對話 Dialogue
小清：七夕你送女朋友禮物了嗎？
Xiǎoqīng: Qīxī nǐ sòng nǚ péngyǒu lǐwù le ma?
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小華：別提了！我哪知道農曆七月還有一個情人節！我女朋友還在生氣呢！
Xiǎohuá: Bié tí le! Wǒ nǎ zhīdào nónglì qīyuè hái yǒu yígè qíngrén jié! Wǒ nǚ péngyǒu hái zài shēngqì ne!
小清：七夕是中國情人節，是個很浪漫的節日。
Xiǎoqīng: Qīxī shì Zhōngguó qíngrén jié, shì gè hěn làngmàn de jiérì.
小華：怎麼說？
Xiǎohuá: Zěnme shuō?
小清：傳說中牛郎和織女一年只能在七夕這天見一次面，所以每到七夕傍晚總會下起小雨，這是他們久別重逢，流下相思的淚水。
Xiǎoqīng: Chuánshuō zhōng Niúláng hàn Zhīnǚ yìnián zhǐ néng zài Qīxī zhè tiān jiàn yícì miàn, suǒyǐ měi dào Qīxī bāngwǎn zǒng huì xià qǐ xiǎoyǔ, zhè shì tāmen jiǔbié chóngféng, liú xià xiāngsī de lèishuǐ.
小華：那我覺得我女朋友一定很愛我！
Xiǎohuá: Nà wǒ juéde wǒ nǚ péngyǒu yídìng hěn ài wǒ!
小清：為什麼呢？
Xiǎoqīng: Wèishéme ne?
小華：因為她那天不只流下淚水，還像颱風一樣呢！
Xiǎohuá: Yīnwèi tā nàtiān bùzhǐ liú xià lèishuǐ, hái xiàng táifēng yíyàng ne!
小清：那你最好趕快去跟她賠罪，做好災後重建的工作。
Xiǎoqīng: Nà nǐ zuìhǎo gǎnkuài qù gēn tā péizuì, zuòhǎo zāihòu chóngjiàn de gōngzuò.
翻譯 Translation
Xiaoqing: Did you give your girlfriend a gift for Qixi?
Xiaohua: Don’t bring that up! How would I know there’s another Valentine’s Day on the lunar calendar? She’s still mad at me!
Xiaoqing: Qixi is Chinese Valentine’s Day, a very romantic holiday.
Xiaohua: How so?
Xiaoqing: Legend has it that the Cowherd and the Weaving Maid can only meet once a year on Qixi. So, every Qixi evening, it always rains lightly. It symbolizes their long-awaited reunion and the tears of longing they shed.
Xiaohua: Well, then I believe my girlfriend must love me a lot!
Xiaoqing: Why do you say that?
Xiaohua: Because on that day, she didn’t just shed tears, she was like a typhoon!
Xiaoqing: In that case, you’d better hurry up and apologize to her, and be prepared for the post-disaster reconstruction work.
生詞 Vocabulary
1. 七夕 (Qīxì) the 7th day of the 7th month of the lunar calendar.
2. 牛郎 (Niúláng) Cowherd
3. 織女 (Zhīnǚ) Weaving Maid
4. 久別重逢 (jiǔbiéchóngféng) long-awaited reunion
5. 相思 (xiāngsī) longing for one’s lover
6. 淚水 (lèishuǐ) tears
7. 賠罪 (péizuì) apologize
8. 災後重建 (zāihòu chóngjiàn) post-disaster reconstruction
教材音檔 Audio Files
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