對話 Dialogue
小清：昨天你們公司拜拜了嗎？
Xiǎoqīng: Zuótiān nǐmen gōngsī bàibài le ma?
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小華：拜了啊！我們公司準備了好多零食水果來招待好兄弟。
Xiǎohuá: Bàile a! Wǒmen gōngsī zhǔnbèile hǎoduō língshí shuǐguǒ lái zhāodài hǎo xiōngdì.
小清：那你知道中元節拜拜有什麼禁忌嗎？
Xiǎoqīng: Nà nǐ zhīdào Zhōngyuán jié bàibài yǒu shénme jìnjì ma?
小華：我同事告訴我，拜拜的時候不能說自己的名字，以免好兄弟記得你。
Xiǎohuá: Wǒ tóngshì gàosù wǒ, bàibài de shíhòu bùnéng shuō zìjǐ de míngzì, yǐmiǎn hǎo xiōngdì jìdé nǐ.
小清：很厲害！那你知道香蕉、李子、鳳梨不能用來拜好兄弟嗎？
Xiǎoqīng: Hěn lìhài! Nà nǐ zhīdào xiāngjiāo, lǐzǐ, fènglí bùnéng yòng lái bài hǎo xiōngdì ma?
小華：為什麼？
Xiǎohuá: Wèishéme?
小清：因為「香蕉、李子、鳳梨」三種水果的閩南語發音跟「招你來」很像，可能會招來好兄弟逗留在家裡。
Xiǎoqīng: Yīnwèi `xiāngjiāo, lǐzǐ, fènglí’ sān zhǒng shuǐguǒ de Mǐnnán yǔ fāyīn gēn `zhāo nǐ lái’ hěn xiàng, kěnéng huì zhāolái hǎo xiōngdì dòuliú zài jiālǐ.
小華：原來如此，希望客人吃飽喝足，不要記得我，快快回家。
Xiǎohuá: Yuánlái rúcǐ, xīwàng kèrén chī bǎo hē zú, búyào jìdé wǒ, kuàikuài huí jiā.
翻譯 Translation
Xiaoqing: Did your company make offerings yesterday?
Xiaohua: Yes, we did! Our company prepared lots of snacks and fruits to treat the “good brothers.”
Xiaoqing: Do you know any taboos for making offerings during the Ghost Festival?
Xiaohua: My colleague told me that when making offerings, you shouldn’t say your own name so that the good brothers won’t remember you.
Xiaoqing: Cool! Did you know that bananas, plums, and pineapples shouldn’t be used as offerings to the good brothers?
Xiaohua: Why is that?
Xiaoqing: Because the Minnan pronunciation of these three fruits together sounds similar to “inviting you,” which might attract the good brothers to stay at your home.
Xiaohua: I see! I hope the guests eat and drink their fill, don’t remember me, and quickly go back home.
生詞 Vocabulary
1. 中元節 (Zhōngyuánjié) Ghost Festival
2. 招待 (zhāodài) treat
3. 好兄弟 (hǎoxiōngdì) good brothers /another name for wandering ghosts
4. 禁忌 (jìnjì) taboo
5. 以免 (yǐmiǎn) in order to avoid
6. 招來 (zhāolái) attract
7. 逗留 (dòuliú) stay
8. 吃飽喝足 (chībǎohēzú) eat and drink one’s fill
教材音檔 Audio Files
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