Power Bill 電費帳單

The power price in New Zealand is really expensive compared with another countries in the world. In winter, it's not surprising if you get a power bill for more than $ 250 NZD / per month if you use any electric heater.

紐西蘭的電費與全球各國相比可說是非常昂貴的. 冬天若在有使用任何電暖器的情況下,每個月電費超過 $ 250 紐幣可說是見怪不怪的.

Hubby : Got the power bill today.
Wife :    How much?
Hubby : An arm and a leg.
Wife :    What?
Hubby : $ 250.
Wife :    Phew! I expected more. But still a lot of money, isn't it?
Hubby : Not much you can do about it really..... it's NZ.
Wife :    One of my friend her bill was $ 450 last month.
Hubby : Shocking! How did they manage that?
Wife :    Just the oil heaters and oven I guess, it's expensive to run those.
Hubby : For sure.


先生 : 今天收到電費帳單了
太太 : 多少錢?
先生 : 要價一隻手臂一隻腳
太太 : 到底多少?
先生 : $ 250紐
太太 : 好理家在! 我還以為會更貴. 不過還是挺貴的耶! 是不是?
先生 : 說實在你也不能改變甚麼, 在紐西蘭就是這樣
太太 : 我一位朋友說他上個月帳單是 $ 450 紐
先生 : 太可怕了吧! 她們家是怎麼用電的?
太太 : 我想大概就是油電暖器及烤箱吧! 耗電又貴
先生 : 沒錯.

~ THE END ~

Cleaning the toilet 刷洗馬桶

Wife :    How about you go clean the toilet? It's filthy as for the whole week!
Hubby : Bullshit. It's clean as!
Wife :    I think you need to put your glasses on and go have a look!
Hubby : Well, it's quite clean for me. Anyway a bit tired now, just clean it tmrw?
Wife :    What if you don't clean it tmrw?
Hubby : I'll quit my beer.
Wife :    Yeah right. I'll hold you to that.
Hubby : Whatever! Go do your own stuff and stop annoying me.
Wife :    Oh and the pipe in the showering room is a bit stuck.
Hubby : You can do that one. Make yourself useful.
Wife :    Men's job!


太太 :   你去把馬桶刷一刷好嗎? 一個禮拜下來髒得要命!
先生 :   亂講! 明明就超乾淨的!
太太 :   我覺得你應該戴上眼鏡去看個仔細!
先生 :   怎麼講... 對我來說蠻乾淨的啊. 總之我累了... 明天再去刷行嗎?
太太 :   如果你明天沒去刷咧?
先生:    那我就把啤酒戒掉
太太 :   最好是這樣. 我會記住你說過的這句話
先生 :   隨便啦! 總之你快去忙你的別來煩我了
太太 :   噢還有那淋浴間的水管有點塞住了
先生 :   那個你去弄就好啦! 試著讓自己有用些
太太 :   那是男人的工作!

~ THE END ~

Planning for breakfast 早餐吃什麼?

Typical New Zealand breakfast - Bacon and poached eggs.

典型紐西蘭早餐 - 培根與水波蛋

Hubby : What's for breakfast tmrw morning?
Wife :    What do you want?
Hubby : You know what I want, what I really really want.
Wife :    I would like some cereal with some iced milk and fresh fruit.
Hubby : Exciting! Do we still have bacon?
Wife :    Yes some, in the freezer.
Hubby : Come on! That doesn't sound cool! You knew I don't like my bacon in the freezer!
Wife :    Well I think it will last longer if I store it in the freezer.
Hunny :  Whatever. Do we have any hashbrown then?
Wife :     Donno. Go check the freezer as well.
Hubby :  My mouth is watering now!
Wife :     No wonder you are a fatty.


先生 :  明天早餐要吃什麼?
太太 :  你想吃什麼?
先生 :  你知道我想吃什麼, 什麼是我最最想吃的
太太 :  我想吃玉米脆片搭配冰鮮奶及新鮮水果
先生 :  還真令人期待啊! 家裡還有培根嗎?
太太 :  恩還有一些, 在冷凍裡
先生 :  拜託! 你明明就知道我不喜歡將培根肉冰在冷凍內!
太太 :  我只是想說冰在冷凍內可以保存比較久啊
先生 :  算了... 那家裡還有炸薯餅嗎?
太太 :  不知道耶... 冰箱冷凍看看有沒有
先生 :  我的口水都快流下來了!
太太 :  難怪你會胖!

~ THE END ~

Stone Paper Scissors Diaper Change - 剪刀石頭布 誰來換尿布

Wife :    Something really smelly around. Oh oh..... she's done a poo......
Hubby : You sure?

Hubby : Have you poopooed? talking to the young daughter.
Kid :      Er-hun.

Wife:     Your turn!
Hubby : Come on! You can do it.
Wife :    No, I've changed her poo bum this morning already.
Hubby : Stone paper scissors!
Wife :    Whatever! On three.

And then the wife won.

Hubby : Damn it!
Wife:     You suck!
Hubby : Let's go wash your bum, stinky pants!

太太 :    有種很臭的味道... 噢喔! 這孩子大便了!
先生 :    你確定嗎?

先生 :    你有便便嗎? 對著年幼的女兒問道
小孩 :    嗯哼 ( " 對啊 " 之意 )

太太 :    該你換了!
先生 :    拜託! 這你來就行了吧!
太太 :    不要, 我今天早上已經幫他換過便便尿布了.
先生 :    猜拳吧! 剪刀 石頭 布!
太太 :    誰怕誰啊! 三拱喔! ( 三局定勝負 )

結果太太贏了!

先生 :    可惡!
太太 :    你真遜耶!
先生 :    走吧小臭蛋! 洗屁股囉


[ 廁所用語大解析 ]

peepee、weewee : "小號" 的兒童用語, 為父母與幼兒溝通時常用, 如同中文所說的 " 尿尿、噓噓 "
poopoo、woowoo : "大號" 的兒童用語, 為父母與幼兒溝通時常用, 如同中文兒語所說的 " 便便、恩恩 "



另外成人中 " 廁所 " 常見的用詞尚有:  toilet, loo, restroom, lavaroty 等, 其中以 toilet 最常用

以 " 我得去上廁所 " 一句為例 :

I've got to go to the toilet.
I've got to go to the loo.


" toilet " 意指 " 馬桶 ", 間接擴義為廁所、如廁空間


" loo " 意指廁所, 常見於英國及其殖民國家如紐澳等國, 在美國提 loo 這個字, 一般道地美國人可能乍聽之下會聽不懂這個字的意思


[ 澄清 ]

" lavatory " 專指 " 飛機上的廁所 "


" bathroom " 則專指浴室,

目前在台灣, 若馬桶及浴缸淋浴間等是建造於同一個空間的情況下, 將" 我得去上廁所 " 翻譯成 I need to go to the bathroom. 是行得通的;

然而台灣早期, 及國外許多住家馬桶及洗澡間是個別獨立隔間的情況下, " 我得去上廁所 " 就不能說 I need to go to the bathroom. 了, 而是以 " I need to go to the toilet. " 最為妥當.

Running out of Toilet Paper 廁所衛生紙用完了

Dion : Oh no ! There's no toilet paper left! Can you get me a roll?
          Talking loudly to Tim who is in the lounge.
Tim :   Oh none left? You might have to use your hand.
Dion : Oh come on that's not funny!
Tim :   Wait, let me go find a roll.
Dion :  Quick!

                3 minutes later...

Tim : Yeah seriously there's no toilet paper left in the house!
Dion : Go buy some then!
Tim : Just kidding. Open the door.


Dion : 噢怎麼這樣! 衛生紙用完了耶! 你可以去幫我拿一捲衛生紙過來嗎?
          ( 朝著正在客廳的Tim 喊著 )
Tim :  是喔! 已經用完啦? 你乾脆用手擦屁股吧?
Dion : 吼! 拜託你馬幫幫忙! 這種事可以說笑的嗎!
Tim :  你等等! 我這就去找一捲來
Dion :快點咩!

三分鐘過後.....

Tim : 真的家裡的衛生紙全部都用完了! 不騙你
Dion :那去買啊!
Tim :  開玩笑的啦! 門打開啦!

~ THE END ~

NZ nation food Fish n Chips 紐西蘭國民美食炸魚炸薯條

Fish n chips is the most popular food in NZ. Every little town has at least one fish n chips shop.

They are mostly located just outside of the main town which is near the residential area.

Fish n chips mainly has a whole bunch of fries and a few pieces of deep-fried battered white fish, and normally just simply seasoned with salt and grind black pepper, some people like to go with some kind of cream cheese dipping or Thai-style sweet chili sauce. 

Seems like every New Zealander loves fish n chips, especially when they don't want to cook lunch or dinner, fish n chips is one of the top choices that they would choose. It's sufficient with reasonable price also fast to cook so even in some high end restaurants they serve fish n chips as well.

炸魚炸薯條為紐西蘭當地最熱門的料理. 幾乎每個小鎮都有至少一家以上的炸魚炸薯條店. 

這些店家大部分都坐落於主要街道外圍靠近住宅區的地方. 

炸魚炸薯條主要是由大量的薯條與幾塊裹麵酥炸的白肉魚搭配而成, 通常以鹽巴及磨碎的黑胡椒調味, 有些人更喜歡搭配一種似奶油起司成分的沾醬或泰式甜辣醬進食.

好像幾乎每一位紐西蘭當地人都熱愛炸魚炸薯條, 特別是當她們不想親自烹調午晚餐時, 炸魚炸薯條便成為排名前幾名的熱門選擇. 炸魚炸薯條量多, 價位合理且迅速供餐的特點使得即使在高檔餐廳中還是能見到其蹤影.

Toy Chain Shop 連鎖玩具店篇

Toy World is the biggest chain toy shop that you can find almost in most towns in NZ. It provides a wide variety of toys to suit any age of children or even adults that loves toys.

" 玩具世界 " 是紐西蘭規模最大的玩具連鎖公司, 並可以在任何大型城鎮中找到. 該店提供適合各個年齡層之兒童甚至喜愛玩具的成人廣泛的玩具種類.