對話 Dialogue
清清：就快立冬了，意思就是冬天要來了！
Qīngqing: Jiù kuài Lìdōng le, yìsi jiùshì dōngtiān yào láile!
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華華：不過在台灣11月都還不怎麼冷，就好像一直在過秋天一樣。
Huáhua: Búguò zài Táiwān 11 yuè dōu háibù zěnme lěng, jiù hǎoxiàng yìzhí zài guò qiūtiān yíyàng.
清清：可是在立冬那天，該進補的還是要進補，這是一種儀式感。
Qīngqing: Kěshì zài Lìdōng nàtiān, gāi jìnbǔ de háishì yào jìnbǔ, zhè shì yì zhǒng yíshìgǎn.
華華：哈哈哈！那你打算吃什麼？薑母鴨、麻油雞、燒酒雞、羊肉爐還是藥燉排骨？
Huáhua: Hāhāhā! Nà nǐ dǎsuàn chī shénme? Jiāngmǔyā, máyóujī, shāojiǔjī, yángròu lú háishì yàodùnpáigǔ?
清清：我不能吃薑母鴨，我對鴨過敏。可能吃麻油雞吧！我喜歡吃雞，但吃了燒酒雞，就不能開車了。
Qīngqing: Wǒ bùnéng chī jiāngmǔyā, wǒ duì yā guòmǐn. Kěnéng chī máyóujī ba! Wǒ xǐhuān chī jī, dàn chīle shāojiǔjī, jiù bùnéng kāichē le.
華華：沒錯，「喝酒不開車，開車不喝酒。」含酒精的菜也不行，絕不能酒駕，一定要遵守法律規定。
Huáhua: Méicuò,`Hējiǔ bù kāichē, kāichē bù hējiǔ; Hán jiǔjīng de cài yě bùxíng, juébùnéng jiǔjià, yídìng yào zūnshǒu fǎlǜ guīdìng.
翻譯 Translation
Qingqing: Lidong is almost here, which means the cold season has arrived!
Huahua: However, November in Taiwan is still not very cold; it feels like we’re still experiencing autumn.
Qingqing: On the day of Lidong it is customary to have nourishing food.
Huahua: Haha! So what do you plan to eat? Ginger duck stew, sesame oil chicken soup, wine-cooked chicken soup, mutton hot pot or herbal ribs?
Qingqing: I can’t eat ginger duck stew, because I’m allergic to duck. Maybe I’ll have sesame oil chicken soup. I enjoy eating chicken but can’t drive afterward if I have
wine-cooked chicken soup.
Huahua: That’s right, Don’t drink and drive, and that includes with dishes containing alcohol. We must keep to the letter of the law.
生詞 Vocabulary
1. 立冬 (Lìdōng) Beginning of Winter, one of the traditional Chinese 24 solar terms
2. 進補 (jìnbǔ) dietary supplementation
3. 儀式感 (yíshìgǎn) a sense of ritual
4. 含 (hán) to contain, with
5. 酒精 (jiǔjīng) alcohol
6. 絕不能 (juébùnéng) absolutely cannot
7. 酒駕 (jiǔjià) drunk driving
8. 遵守 (zūnshǒu) to obey, to keep (a rule or law)
教材音檔 Audio Files
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