmer. "All that snow."
農民平靜地回答:"還好啦,我的鄰居那兒下更多的雪。"
农民平静地回答:"还好啦,我的邻居那儿下更多的雪。"

nóng mín píng jìng di huí dá:"hái hǎo la, wǒ de lín jū nà ēr xià gèng duō de xuě."

ㄋㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄧ˙ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄚˊ:"ㄏㄞˊ ㄏㄠˇ ㄌㄚ˙, ㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄜ˙ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄩ ㄋㄚˋ ㄦ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄍㄥˋ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄉㄜ˙ ㄒㄩㄝˇ."

"Could have been worse. My neighbor had more snow than I," answered the farmer calmly.
官員問道:「怎麼會這樣呢?」
官员问道:「怎么会这样呢?」

guān yuán wèn dào:「zěn me huì zhè yàng ne?」

ㄍㄨㄢ ㄩㄢˊ ㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄠˋ:「ㄗㄣˇ ㄇㄜ˙ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄜˋ ㄧㄤˋ ㄋㄜ˙?」

"How come?" asked the government official.
農民答:「他的土地比較大。」
农民答:「他的土地比较大。」

nóng mín dá:「tā de tǔ dì bǐ jiào dà.」

ㄋㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄉㄚˊ:「ㄊㄚ ㄉㄜ˙ ㄊㄨˇ ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄚˋ.」

"He has more land," replied the farmer.


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