對話 Dialogue
馬克：小實，你看！我收到這張喜帖，可是我不認識這兩個人。
Make: Xiǎoshí, nǐ kàn! Wǒ shōu dào zhèi zhāng xǐtiě, kěshì wǒ bú rènshì zhè liǎng ge rén.
小實：你不認識？我看看……你不認識「李大政」嗎？
Xiǎoshí: Nǐ bú rènshì? Wǒ kànkàn… Nǐ bú rènshì “Lǐ Dàzhèng” ma?
馬克：李大政？我認識啊！可是這裡寫的是「李俊男」？
Make: “Lǐ Dàzhèng”? Wǒ rènshì a! Kěshì zhèlǐ xiě de shì “Lǐ Jùnnán”?
小實：喔！李俊男是你朋友的爸爸，你看這裡寫了「大政」兩個字。
Xiǎoshí: Ō! “Lǐ Jùnnán” shì nǐ péngyǒu de bàba, nǐ kàn zhèlǐ xiěle “Dàzhèng” liǎng ge zì.
馬克：真的！不過，為什麼他結婚，喜帖上要寫爸爸的名字？
Make: Zhēnde ye! Búguò, wèishénme tā jiéhūn, xǐtiě shàng yào xiě bàba de míngzi?
小實：這個叫「署名」，在傳統的喜帖裡常常是爸爸、媽媽署名。
Xiǎoshí: Zhèige jiào “shùmíng”, zài chuántǒng de xǐtiě lǐ chángcháng shì bàba, māma shùmíng.
馬克：因為是爸爸、媽媽出錢嗎？
Make: Yīnwèi shì bàba, māma chūqián ma?
小實：這麼說也可以，因為爸爸、媽媽署名表示由他們邀請客人參加。
Xiǎoshí: Zhème shuō yě kěyǐ, yīnwèi bàba, māma shùmíng biǎoshì yóu tāmen yāoqǐng kèrén cānjiā.
馬克：原來是這樣啊，我懂了！
Make: Yuánlái shì zhèyàng a, wǒ dǒngle!
翻譯 Translation
Mark: Xiaoshi, look! I got this wedding invitation, but I don’t know who these two people are.
Xiaoshi: You don’t? Let me have a look. . . so you don’t know who Lee Ta-cheng is?
Mark: Lee Ta-cheng? I know who he is, but it says Lee Chun-nan.
Xiaoshi: Oh! Lee Chun-nan is your friend’s father, you can see the characters “Ta-cheng” written here.
Mark: Yes, but why did he write his father’s name on the wedding invitation when he is the one getting married?
Xiaoshi: This is called the “shuming.” It is often signed by the mother and father in traditional wedding invitations.
Mark: Is it because mom and dad paid for it?
Xiaoshi: You could say that, since the signature means that father and mother will invite guests to attend.
Mark: Oh, I see. I got it!
單字片語 Vocabulary
1. 喜帖 (xǐtiě) wedding invitation
2. 結婚 (jiéhūn) to marry; marriage
3. 署名 (shùmíng) signature
4. 傳統 (chuántǒng) tradition
5. 出錢 (chūqián) to pay, to give money
6. 表示 (biǎoshì) to express, to mean
7. 邀請 (yāoqǐng) to invite
教材音檔 Audio Files
教材影片 Video Files:
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By Shih Chien University Chinese Language Center: https://chineseusc.com/
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