對話 Dialogue
清清：今天中午我要多吃一點，不然晚上可能會吃不飽。
Qīngqing: Jīntiān zhōngwǔ wǒ yào duō chī yìdiǎn, bùrán wǎnshàng kěnéng huì chībùbǎo.
華華：怎麼了？為什麼會吃不飽？
Huáhua: Zěnmele? Wèishénme huì chībùbǎo?
清清：今天大年初七，是「人日節」，傳統上結了婚的女兒要回家給父母送長壽麵，而且最好是素的，我姐姐會回來，只吃素麵，我應該很快就餓了。
Qīngqing: Jīntiān Dànián chūqī, shì “Rénrì jié,” chuántǒng shàng jiéle hūn de nǚ’ér yào huíjiā gěi fùmǔ sòng chángshòumiàn, érqiě zuìhǎo shì sù de, wǒ jiějie huì huílái, zhǐ chī sùmiàn, wǒ yīnggāi hěn kuài jiù èle.
華華：我還是第一次聽說有「人日節」呢！這是怎麼來的啊？
Huáhua: Wǒ háishì dì yī cì tīngshuō yǒu “Rénrì jié” ne! Zhè shì zěnme lái de a?
清清：老一輩的人說，女媧是在第七天造出了「人」，所以今天可說是我們每個人的「生日」呢！生日快樂！
Qīngqing: Lǎoyíbèi de rén shuō, Nǚwā shì zài dì qī tiān zào chūle “rén,” suǒyǐ jīntiān kěshuōshì wǒmen měi ge rén de “shēngrì” ne! Shēngrì kuàilè!
華華：你也是啊！欸？那前六天女媧都做了什麼呢？
Huáhua: Nǐ yěshì a! Éi? Nà qián liù tiān Nǚwā dōu zuòle shénme ne?
清清：按照順序是雞、狗、豬、羊、牛和馬，牠們都比我們早來到這個世界，這也是為什麼今天最好要吃素的原因。
Qīngqing: Ànzhào shùnxù shì jī, gǒu, zhū, yáng, niú hàn mǎ, tāmen dōu bǐ wǒmen zǎo láidào zhège shìjiè, zhè yěshì wèishénme jīntiān zuìhǎo yào chīsù de yuányīn.
華華：這麼有意思，那下班我要去買個蛋糕，來慶祝人類的生日了，哈哈哈！
Huáhua: Zhème yǒuyìsi, nà xiàbān wǒ yào qù mǎi ge dàngāo, lái qìngzhù rénlèi de shēngrì le, hāhāhā!
翻譯 Translation
Qingqing: I’m going to eat a little more at lunch today, otherwise, I might not be full in the evening.
Huahua: Why? Why wouldn’t you be full?
Qingqing: Today is the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, which is “Renri.” Traditionally, married daughters are supposed to go back home to deliver longevity noodles to their parents, and it’s best if the noodles are vegetarian. My sister will come back and only eat vegetarian noodles, so I’ll probably be hungry soon.
Huahua: This is the first time I’ve heard of “Renri”! How did it come about?
Qingqing: The elders say that Nuwa created humans on the seventh day, so today is like the “birthday” of each one of us. Happy birthday!
Huahua: Happy birthday to you, too. Hey, what did Nuwa do on the first six days?
Qingqing: According to the sequence, she created the chicken, dog, pig, sheep, ox and horse. They all arrived in this world before us, which is also why it’s best to eat vegetarian food today.
Huahua: That’s really interesting. I’m going to buy a cake after work to celebrate humanity’s birthday, haha.
生詞 Vocabulary
1. 大年初七 (Dànián chūqī) the seventh day of the Lunar New Year
2. 人日節 (Rénrì jié) People’s Day, Day of Humankind
3. 長壽 (chángshòu) longevity, having a long life
4. 素 (sù) vegetarian, plant-based
5. 老一輩 (lǎoyíbèi) the older generation
6. 女媧 (Nǚwā) Nuwa, the goddess in Chinese mythology who created humans and repaired the heavens.
7. 順序 (shùnxù) order, sequence
8. 人類 (rénlèi) humankind, humanity, human beings
教材音檔 Audio Files
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