對話 Dialogue
清清：華華，你的電腦能借我用一下嗎？
Qīngqing: Huáhua, nǐ de diànnǎo néng jiè wǒ yòng yíxià ma?
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華華：怎麼了？你的有什麼問題？
Huáhua: Zěnmele? Nǐ de yǒu shénme wèntí?
清清：不知道怎麼搞的，最近常常突然當機，筆電、手機也是，煩死了！
Qīngqing: Bù zhīdào zěnme gǎo de, zuìjìn chángcháng túrán dàngjī, bǐdiàn, shǒujī yěshì, fánsǐle!
華華：啊！一定是水逆害的，今年的水逆剛開始，沒想到就讓你碰到了。
Huáhua: A! Yídìng shì Shuǐnì hài de, jīnnián de Shuǐnì gāng kāishǐ, méi xiǎngdào jiù ràng nǐ pèngdàole.
清清：水逆？你是說水星逆行喔？這你也相信！
Qīngqing: Shuǐnì? Nǐ shì shuō Shuǐxīng nìxíng ō? Zhè nǐ yě xiāngxìn!
華華：相信星座的臺灣人那麼多，這有什麼？
Huáhua: Xiāngxìn xīngzuò de Táiwān rén nàme duō, zhè yǒu shénme?
清清：我覺得是我手裡的3C產品都很老了，應該換新的了，跟水逆沒關係。
Qīngqing: Wǒ juéde shì wǒ shǒulǐ de sān C chǎnpǐn dōu hěn lǎo le, yīnggi huàn xīn de le, gēn Shuǐnì méiguānxi.
華華：喔！水逆的時候人際關係容易不好，不信就算了，我不說了。我要去洗手間，電腦就給你用吧！
Huáhua: Ō! Shuǐnì de shíhòu rénjì guānxi róngyì bù hǎo, búxìn jiù suànle, wǒ bù shuō le. Wǒ yào qù xǐshǒujiān, diànnǎo jiù gěi nǐ yòng ba!
翻譯 Translation
Qingqing: Huahua, may I borrow your computer for a bit?
Huahua: What’s wrong? What happened to yours?
Qingqing: I don’t know what’s going on. It keeps crashing suddenly. My laptop and phone are the same. It’s so annoying.
Huahua: Ah, it must be because of “Mercury retrograde.” It just started this year, and you’re already feeling the effects.
Qingqing: Mercury retrograde? You actually believe that?
Huahua: So many Taiwanese people believe in astrology. What’s the big deal?
Qingqing: I think all my devices are just getting old. It’s time to replace them. It has nothing to do with Mercury retrograde.
Huahua: Oh, and they say Mercury retrograde affects relationships, too. If you don’t believe it, I won’t say anything. I’m going to the restroom. Go ahead and use my computer.
生詞 Vocabulary
1. 借 (jiè) borrow, lend
2. 水逆 (Shuǐnì) [abbr.] Mercury retrograde
3. 怎麼搞的 (zěnme gǎo de) [phrase] What’s going on? What happened?
4. 突然 (túrán) suddenly
5. 當機 (dàngjī) crash, freeze
6. 害 (hài) cause, make
7. 逆行 (nìxíng) retrograde, reverse direction
8. 星座 (xīngzuò) zodiac, horoscope
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