對話 Dialogue
小清：最近花都開了，你去賞花了沒？
Xiǎoqīng: Zuìjìn huā doū kāile, nǐ qù shǎnghuā le méi?
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小華：別提了！每年這個時候就是我最痛苦的時候。
Xiǎohuá: Biétíle! Měinián zhège shíhòu jiùshì wǒ zuì tòngkǔ de shíhòu.
小清：怎麼了？
Xiǎoqīng: Zěnme le?
小華：我對花粉過敏，總是打噴嚏打個不停。
Xiǎohuá: Wǒ duì huāfěn guòmǐn, zǒngshì dǎ pēntì dǎ gè bù tíng.
小清：真可憐，這麼好的天氣卻不能出去走走。
Xiǎoqīng: Zhēn kělián, zhème hǎo de tiānqì què bùnéng chūqù zǒuzǒu.
小華：你有沒有過敏的問題？
Xiǎohuá: Nǐ yǒu méiyǒu guòmǐn de wèntí?
小清：有啊，我對期中考過敏！
Xiǎoqīng: Yǒu a, wǒ duì qízhōngkǎo guòmǐn!
翻譯 Translation
Xiaoqing: The flowers are all blossoming recently. Have you gone out to admire the flowers?
Xiaohua: Don’t bring that up! This time of year is torture for me.
Xiaoqing: What’s wrong?
Xiaohua: I am allergic to pollen, and I am always sneezing.
Xiaoqing: It’s a shame that you can’t go out for a walk in such nice weather.
Xiaohua: Do you have any allergies?
Xiaoqing: Yes, I’m allergic to the midterm exams!
生詞 Vocabulary
1. 過敏 (guòmǐn) allergy, allergic
2. 賞花 (shǎnghuā) admire flowers
3. 別提了 (Biétíle) Don’t bring it up
4. 痛苦 (tòngkǔ) painful, suffering, torture
5. 花粉 (huāfěn) pollen
6. 打噴嚏 (dǎ pēntì) sneeze
7. 可憐 (kělián) shame, pitiful
8. 卻 (què) but, yet, however
9. 期中考 (qízhōngkǎo) midterm exam
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