對話 Dialogue
清清：下禮拜就是美國總統大選了，好緊張喔！
Qīngqing: Xià lǐbài jiùshì Měiguó zǒngtǒng dàxuǎn le, hǎo jǐnzhāng o!
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華華：是啊！你覺得誰會當選呢？要不要來賭一下？
Huáhua: Shì a! Nǐ juéde shéi huì dāngxuǎn ne? Yào búyào lái dǔ yíxià?
清清：現在的情況這麼複雜，太難說了，我才不要跟你賭呢！
Qīngqing: Xiànzài de qíngkuàng zhème fùzá, tài nánshuō le, wǒ cái búyào gēn nǐ dǔ ne!
華華：民主黨和共和黨的確都有機會，川普會不會再回鍋，就看下週了！
Huáhua: Mínzhǔ Dǎng hé Gònghé Dǎng díquè dōu yǒu jīhuì, Chuānpǔ huì búhuì zài huíguō, jiù kàn xià zhōu le!
清清：畢竟兩邊都有很高的支持率，競選活動都很熱鬧，競爭實在相當激烈。
Qīngqing: Bìjìng liǎngbiān dōu yǒu hěn gāo de zhīchí lǜ, jìngxuǎn huódòng dōu hěn rènào, jìngzhēng shízài xiāngdāng jīliè.
華華：那你比較喜歡誰的政策？
Huáhua: Nà nǐ bǐjiào xǐhuān shéi de zhèngcè?
清清：喜歡誰的不重要，對我來說，選上以後能不能讓支票兌現，才是我最關心的。
Qīngqing: Xǐhuān shéi de bú zhòngyào, duì wǒ láishuō, xuǎn shàng yǐhòu néng bùnéng ràng zhīpiào duìxiàn, cái shì wǒ zuì guānxīn de.
華華：這就更難說了，要實現選舉承諾，往往都需要很長的時間。我們就繼續看下去吧！
Huáhua: Zhè jiù gèng nánshuō le, yào shíxiàn xuǎnjǔ chéngnuò, wǎngwǎng dōu xūyào hěn cháng de shíjiān. Wǒmen jiù jìxù kàn xiàqù ba!
翻譯 Translation
Qingqing: The US presidential election is next week. I’m so nervous.
Huahua: Yeah. Who do you think will win? Want to make a bet?
Qingqing: The situation is so complicated right now; it’s too close to call. I don’t want to make a bet on it.
Huahua: Both the Democrats and Republicans have a chance. Whether Trump will make a comeback will be decided next week.
Qingqing: After all, both sides have very high support, and the campaign activities have been lively. The competition is indeed quite intense.
Huahua: So, whose policies do you prefer?
Qingqing: It’s not about who I like. For me, what matters most is whether they can deliver on their promises once elected.
Huahua: That’s even harder to say. It often takes a long time to fulfill campaign promises. We can only wait and see what happens.
生詞 Vocabulary
1. 屆 (jiè) [Measure Word] term
2. 總統大選 (zǒngtǒng dàxuǎn) presidential election
3. 當選 (dāngxuǎn) elected
4. 賭 (dǔ) bet
5. 民主黨 (Mínzhǔ Dǎng) Democratic Party
6. 共和黨 (Gònghé Dǎng) Republican Party
7. 回鍋 (huíguō) make a comeback
8. 政策 (zhèngcè) policy
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8. 政策 (zhengce) policy
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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