對話 Dialogue
小實：馬克早安，你在看什麼？
Xiaoshi: Mǎkè zǎoān, nǐ zài kàn shénme?
馬克：小實早安，我在看我和家人的照片。
Make: Xiǎoshí zǎoān, wǒ zài kàn wǒ hàn jiārén de zhàopiàn.
小實：這張照片很漂亮，他們都是你的家人嗎？
Xiaoshi: Zhè zhāng zhàopiàn hěn piàoliàng, tāmen dōu shì nǐ de jiārén ma?
馬克：是啊！我的家有四個人，爸爸、媽媽、哥哥和我。
Make: Shì a! Wǒ de jiā yǒu sì ge rén, bàba, māma, gēge hàn wǒ.
小實：真好，我的家只有我和媽媽。
Xiaoshi: Zhēn hǎo, wǒ de jiā zhǐyǒu wǒ hàn māma.
馬克：你是老師，你的媽媽也是老師嗎？
Make: Nǐ shì lǎoshī, nǐ de māma yěshì lǎoshī ma?
小實：不是，我的媽媽是家庭主婦。你呢？
Xiaoshi: Búshì, wǒ de māma shì jiātíng zhǔfù. Nǐ ne?
馬克：我的爸爸是醫生，媽媽是廚師，我很想他們。
Make: Wǒ de bàba shì yīshēng, māma shì chúshī, wǒ hěn xiǎng tāmen.
翻譯 Translation
Xiaoshi: Good morning, Mark. What are you looking at?
Mark: Good morning, Xiaoshi. I’m looking at pictures of me and my family.
Xiaoshi: This photo is great. Are they all your family members?
Mark: Yeah! There are four people in my family: my father, mother, older brother and me.
Xiaoshi: That’s great. In my family, there’s only me and my mother.
Mark: You are a teacher; is your mother a teacher too?
Xiaoshi: No, my mother is a housewife. What about you?
Mark: My dad is a doctor and my mom is a chef. I miss them a lot.
單字片語 Vocabulary
1. 家人 (jiārén) family member
2. 照片 (zhàopiàn) photo
3. 家庭主婦 (jiātíng zhǔfù) housewife
4. 醫生 (yīshēng) doctor
5. 廚師 (chúshī) chef
6. 想 (xiǎng) to miss
教材音檔 Audio Files
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