對話 Dialogue
清清：華華，我要去買牛肉麵當午餐，要不要順便幫你帶？
Qīngqing: Huáhua, wǒ yào qù mǎi niúròu miàn dāng wǔcān, yào búyào shùnbiàn bāng nǐ dài?
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華華：我最近不能吃牛肉，可以順便幫我買一個排骨便當就好嗎？
Huáhua: Wǒ zuìjìn bùnéng chī niúròu, kěyǐ shùnbiàn bāng wǒ mǎi yí ge páigǔ biàndāng jiù hǎo ma?
清清：為什麼突然不能吃牛肉了？那你還怎麼吃你最愛的牛小排？
Qīngqing: Wèishénme túrán bùnéng chī niúròu le? Nà nǐ hái zěnme chī nǐ zuì ài de niúxiǎopái?
華華：我下個月要參加考試，算命師說如果我吃牛肉，就會考不過，而且還會影響到我的事業。
Huáhua: Wǒ xià ge yuè yào cānjiā kǎoshì, suànmìng shī shuō rúguǒ wǒ chī niúròu, jiù huì kǎo búguò, érqiě hái huì yǐngxiǎng dào wǒ de shìyè.
清清：你真信啊？考試要看實力，事業看努力，應該不是靠算命能解決的
Qīngqing: Nǐ zhēn xìn a? Kǎoshì yào kàn shílì, shìyè kàn nǔlì, yīnggāi búshì kào suànmìng néng jiějué de.
華華：寧可信其有啊！這次考試對我來說非常重要，我很緊張，所以還是先聽他的話好了。
Huáhua: Níngkě xìn qí yǒu a! Zhè cì kǎoshì duì wǒ láishuō fēicháng zhòngyào, wǒ hěn jǐnzhāng, suǒyǐ huánshì xiān tīng tā dehuà hǎole.
清清：好吧！如果這樣能讓你安心，你就相信吧！但我還是認為命運應該掌握在自己的手中。
Qīngqing: Hǎo ba! Rúguǒ zhèyàng néng ràng nǐ ānxīn, nǐ jiù xiāngxìn ba! Dàn wǒ háishì rènwéi mìngyùn yīnggāi zhǎngwò zài zìjǐ de shǒuzhōng.
華華：午餐就麻煩你了，我正好利用這個時間複習一下考試的內容，謝謝你喔！
Huáhua: Wǔcān jiù máfan nǐ le, wǒ zhènghǎo lìyòng zhèige shíjiān fùxí yíxià kǎoshì de nèiróng, xièxie nǐ o!
翻譯 Translation
Qingqing: Huahua, I’m going to buy beef noodles for lunch. Do you want me to get some for you too?
Huahua: I can’t eat beef lately. Could you please get me a pork chop bento instead?
Qingqing: Why can’t you eat beef all of a sudden? How will you eat your favorite beef short ribs then?
Huahua: I’m taking an exam next month, and a fortune teller said that if I eat beef, I won’t pass the exam, and it might even affect my career.
Qingqing: You really believe that? Exams are about your abilities, and your career depends on hard work. It’s not something a fortune teller can decide.
Huahua: Better safe than sorry! This exam is very important to me, and I’m really nervous, so I’d rather follow the advice for now.
Qingqing: Alright then! If it helps you feel more at ease, go ahead and believe it. But I still think that destiny should be in our own hands.
Huahua: Thanks for taking care of lunch. I’ll use this time to review for the exam. Thank you!
生詞 Vocabulary
1. 算命 (suànmìng) fortune telling
2. 順便 (shùnbiàn) by the way, while you’re at it
3. 排骨 (páigǔ) pork ribs, pork chop
4. 牛小排 (niúxiǎopái) beef short ribs
5. 事業 (shìyè) career, business
6. 實力 (shílì) ability
7. 寧可信其有 (Níngkě xìn qí yǒu) [phrase] Better safe than sorry
8. 命運 (mìngyùn) destiny, fate
教材音檔 Audio Files
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By National Tsing Hua University Chinese Language Center:
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