對話 Dialogue
小清:今天有冬至搓湯圓的活動,你要不要來參加?
Xiǎoqīng: Jīntiān yǒu Dōngzhì cuō tāngyuán de huódòng, nǐ yào bùyào lái cānjiā?
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小華:好啊!搓湯圓很好玩!而且還可以吃湯圓。
Xiǎohuá: Hǎo a! Cuō tāngyuán hěn hǎowán! Érqiě hái kěyǐ chī tāngyuán.
小清:你知道為什麼冬至要吃湯圓嗎?
Xiǎoqīng: Nǐ zhīdào wèishéme dōngzhì yào chī tāngyuán ma?
小華:是不是因為圓圓的湯圓象徵團圓?
Xiǎohuá: Shì búshì yīnwéi yuányuánde tāngyuán xiàngzhēng tuányuán?
小清:哇!答對了!那你知道吃了湯圓就代表你多了一歲嗎?
Xiǎoqīng: Wa! Dáduìle! Nà nǐ zhīdào chīle tāngyuán jiù dàibiǎo nǐ duōle yísuì ma?
小華:為什麼!我不想多一歲!那我不吃湯圓了!
Xiǎohuá: Wèishéme! Wǒ bùxiǎng duō yísuì! Nà wǒ bùchī tangyuan le!
小清:冬至這天是一年中白天最短的日子,過了這天,白天越來越長,新的一年即將來臨,你不想多一歲也不行啊!
Xiǎoqīng: Dōngzhì zhètiān shì yìnián zhōng báitiān zuìduǎn de rìzi, guòle zhètiān, báitiān yuè lái yuè cháng, xīn de yìnián jíjiāng láilín, nǐ bùxiǎng duō yísuì yě bùxíng a!
小華:唉!那我少吃一點湯圓好了,希望能夠老得慢一點啊!
Xiǎohuá: Āi! Nà wǒ shǎo chī yìdiǎn tāngyuán hǎole, xīwàg nénggòu lǎo de màn yìdiǎn a!
翻譯 Translation
Xiaoqing: There’s a tangyuan-making event for Dongzhi today. Do you want to join?
Xiaohua: Sure! Making tangyuan is fun! Plus, we get to eat them, too.
Xiaoqing: Do you know why we eat tangyuan on Dongzhi?
Xiaohua: Is it because the round tangyuan symbolize reunion?
Xiaoqing: Wow! You got it right! Did you also know that eating tangyuan means you’ve gained another year?
Xiaohua: Why! I don’t want to age another year! I won’t eat tangyuan then!
Xiaoqing: On Dongzhi, the shortest day of the year, the days will get longer after this, and the new year is approaching. You can’t avoid getting older!
Xiaohua: Sigh! I’ll just eat a little less tangyuan then, hoping to age a bit slower!
生詞 Vocabulary
1. 冬至 (Dōngzhì) winter solstice
2. 搓 (cuō) rub with the hands
3. 湯圓 (tāngyuán) glutinous rice dumplings
4. 象徵 (xiàngzhēng) symbolize
5. 團圓 (tuányuán) reunion
6. 即將 (jíjiāng) be about to
7. 來臨 (láilín) come, approach
教材音檔 Audio Files
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