對話 Dialogue
清清：你今晚還要去臺北101看跨年煙火嗎？
Qīngqing: Nǐ jīnwǎn hái yào qù Táiběi Yī líng yī kàn kuànián yānhuǒ ma?
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華華：已經連看了好幾年，今年不想去了。
Huáhua: Yǐjīng lián kànle hǎojǐ nián, jīnnián bùxiǎng qùle.
清清：那你打算怎麼跨年？
Qīngqing: Nà nǐ dǎsuàn zěnme kuànián?
華華：還在考慮要不要去看跨年演唱會，不少縣市政府都安排了。
Huáhua: Hái zài kǎolǜ yào búyào qù kàn kuànián yǎnchàng huì, bùshǎo xiànshì zhèngfǔ dōu ānpái le.
清清：不管是煙火還是演唱會，都是人山人海，想參加就要早點出門。
Qīngqing: Bùguǎn shì yānhuǒ háishì yǎnchàng huì, dōu shì rénshān rénhǎi, xiǎng cānjiā jiù yào zǎodiǎn chūmén.
華華：這也是我在想的問題，有點不想去人擠人了，在家舒舒服服地看轉播倒數也不錯。
Huáhua: Zhè yěshì wǒ zài xiǎng de wèntí, yǒudiǎn bùxiǎng qù rénjǐrén le, zàijiā shū shūfúfú de kàn zhuǎnbò dàoshǔ yě búcuò.
清清：聽起來怎麼好像要老的不只一歲？完全沒有年輕人的熱血了！
Qīngqing: Tīng qǐlái zěnme hǎoxiàng yào lǎo de bùzhǐ yí suì? Wánquán méiyǒu niánqīng rén de rèxiě le!
華華：我只是最近很忙，就懶得去了。無論如何，祝你新年快樂啦！
Huáhua: Wǒ zhǐshì zuìjìn hěn máng, wǒ lǎndeqù le. Wúlùn rúhé, zhù nǐ xīnnián kuàilè la!
翻譯 Translation
Qingqing: Are you still going to Taipei 101 to watch the New Year’s fireworks tonight?
Huahua: I’ve gone for several years in a row, but I don’t want to go this year.
Qingqing: Then how do you plan to spend New Year’s Eve?
Huahua: I’m still considering whether to go to a New Year’s concert; quite a few county and city governments have arranged them.
Qingqing: Whether it’s fireworks or a concert, it’s always crowded. If you want to go, you have to leave early.
Huahua: That’s also what I’m thinking; I’m a bit tired of the crowds. Watching the live broadcast and countdown from the comfort of home sounds nice too.
Qingqing: Sounds like you’re getting old. You’ve totally lost your youthful enthusiasm.
Huahua: I’m just really busy lately, so I’m too lazy to go. Anyway, Happy New Year to you.
生詞 Vocabulary
1. 跨年 (kuànián) New Year’s Eve, seeing the new year in
2. 煙火 (yānhuǒ) fireworks
3. 縣市政府 (xiànshì zhèngfǔ) county and city government
4. 人山人海 (rénshān rénhǎi) [idiom] a sea of people, crowded
5. 人擠人 (rénjǐrén) crowded, people packed together
6. 倒數 (dàoshǔ) countdown
7. 熱血 (rèxiě) enthusiastic, passionate
8.懶 (lǎn) lazy
教材音檔 Audio Files
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By National Tsing Hua University Chinese Language Center:
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