對話 Dialogue
清清：又是新的一年了，時間過得真快！
Qīngqing: Yòushì xīn de yì nián le, shíjiān guò de zhēn kuài!
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華華：對啊！新年快樂！你有什麼新年新希望嗎？
Huáhua: Duì a! Xīnnián kuàilè! Nǐ yǒu shénme xīnnián xīn xīwàng ma?
清清：新年快樂！我希望今年能更健康，因此我要多運動，少吃垃圾食物。
Qīngqing: Xīnnián kuàilè! Wǒ xīwàng jīnnián néng gèng jiànkāng, yīncǐ wǒ yào duō yùndòng, shǎo chī lèsè shíwù.
華華：你真的是應該多運動了，說到就要做到喔！
Huáhua: Nǐ zhēn de shì yīnggāi duō yùndòng le, shuōdào jiùyào zuòdào ō!
清清：我知道啦！那你呢？是想結婚還是想發大財？
Qīngqing: Wǒ zhīdào la! Nà nǐ ne? Shì xiǎng jiéhūn háishì xiǎng fādàcái?
華華：當然最好是兩個都有啊！希望老天賜給我一個高富帥的白馬王子，人生多美好！
Huáhua: Dāngrán zuìhǎo shì liǎngge dōu yǒu ā! Xīwàng lǎotiān cì gěi wǒ yíge gāo fù
shuài de báimǎ wángzǐ, rénshēng duō měihǎo!
清清：小姐，醒醒吧！你是最近追劇追過頭了嗎？別做白日夢了！
Qīngqing: Xiǎojiě, xǐngxǐng ba! Nǐ shì zuìjìn zhuī jù zhuī guòtou le ma? Bié zuò báirìmèng le!
華華：欸？那可不一定，也許哪天我突然就麻雀變鳳凰了呢？嘿嘿！
Huáhua: Éi? Nà kě bùyídìng, yěxǔ nǎtiān wǒ túrán jiù máquè biàn fènghuáng le ne? Hēihei!
翻譯 Translation
Qingqing: It’s a New Year again. Time flies!
Huahua: Yes! Happy New Year! Do you have any new hopes for the new year?
Qingqing: Happy New Year! I want to be healthier this year, so I plan to exercise more and eat less junk food.
Huahua: You really should exercise more and remember to keep going!
Qingqing: I know! How about you? Are you thinking about getting married or striking it rich this year?
Huahua: Of course, it would be best to have both! I hope the heavens bless me with a handsome, tall Prince Charming. Life would be so wonderful!
Qingqing: Miss, wake up! Have you been binge-watching dramas lately? Don’t daydream!
Huahua: Eh? Well, who knows? Maybe one day I’ll be rags-to-riches. Hehe!
生詞 Vocabulary
1. 垃圾食物 (lèsè shíwù) junk food
2. 說到做到 (shuōdào zuòdào) practice what you preach, walk the talk
3. 白馬王子 (báimǎ wángzǐ) Prince Charming, Mr. Right
4. 追劇 (zhuī jù) to binge-watch, binge-watching
5. 過頭 (guòtou) overdo it
6. 白日夢 (báirìmèng) daydream
7. 麻雀 (máquè) sparrow
8. 鳳凰 (fènghuáng) phoenix
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:
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