Ep. 72 Ideal Retirement Place
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Ep. 72 [Cantonese Talk] Ideal Retirement Place
Ep. 72 [広東語の会話] 理想的な退職の場所
Ep. 72 [Kantonesiskt tal] Idealisk plats för pensionering
Ep. 72 [Cantonese Talk] Ideal Retirement Place
Hello, 大家 好 , 今日 係 二 十 二 三 年 六 月 七 號
|||||||||||||date
Hello, everyone, today is June 7th, 2013.
六 月 七 號 嘅 十一 點 零 六 分 , 朝 早 嘅 十一 點 零 六 分
||||||||||morning|morning||||||AM
11:06 am on June 7th, 11:06 am in the morning
今日 係 星期三, 星期三 啦
||Wednesday||
嘩 , 唔 係 睇 下 個 月曆 calendar , 月曆 啦, 都 唔 記得 喎
||||||monthly calendar|calendar|||||remember|
Wow, don't look at the next calendar, I don't even remember the calendar
嘩 , 今日 係 星期 幾 呢 , 今日 幾多 號 呢
||||what|||||
Wow, what day of the week is it? How many days is it today?
咁 今朝 早 呢 , 我 都 好 晏 先 起身呀
|this morning||||||late|first|got up late
This morning, I am so hard to get up first
所謂 嘅 晏 起身 呢 , 就 係 差唔多 瞓 到 8 點鐘
so-called||getting up|get up|||||sleep||
The so-called "hard wake up" is to sleep almost until 8 o'clock
係 呀 , 自然 咁 醒 , 就 差唔多 瞓 到 8 點鐘
||naturally||wake up|then|almost|||8 o'clock
Yes, it's natural to wake up so early and sleep almost until 8 o'clock.
咁 因為 我 平時 呢 , 我 都 慣 咗 6 點 零 鐘 起身
|||usually||||used to|past tense marker||1||get up
I am used to getting up at 6:00am because I usually do.
6 點 幾 起身 呢 , 咁 所以 尋日 呢 , 我 都 好 早 要 起身
|a little past|get up|||so|yesterday||||very|early||get up
I have to get up at 6:00, so I have to get up early on the search day.
同埋 其實 都 慣 咗 嗰 個 鐘數 起身 呢
|actually||used to||that|that|time slot||
I am used to get up at that hour.
個 身體 呢 , 差唔多 嗰 個 時間 呢 , 就 會 醒
|body||almost|||time||||wake up
The body, it will wake up in less than that time.
咁 但係 今日 呢 , 瞓 到 差唔多 8 點鐘 呢
||||||almost||
咁 就 非常之 舒服 呀 , 唔使 趕住 呢
||very|||don't have to|in a hurry|
It's very comfortable, so don't drive me away.
啲 時間 啦 , 咁 樣 .
|time|emphasis particle||like that
咁 今日 呢 , 想同 大家 講 嘅 話題 係 乜嘢 呢
|today||want to||talk||topic|||
Then today, what would you like to tell us?
講下 呢 個 Retirement, 退休
||||Retirement
退休 , 點解 我會 講 退休 呢
retirement|why|I will|||question particle
Retirement, why do I talk about retirement?
事緣 呢 , 就 係 我 上個星期 啦
"The reason"|||||last week|
It's about me, it's about me last week.
咁樣, 我 呢 就 喺 Facebook 嗰度 呢
like this||||at||there|
就 見到 我 有 個 朋友
|||||friend
就 佢 分享 佢 喺 泰國 清邁 嘅 生活 喎
||share about|||Thailand|Chiang Mai||life|
So he shares his life in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
咁 佢 呢 就 同埋 佢 嘅 先生
|||then||||husband
Then he and his husband.
即係 佢 老公 呢
that is||husband|
That is, her husband.
同埋 佢 有 三隻 狗狗 同埋 一隻 兔仔
||||dogs|and||rabbit
She has three dogs and a rabbit
喺 舊年 呢 就 移民 就 去 咗 呢個 泰國 呀
|last year||then|emigrated to Thailand||||||
In the old days, immigrants went to Thailand.
咁 佢 就 去 泰國 嘅 清邁, 咁, 泰國 清邁
||||Thailand|||||
係 泰國 嘅 第二 大城市 The second largest city of Thailand. 清邁
||||largest city|||second largest city|Chiang Mai||Chiang Mai|Chiang Mai
咁 清邁 就 係 對於 香港 人 嚟 講 呢 都 唔 陌生 嘅
||||"for"||||||||unfamiliar|
Then Chiang Mai is not strange to Hong Kong people.
都 幾 熟悉 嗰 個 地方
|quite|Quite familiar|||place
I know that place very well.
因為 嗰度 有 陽光 海灘 啦 有 好多 Resort 啦
|||sunlight|beach||||resort hotels|
Because over there, there's sunshine, there's a beach, there's a lot of resorts.
嗰 啲 度假 嘅 地方 啦
||vacation spots|||
The vacation spots.
度假屋 呀 , 度假 酒店 呀
Vacation home||vacation|resort hotel|
Vacation rentals , vacation hotels
係 一個 好 靚 嘅 地方 嚟 嘅
|||beautiful||||
咁 呀,好多 香港人 去 旅行 都 會 鍾意 去 清邁 旅行
|||||travel|also|will|||Chiang Mai|
咁 我 都 去過。 非常之 優美 嘅 環境
|||have been|very|beautiful||environment
I've been there before, and it's a very beautiful environment.
咁 我 朋友 佢哋 就 移民 咗 去 清邁 一年
|||||immigrated||||for a year
Then, my friend emigrated to Chiang Mai for a year.
咁 喺 佢嘅 Facebook 嗰度 呢 就
||his||||
Then, on her Facebook page.
嗰 日 就 分享 到 佢
||that|"shared"|to|it
That's the day to share it.
個 社區 community 去 個 社區 呀
this|community|the neighborhood|||community|
啲 人 呢, 好好 人 呀, 好 友善 呀 好 friendly 好 友善 呀
|||||||friendly|||very friendly|||
啲 鄰居 呢 大家 會 彼此 幫助 呀 咁 樣
|neighbors||||each other|help each other|||
Some of our neighbors will help each other.
咁 呀 非常之 好 啦, 咁 我 呢 就 突然 間 就, 嘩 , 睇 完 之後 呢
||very|||||||suddenly|||wow|watch|finished|afterwards|
That's very good, so I suddenly got excited after watching it!
都 好 好奇 curious 好 好奇
||Very curious|very interested||curious
就 想 問 下 佢 係 喎 , 喺 清邁 嗰度
I just want to ask him, is it in Chiang Mai?
究竟 個 租金 係 點 啦 同埋 生活費 係 點 啦 個 cost of living 呀
"Exactly"||rent price|||||living expenses||how much|||cost of living||cost of living|
What is the rent like and what is the cost of living like?
平時 個 生活費 係 幾多 到 啦 咁 樣
How much is the usual cost of living?
然之後 呢 佢 就 話 畀 我 聽 呢
"After that"||||||||
Then, he told me that
佢 就 住 喺 一個 獨立 嘅 屋 有 三 間 房
||live|at||detached|possessive particle|house|||rooms|rooms
he lives in an independent house with three rooms
咁 仲有 一個 私人 嘅 泳池 喎
|also||private||swimming pool|
and there's also a private swimming pool.
一個 private swimming pool 一個 私人 泳池
|private|private swimming pool|private swimming pool||private|
嘩 , 咁 租金 呢 係 大概 係 五千 五百 蚊 港幣
||rent fee|||approximately|||five hundred||Hong Kong dollars
Wow, the rent is about $5,500 HKD.
Hong Kong dollar five thousand five hundred
||Hong Kong dollar||five thousand||
咁 即係 差唔多 係 七百 蚊 美金 Around 700 US dollars
|means|about||Seven hundred||US dollars||US|US dollars
大概 係 七百 蚊 美金, 嘩 , 我 睇 完 之後 呢 實在 覺得
about||||US dollars|||||||really|
It's about 700 US dollars, wow, after I finished watching it, I really felt that
嘩 , 真係 正 呀! 咁樣
||awesome||
Wow, that's really amazing! Like this
咁 然之後 我 就 上網 查下
|then||then|go online|"look up"
Then I went online to check it out
原來 去 喺 泰國 啦 嘅 生活費 平時 食 呀 嘅 嘢 啦
actually|||||||usually|eating|question particle|particle|things|emphasis particle
The cost of living in Thailand.
大概 都 係 可能 一 兩 蚊 嘅 美金
about|||||one or two|dollars||
Probably a couple of dollars.
或者 三 蚊 美金 都 ok 㗎 啦
Or $3.00 USD, that's fine.
嘩 , 加加埋埋 一個月 嘅 洗費 真係 少 好多 喎
|all together|one month|of|expenses||less||
Wow, the monthly laundry fee is so much less!
洗費 係 個 啲 expenses 喺 泰國 生活 啦
||||expenses||||
啲 洗費 呢,會 少 好多 低 好多
|expenses|||||lower|
The expenses here are much lower.
因為 喺 美國 呢 一度 雖然 環境 都 好好 嘅
||||place|"Although"|environment|||
Because even though the environment here in the U.S. is really good,
一啲 人 , 我 呢 度 嘅 鄰居 呀 朋友 , 佢 哋 都 好好 人 嘅
||||||neighbors||friends||||||
Some people, like my neighbors and friends here, are really nice.
但 實在 係 太貴 啦 平時 嘅 洗 用 呀
|"really"||too expensive||||washing|usage|
But it's too expensive for normal use.
食 嘢 呀, 實在 係 太貴
|||really||too expensive
而且 呢 喺 美國 如果 我 要 返去 亞洲 啦
also||||||want to|go back to|Asia|
或者 去 返 香港 啦 實在 係 太 遠 啦
|||||really|||far|
我 查 下 啲 機票 呢 要 廿 幾個 鐘 , 三十 個 鐘
|check|||air tickets|||twenty-something||||hours|
It takes more than 20 minutes or 30 minutes to check the tickets.
但係 呢, 如果 喺 清邁 飛返 香港 呢
||||Chiang Mai|fly back to||
三個 幾 鐘頭 咋 喎 just three hours something,then can fly back to Hong Kong from 清邁。
||hours|question particle||||three hours||||"fly back"||||||
咁 呀, 非常之 近 呀
|||close|
So, it's very close
又 有 直航機 有 direct flight,直航機 實在 係 好 方便 呀
also|there|direct flight||||direct flight|really is|||convenient|
而且 周圍 都 有 好好 食 嘅 亞洲 嘢 食 啦
also|around||are|||that|Asian|||
泰國菜 啦 唔 知 啦
Thai food|||know|
泰國菜 真係 非常之,非常之 正
||very||delicious
咁 呢 一啲 種種 呢,都 令 到 我 真係 可以 諗 下
|||various things|||make|||||think|
Then, I can really take an easy way out of all this.
考慮 下 consider 考慮 下
Consider carefully||Think about it|consideration|
第日 退休 去 泰國 喎, 咁樣
the day|retirement||||
Retire to Thailand on the first day, I think.
係 囉, 咁 呢個 係 我 上個 禮拜 諗 到 嘅 咁樣
|emphasis particle|||||last|last week|thought|thought of||like this
Yes, this is something I thought about last week.
咁 你 又 會 想 係 去 邊個 地方 退休 呢?
||||think|||||retire|
So where do you want to retire?
唔好意思 呀 金金 都 有啲 意見 呀 咁樣 快 咗 兩 聲
sorry||Jin Jin|||suggestions||like this||||sound
Sorry, I have some opinions too, it's just a bit quick.
咁 你 如果 退休 嘅 話 你 又 想 去 邊度 退休 呢?
|||retire||if|you||want|||retire|
咁 你 都 可以 同 我 分享 下 有冇 啲 理想 嘅 地方
||||||share||||ideal||places
或者 國家,呀,你 好 想 退休 嘅 時候 呢 可以 去 嘅 係 啦
or||||||||when||||that||
Or you can go to the country where you want to retire.
咁 你 都 可以 話 畀 我 聽 呀
咁 喺 呢 度 呢 多謝 你 哋 呀 收聽
|||||||you all|particle|tuning in
咁 我 希望 喺 呢 個 暑假 已經 開始 咗 嘅 時候 呢
||hope||||summer vacation|already|started|||when|
So, I hope that during this summer vacation that has already started,
可以 錄 多啲 podcast 大家 繼續 留意 stay tuned
|record||||"keep following"|"Stay tuned"|stay|stay tuned
we can record more podcasts. Everyone, stay tuned.
咁 我哋 下集 再見, 多謝, 拜拜
|||see you|thank you|bye
Then, we'll see you in the next episode. Thank you, bye-bye.
Todays vocab
Today's vocabulary|
Calendar 月曆 , 月曆
|Monthly calendar|
我 要 睇下 個 月曆 先至 今日 係 星期 幾
I have to look at the next calendar until today is the day of the week
Retire,Retirement 退休 , 退休
Retire, Retirement||Retire, Retirement|
你 想 喺 邊度 退休 呀 ?
你 退休 想 去 邊度 呀 ?
Expenses, 洗費
|Cleaning expenses
我 想 去 一啲 洗費 低 啲 嘅 地方 生活
|||||lower|||places|live
I want to live in a place where the cost of laundry is lower
我 想 去 一啲 洗費 低 啲 嘅 地方 生活 ,I want to live in some district with lower expenses
||||living expenses||||||||||||||lower expenses|
Immigration, 移民 , 移民
Immigration, migration, emigration||
呢 幾年 好多 香港人 移民
好多 香港人 移民 去 其他 國家 生活
||||other||
Many Hong Kong people emigrate to other countries to live
District, 地區 , 地區
|Area|
你 想 住 乜嘢 地區 呀 ?
||live in|||
Resorts 度假村 , 度假村 , or 度假屋 , those resorts house, 度假屋
Vacation resorts|Resort village|resorts||vacation house||resorts|accommodate|
Community, 社區 , 社區
||community
我 嘅 社區 啲 人 好 友善
||||||friendly
ideal, 理想 , 理想
|Ideal, aspiration|ideal
我 嘅 理想 生活 係 可以 去 一個 比較 靜 啲 同埋 平 啲 嘅 地方 。
||||||||relatively|quiet|||cheaper|more||place
我 嘅 理想 退休 生活 係 想 去 一個 平 啲 同埋 靜 啲 嘅 地方 。
Direct flight, 直航機 , 直航機
泰國 有 直航機 去 香港
即係 香港 有 直航機 去 泰國
There are direct flights from Hong Kong to Thailand.
Private swimming pool, 私人 泳池 , 私人 泳池
private||||||
我 朋友 嘅 屋企 有 私人 泳池