對話 Dialogue
清清：又到元宵節了，你去看燈會了嗎？
Qīngqing: Yòu dào Yuánxiāo jié le, nǐ qù kàn dēnghuì le ma?
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華華：今年台灣燈會在桃園舉辦，週末我坐捷運去的，地方好大，走得後來都鐵腿了！你呢？打算怎麼慶祝？
Huáhua: Jīnnián Táiwān dēnghuì zài Táoyuán jǔbàn, zhōumò wǒ zuò jiéyùn qù de, dìfāng hǎo dà, zǒu de hòulái dōu tiětuǐ le! Nǐ ne? Dǎsuàn zěnme qìngzhù?
清清：其實我很懷念小時候那種在大廟口的元宵節活動，有漂亮的花燈，還有猜燈謎，我最喜歡猜燈謎了！
Qīngqing: Qíshí wǒ hěn huáiniàn xiǎoshíhòu nà zhǒng zài dàmiàokǒu de Yuánxiāo jié huódòng, yǒu piàoliàng de huādēng, háiyǒu cāi dēngmí, wǒ zuì xǐhuān cāi dēngmí le!
華華：那我問你一個好了，「七十二小時」，猜一個字。
Huáhua: Nà wǒ wèn nǐ yí ge hǎole, “Qīshí’èr xiǎoshí.”, cāi yí ge zì.
清清：七十二小時，就是三日，不就是亮晶晶的「晶」嗎？這也太小兒科了吧？
Qīngqing: Qīshí’èr xiǎoshí, jiùshì sān rì, bú jiùshì liàngjīngjīng de “jīng” ma? Zhè yě tài xiǎo’érkē le ba?
華華：沒想到你這麼聰明，居然能秒回！
Huáhua: Méi xiǎngdào nǐ zhème cōngmíng, jūrán néng miǎohuí!
清清：傳統的燈謎背後都是中文的趣味和智慧，能想出那麼妙的題目的人，才真聰明呢！
Qīngqing: Chuántǒng de dēngmí bèihòu dōu shì Zhōngwén de qùwèi hé zhìhuì, néng xiǎngchū nàme miào de tímù de rén, cái zhēn cōngmíng ne!
華華：我同意。不過，晚點我要先去買湯圓，準備明天過元宵節。年節吃什麼，對我來說，永遠是排第一的！
Huáhua: Wǒ tóngyì. Búguò, wǎndiǎn wǒ yào xiān qù mǎi tāngyuán, zhǔnbèi míngtiān guò Yuánxiāo jié. Nián jié chī shénme, duì wǒ lái shuō, yǒngyuǎn shì pái dì yī de!
翻譯 Translation
Qingqing: It’s Lantern Festival again. Did you go to see the lantern displays?
Huahua: This year’s Taiwan Lantern Festival is in Taoyuan. I went over the weekend and got sore legs! What about you?
Qingqing: I really miss the kind of Lantern Festival activities we had as kids at the big temples. There were beautiful lanterns and riddle-guessing games. I loved solving riddles the most!
Huahua: Then let me give you one: “72 hours” — guess the word.
Qingqing: 72 hours is three days, which should be “jing” (sparkling). That’s way too easy!*
Huahua: I didn’t expect you to figure it out so quickly. You’re really smart!
Qingqing: The traditional lantern riddles are full of the charm and wit of the Chinese language. The people who come up with such clever riddles are the truly smart ones!
Huahua: I agree. But I need to buy some tangyuan to prepare for tomorrow’s Lantern Festival. Festive food always comes first!
* The character “jing” (晶,sparkling) contains three “ri” (日,day).
生詞 Vocabulary
1. 元宵節 (Yuánxiāo jié) Lantern Festival
2. 燈會 (dēnghuì) lantern displays
3. 鐵腿 (tiětuǐ) [Taiwanese slang] legs feel like lead, sore legs
4. 廟口 (miàokǒu) temple entrance, temple square
5. 花燈 (huādēng) lantern, decorative lantern
6. 猜燈謎 (cāidēngmí) guessing lantern riddles
7. 亮晶晶 (liàngjīngjīng) sparkling, shiny
8. 小兒科 (xiǎo’érkē) literally “pediatrics;” [slang] child’s play a piece of cake
教材音檔 Audio Files
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