對話 Dialogue
小龍：大衛，情人節你送女朋友什麼禮物？買沒買玫瑰花？
Xiǎolóng: Dàwèi, Qíngrén Jié nǐ sòng nǚ péngyǒu shénme lǐwù? Mǎi méimǎi méiguī huā?
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大衛：沒有，我送她巧克力餅乾，她喜歡吃的東西。
Dàwèi: Méiyǒu, wǒ sòng tā qiǎokèlì bǐngān, tā xǐhuān chī de dōngxi.
小龍：那華人的情人節呢？你打算送什麼？
Xiǎolóng: Nà Huárén de Qíngrén Jié ne? Nǐ dǎsuàn sòng shénme?
大衛：什麼？還有一次？
Dàwèi: Shénme? Hái yǒu yí cì?
小龍：是啊！在農曆的七月七號，也叫「七夕」。
Xiǎolóng: Shì a! Zài nónglì de qī yuè qī hào, yě jiào “Qīxì.”
大衛：（唉）好吧！夏天再來想辦法，麻煩你記得提醒我，謝謝。
Dà wèi: (Āi) Hǎo ba! Xiàtiān zài lái xiǎng bànfǎ, máfán nǐ jìdé tíxǐng wǒ, xièxie.
翻譯 Translation
Long: David, what did you buy your girlfriend on Valentine’s Day? Did you get roses for her?
David: No. I gave her chocolate cookies. She likes food.
Long: Well, how about Chinese Valentine’s Day? Do you have any plans?
David: What? Chinese Valentine’s Day?
Long: Yes. It’s on July 7 according to the lunar calendar. We also call it “Qixi.”
David: (Sigh) OK. I will think about that in summer. Don’t forget to remind me again, please. Thank you!
生詞 Vocabulary
1. 情人節 (Qíngrén Jié) Valentine’s Day
2. 禮物 (lǐwù) gift
3. 玫瑰 (méiguī) rose
4. 餅乾 (bǐngān) cookie
5. 打算 (dǎsuàn) to plan
6. 農曆 (nónglì)) lunar calendar
7. 記得 (jìdé) to remember
8. 提醒 (nónglì) to remind
教材音檔 Audio Files
國立清華大學華語中心提供
By National Tsing Hua University Chinese Language Center: https://clc-cc.vm.nthu.edu.tw/home/
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