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Lesson XXXII.
伊若是來齊就要直直去京城處
In nāⁿ-sĩ lâi-tsôi chiũ àiⁿ tít-tít khṳ̀ kiaⁿ-siâⁿ--kō;
If they all have come out, they will go direct to the capital;
在彼處輸
Tõ-hṳ́--kō su-iâⁿ
And there, it will be either won or lost.
現時在臺灣處有相刣
Hīn-sî tõ Tâi-uân--kō ũ sie-thâi
At present there are battles going on in Formosa.
雞籠被荷蘭西打去了
Koi-lâng khoih Hô-lan-se phah--khṳ̀-lō
Keelung is taken by the French.
在被個炮臺俱皆被伊個戰船霧丢
Tõ-hié kâi phâu-thâi lông-tsóng khṳt i kâi chiên-tsûn bū tiòu
All the forts there have been bombarded by their war vessels.
伊個船個銃有個大枝過炮臺個
I kâi tsûn kâi-chhèng ũ-kâi tūa-ki kùe phâu-thâi--kâi
Some of the guns of their ships are larger than those of the forts there.
伊九隻戰船就去霧福州
I káu-chiah chièn-tsûn chiũ khṳ̀ bū Hok-chiu
They had nine vessels, and they went to bombard Foochow.
唐人個戰船俱皆沉去
Tn̂g-nâng kâi chièn-tsûn lóng-tsóng tîm--khṳ̀
The Chinese war vessels were all sunk.
不過一隻走去。一隻發火
Put-kùe chék-chiah tsáu--khṳ̀, chék-chiah tóh-húe
With the exception of one vessel that escaped, and one vessel on fire.

Lesson XXXIII.
Notes—Religious.

爾禮拜日有去禮拜或無
Lṳ́ lói-pài-jít ũ khṳ̀ lói-pài a-bô?
Do you go to worship on Sunday?
有。我每個禮拜去
Ũ, uá kâi-kâi lói-pài khṳ̀
Yes, I go every Sunday.