對話 Dialogue
小清：萬聖節快到了！你們台灣人過不過萬聖節？
Xiǎoqīng: Wànshèngjié kuài dàole! Nǐmen táiwān rén guò bu guò wànshèngjié?
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小華：只有小孩子才過，大人不過萬聖節。
Xiǎohuá: Zhǐyǒu xiǎo háizi cái guò, dàrén búguò wànshèngjié.
小清：為什麼呢？
Xiǎoqīng: Wèishéme ne?
小華：我想是因為台灣已經有鬼月和中元節，所以萬聖節就只有小孩子過。而且小孩子可以變裝和去要糖果，他們會很開心。
Xiǎohuá: Wǒ xiǎng shì yīnwèi Táiwān yǐjīng yǒu guǐyuè hàn zhōngyuánjié, suǒyǐ wànshèngjié jiù zhǐyǒu xiǎo háizi guò. Érqiě xiǎo háizi kěyǐ biànzhuāng hàn qù yào tángguǒ, tāmen huì hěn kāixīn.
小清：那你已經準備好給孩子的糖果了嗎？
Xiǎoqīng: Nà nǐ yǐjīng zhǔnbèi hǎo gěi háizi de tángguǒ le ma?
小華：我不只準備好糖果，我還準備了一套殭屍裝。
Xiǎohuá: Wǒ bùzhǐ zhǔnbèi hǎo tángguǒ, wǒ hái zhǔnbèile yí tào jiāngshī zhuāng.
小清：你不是不過萬聖節嗎？
Xiǎoqīng: Nǐ bùshì bùguò wànshèngjié ma?
小華：等小孩子上門要糖果，我就穿上殭屍裝嚇他們！哈哈哈！
Xiǎohuá: Děng xiǎo háizi shàngmén yào tángguǒ, wǒ jiù chuānshàng jiāngshī zhuāng xià tāmen! Hāhāhā!
翻譯 Translation
Xiaoqing: Halloween is coming! Do Taiwanese celebrate Halloween?
Xiaohua: Only kids celebrate Halloween, adults don’t really celebrate it.
Xiaoqing: Why is that?
Xiaohua: I think it’s because Taiwan already has Ghost Month and the Hungry Ghost Festival, so Halloween is mostly for kids. Plus, kids can dress up and go trick-or-treating, they really enjoy it.
Xiaoqing: Have you prepared candy for the kids?
Xiaohua: I not only prepared candy, I also prepared a zombie costume.
Xiaoqing: But I thought you don’t celebrate Halloween?
Xiaohua: I’ll dress up in my zombie costume and wait for the kids to come and scare them! Hahaha!
生詞 Vocabulary
1. 搗蛋 (dǎodàn) trick, cause trouble
2. 過 (guò) celebrate
3. 變裝 (biànzhuāng) dress up
4. 糖果 (tángguǒ) candy
5. 殭屍 (jiāngshī) zombie
6. 上門 (shàngmén) drop in
7. 穿上 (chuānshàng) dress up
8. 嚇 (xià) scare
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:
Street lights are often taken for granted until a power outage plunges the world into darkness. When that happens, the value of these lighting installations becomes evident as the world turns into a more dangerous place for pedestrians and motorists alike. The Chinese could claim to be the first to have constructed a crude type of street light. Around 500 BC, residents of Beijing employed a type of street lamp that used hollow bamboo pipes and natural gas vents to create burning torches. Later, ancient Romans adopted lamps fueled by vegetable oil, which relied on slaves to light and
A: Who else is on Billboard’s list: “The 25 greatest pop stars of the 21st Century?” B: No. 15 to 6 are: Miley Cyrus, Justin Timberlake, Nicki Minaj, Eminem, Usher, Adele, Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Kanye West and Britney Spears. A: I can’t believe that Adele’s only at No. 10. B: No. 5 to 1 are: Lady Gaga, Drake, Rihanna, Taylor Swift and Beyonce. A: Well, they surely deserve the honor. A: 《告示牌》雜誌的「21世紀最偉大的25位流行歌手」，還有誰上榜啊？ B: 第15至6名是：麥莉希拉、大賈斯汀、妮姬米娜、阿姆、亞瑟小子、愛黛兒、亞莉安娜、小賈斯汀、肯伊威斯特、小甜甜布蘭妮。 A: 真不敢相信愛黛兒只排第10名。 B: 第5至1名是：女神卡卡、德瑞克、蕾哈娜、泰勒絲、碧昂絲。 A: 這幾位真是實至名歸！ （By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩）
A: The 21st Century is now entering its 25th year. B: So Billboard has released a list: “The 25 greatest pop stars of the 21st Century.” A: Who are the greatest pop singers? B: No. 25 to 16 are: Katy Perry, Ed Sheeran, Bad Bunny, One Direction, Lil Wayne, Bruno Mars, BTS, The Weeknd, Shakira and Jay-Z. A: Wow, my favorite K-pop supergroup BTS has made it to the list. A: 21世紀正在邁入第25個年頭了。 B: 《告示牌》雜誌特別公布：「21世紀最偉大的25位流行歌手」。 A: 最偉大的歌手有哪些？ B: 第25至16名是：凱蒂佩芮、紅髮艾德、壞痞兔、1世代、小韋恩、火星人布魯諾、防彈少年團（BTS）、威肯、夏奇拉、Jay-Z。 A: 哇，我最愛的韓流天團BTS也上榜了！ （By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩）
Spoiler alert and shift blame 破梗&甩鍋 在新冠疫情期間，無論是因為封城 (lockdown) 還是居家隔離 (self-isolation at home)，人們關在家中使用網路的時間大增。這也讓一些原本只存在於網路論壇的用語廣為普及。我們來談一下破梗 (spoiler alert) 與甩鍋 (shift blame) 這兩個用語。 有位古典文學教授 Joel Christensen 針對領導統御與疫情控制寫了一篇以古喻今、相當深入的文章：“Plagues follow bad leadership in ancient Greek tales”，文中出現一些講法，可用來翻譯上述的流行語： In the 5th century B.C., the playwright Sophocles begins Oedipus Tyrannos with the title character struggling to identify the cause of a plague striking his city, Thebes. (Spoiler alert: It’s his own bad leadership.) (Joel Christensen, “Plagues follow bad leadership in ancient Greek tales,” The Conversation, March 12, 2020) 作者提到 Oedipus（伊底帕斯）想找出瘟疫何以降臨他的城邦的緣由，加了一句：Spoiler alert: It’s his own bad leadership.（破梗：領導無方）。Spoiler alert 就是「破梗」，如果用在有人洩漏電影劇情的情境中，也可以翻作「小心爆雷」或「劇透警告」。疫情之下，在家看影集、電影成了很多人的娛樂，但要小心劇透 (spoilers)，很多 YouTube 上的影評在開頭也都會說 Spoiler alert!，警告還沒看過電影的觀眾小心爆雷、劇透。 至於「甩鍋」，源自大陸網民用語，通常意指某人犯了錯之後想推卸責任、轉移焦點、甚至讓別人背黑鍋的做法。疫情爆發後，相關網路資訊量爆增，許多中國網民也想找人為這場疫情負責，紛紛呼籲地方政府首長、地方黨書記不要「甩鍋」。 其實，在古代文學《奧德賽》中，就有「將自己的責任怪罪眾神」的說法，試用時下流行的「甩鍋」來重新翻譯： Humans are always blaming the gods for their suffering, but they experience
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