對話 Dialogue
清清：清明節又快到了，你們家要不要去掃墓？
Qīngqing: Qīngmíng jié yòu kuài dàole, nǐmen jiā yào búyào qù sǎomù?
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華華：我們家上個週末就先去過了，怕這個禮拜人太多，整理起來比較麻煩。
Huáhua: Wǒmen jiā shàng ge zhōumò jiù xiān qù guò le, pà zhège lǐbài rén tài duō, zhěnglǐ qǐlái bǐjiào máfán.
清清：你們家祖先還有墓地嗎？我們家是放在塔位，只要帶供品和金紙去拜拜就好了。
Qīngqing: Nǐmen jiā zǔxiān hái yǒu mùdì ma? Wǒmen jiā shì fàng zài tǎwèi, zhǐyào dài gòngpǐn hé jīnzhǐ qù bàibài jiù hǎole.
華華：有啊！所以清明節都要去除草、清理環境。你打算哪天去？
Huáhua: Yǒu a! Suǒyǐ Qīngmíng jié dōu yào qù chúcǎo, qīnglǐ huánjìng. Nǐ dǎsuàn nǎtiān qù?
清清：今年清明節是在四月四號，不是五號，我們打算就四號那天去，然後和親戚一起幫小朋友們慶祝兒童節。
Qīngqing: Jīnnián Qīngmíng jié shì zài sì yuè sì hào, búshì wǔ hào, wǒmen dǎsuàn jiù sì hào nàtiān qù, ránhòu hé qīnqī yìqǐ bāng xiǎopéngyǒu men qìngzhù Értóng jié.
華華：兒童節也是你的節日啊！剛好一起過，哈哈哈！
Huáhua: Értóng jié yě shì nǐ de jiérì a! Gānghǎo yìqǐ guò, hāhāhā!
清清：沒關係，我喜歡過兒童節，當小孩比當大人開心多了！
Qīngqing: Méi guānxi, wǒ xǐhuān guò Értóng jié, dāng xiǎohái bǐ dāng dàrén kāixīn duōle!
華華：別忘了清明節要吃潤餅，好吃的東西能讓你的兒童節更快樂喔！
Huáhua: Bié wàngle Qīngmíng jié yào chī rùnbǐng, hǎochī de dōngxi néng ràng nǐ de Értóng jié gèng kuàilè o!
翻譯 Translation
Qingqing: Qingming Festival is coming soon. Is your family going to sweep the tombs?
Huahua: Our family already went last weekend. We were worried that there would be too many people this week, and it would be more troublesome to clean up.
Qingqing: Does your family still have a burial site for your ancestors? Our family places them in a columbarium, so we just need to bring offerings and joss paper to pay our respects.
Huahua: Yes. So for Qingming Festival, we have to go to clear the weeds and clean the area. When do you plan to go?
Qingqing: This year, Qingming Festival is on April 4, not the 5th. We plan to go on the 4th and then celebrate Children’s Day with our relatives.
Huahua: Children’s Day is also your holiday. It’s perfect to celebrate together, hahaha!
Qingqing: No problem, I enjoy celebrating Children’s Day. Being a child is much more fun than being an adult.
Huahua: Don’t forget to eat spring rolls during Qingming Festival. Delicious food can make your Children’s Day even happier.
生詞 Vocabulary
1. 掃墓 (sǎomù) tomb sweeping
2. 祖先 (zǔxiān) ancestor
3. 墓地 (mùdì) cemetery
4. 塔位 (tǎwèi) columbarium niche
5. 供品 (gòngpǐn) offerings
6. 金紙 (jīnzhǐ) joss paper, ghost money
7. 除草 (chúcǎo) weeding
8. 潤餅 (rùnbǐng) spring roll
教材音檔 Audio Files
國立清華大學華語中心提供
By National Tsing Hua University Chinese Language Center:
A: Yet another shopping mall has just opened in Taipei. B: Do you mean the Mitsui Shopping Park LaLaport Nangang? A: Yeah, the shopping mall run by Japanese Mitsui & Co. opened last week. B: I hear the mall features about 300 stores, Vieshow Cinemas and Japanese Lopia supermarket. A: With the opening, a war is breaking out between Taipei’s department stores. A: 台北又有新的購物商場可逛啦。 B: 你是說Mitsui Shopping Park LaLaport 南港？ A: 對啊這家日本三井集團旗下的商場上週開幕。 B: 聽說商場有威秀影城、樂比亞日系超市，還有多達300家專櫃。 A: 新商場一開幕，看來又要掀起一場百貨大戰啦！ （By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張迪）
A: Hey, didn’t you go to the opening of the Mitsui Shopping Park LaLaport Nangang last week? B: Yeah, there are about 300 shops, including the first overseas branch of Japan’s Mahou Dokoro — a famous Harry Potter-themed store. A: Wow, I’ve always wanted to get a magic wand. B: There are also a bunch of great restaurants, such as Smart Fish hotpot restaurant. A: I wish I had Harry Potter’s “apparition” and “disapparition” magic, so I could teleport to the mall right now. A: 你上週不是有去LaLaport南港的盛大開幕嗎？有什麼特別的？ B: 那裡有多達300家專櫃，包括魔法之地的海外首店——它可是日本知名的《哈利波特》專賣店。 A: 哇我一直想買根魔杖。 B: 另外還有各式各樣的美食，像是林聰明沙鍋魚頭。 A: 真希望我也有哈利波特的「現影術／消影術」魔法，能瞬間移動到商場去！ （By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張迪）
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