A: During the spring break, I went home and swept the ancestral tombs.
B: I do hope you observed “social distancing.”
A: Ha, yes, of course! Our family ancestral tombs are up on a hill, so they’re outdoors, and it’s very spacious there.
B: I always think it’s a bit weird when I hear of people doing the tomb sweeping over the long weekend; our family always gets it done right after Lunar New Year, too.
A : 我春假的時候,回老家去幫祖先掃墓。
B : 你們有確實保持「社交距離」嗎?
A : 哈哈,當然有啊!而且我們家祖墳在山上,所以是露天的,那裡還算空曠。
B : 我每次聽到大家清明連假去掃墓都很納悶,因為我們家過完農曆年就先掃完了。
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