對話 Dialogue
清清：華華，你在算錢啊？不是才剛發薪水沒幾天，你的錢就不夠用了嗎？
Qīngqing: Huáhua, nǐ zài suàn qián a? Búshì cái gāng fā xīnshuǐ méi jǐ tiān, nǐ de qián jiù búgòu yòng le ma?
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華華：週末我請我爸爸去了一家五星級飯店吃飯，提前為他慶祝父親節，還買了一個不便宜的禮物送給他，所以這個月恐怕真的要吃土了！
Huáhua: Zhōumò wǒ qǐng wǒ bàba qùle yìjiā wǔxīngjí fàndiàn chīfàn, tíqián wèi tā qìngzhù Fùqīn jié, hái mǎile yíge bù piányí de lǐwù sòng gěi tā, suǒyǐ zhège yuè kǒngpà zhēnde yào chītǔ le!
清清：喔！對了，8月8號是父親節，我差點就忘了。不過應該的啦！你父親辛苦了這麼多年，又當爸爸，又當媽媽，照顧你們，好偉大喔！
Qīngqing: O! Duìle, bā yuè bā hào shì Fùqīn jié, wǒ chàdiǎn jiù wàngle. Búguò yīnggāi de la! Nǐ fùqīn xīnkǔle zhème duōnián, yòu dāng bàba, yòu dāng māma, zhàogù nǐmen, hǎo wěidà o!
華華：是啊！其實現在單親家庭非常普遍，父母的角色跟傳統上各自分開的情況不一樣了，不管是爸爸還是媽媽，好像都得扮演好兩種身分。
Huáhua: Shì a! Qíshí xiànzài dānqīn jiātíng fēicháng pǔbiàn, fùmǔ de jiǎosè gēn chuántǒng shàng gèzì fēnkāi de qíngkuàng bùyíyàngle, bùguǎn shì bàba háishì māma, hǎoxiàng dōu děi bànyǎnhǎo liǎng zhǒng shēnfèn.
清清：嗯！也許這也是現代人都不太願意生小孩的原因之一，這是個很複雜的問題。
Qīngqing: En! Yěxǔ zhè yěshì xiàndài rén dōu bútài yuànyì shēng xiǎohái de yuányīn zhī yī, zhè shì ge hěn fùzá de wèntí.
華華：話說送爸爸的禮物好難挑，我想了好久才決定送他一個高級的電動刮鬍刀。
Huáhua: Huàshuō sòng bàba de lǐwù hǎo nán tiāo, wǒ xiǎngle hǎojiǔ cái juédìng sòng tā yíge gāojí de diàndòng guāhúdāo.
清清：很實用啊！他很高興吧？也替我祝他父親節快樂喔！
Qīngqing: Hěn shíyòng a! Tā hěn gāoxìng ba? Yě tì wǒ zhù tā Fùqīn jié kuàilè o!
華華：好的，我告訴他，謝謝你的祝福！
Huáhua: Hǎode, wǒ gàosù tā, xièxie nǐ de zhùfú!
翻譯 Translation
Qingqing: Huahua, are you counting money? It’s only been a few days since payday, and you’re already out of money?
Huahua: Over the weekend, I took my dad to a five-star hotel for a meal to celebrate Father’s Day early, and I also bought him a pretty expensive gift. So, I’m afraid I’ll be broke this month.
Qingqing: Oh, right, Father’s Day is on August 8. I almost forgot. But it’s the right thing to do. Your father has worked so hard all these years, playing both the roles of father and mother, taking care of you all. He’s amazing.
Huahua: Yeah. Actually, single-parent families are very common now. The roles of parents are no longer as distinct as they used to be. Whether it’s a father or a mother, they seem to have to play both roles well.
Qingqing: Yeah. Maybe that’s one of the reasons why people nowadays are reluctant to have children. It’s a very complicated issue.
Huahua: Speaking of which, it was so hard to pick a gift for my dad. I thought about it for a long time, and I eventually decided to give him a high-end electric shaver.
Qingqing: That’s very practical. He must have been very happy, right? Please also wish him a Happy Father’s Day for me.
Huahua: Sure, I’ll tell him. That’s nice of you.
生詞 Vocabulary
1. 薪水 (xīnshuǐ) salary
2. 五星級飯店 (wǔxīngjí fàndiàn) a five-star hotel
3. 吃土 (chītǔ) [slang] flat broke, as poor as a church mouse
4. 偉大 (wěidà) great, magnificent, grand, noble
5. 單親家庭 (dānqīn jiātíng) single-parent family
6. 扮演 (bànyǎn) play the role of, act as
7. 身分 (shēnfèn) roles, identities
8. 電動刮鬍刀 (diàndòng guāhúdāo) electric shaver
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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