對話 Dialogue
小清：萬聖節快到了！你們台灣人過不過萬聖節？
Xiǎoqīng: Wànshèngjié kuài dàole! Nǐmen táiwān rén guò bu guò wànshèngjié?
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小華：只有小孩子才過，大人不過萬聖節。
Xiǎohuá: Zhǐyǒu xiǎo háizi cái guò, dàrén búguò wànshèngjié.
小清：為什麼呢？
Xiǎoqīng: Wèishéme ne?
小華：我想是因為台灣已經有鬼月和中元節，所以萬聖節就只有小孩子過。而且小孩子可以變裝和去要糖果，他們會很開心。
Xiǎohuá: Wǒ xiǎng shì yīnwèi Táiwān yǐjīng yǒu guǐyuè hàn zhōngyuánjié, suǒyǐ wànshèngjié jiù zhǐyǒu xiǎo háizi guò. Érqiě xiǎo háizi kěyǐ biànzhuāng hàn qù yào tángguǒ, tāmen huì hěn kāixīn.
小清：那你已經準備好給孩子的糖果了嗎？
Xiǎoqīng: Nà nǐ yǐjīng zhǔnbèi hǎo gěi háizi de tángguǒ le ma?
小華：我不只準備好糖果，我還準備了一套殭屍裝。
Xiǎohuá: Wǒ bùzhǐ zhǔnbèi hǎo tángguǒ, wǒ hái zhǔnbèile yí tào jiāngshī zhuāng.
小清：你不是不過萬聖節嗎？
Xiǎoqīng: Nǐ bùshì bùguò wànshèngjié ma?
小華：等小孩子上門要糖果，我就穿上殭屍裝嚇他們！哈哈哈！
Xiǎohuá: Děng xiǎo háizi shàngmén yào tángguǒ, wǒ jiù chuānshàng jiāngshī zhuāng xià tāmen! Hāhāhā!
翻譯 Translation
Xiaoqing: Halloween is coming! Do Taiwanese celebrate Halloween?
Xiaohua: Only kids celebrate Halloween, adults don’t really celebrate it.
Xiaoqing: Why is that?
Xiaohua: I think it’s because Taiwan already has Ghost Month and the Hungry Ghost Festival, so Halloween is mostly for kids. Plus, kids can dress up and go trick-or-treating, they really enjoy it.
Xiaoqing: Have you prepared candy for the kids?
Xiaohua: I not only prepared candy, I also prepared a zombie costume.
Xiaoqing: But I thought you don’t celebrate Halloween?
Xiaohua: I’ll dress up in my zombie costume and wait for the kids to come and scare them! Hahaha!
生詞 Vocabulary
1. 搗蛋 (dǎodàn) trick, cause trouble
2. 過 (guò) celebrate
3. 變裝 (biànzhuāng) dress up
4. 糖果 (tángguǒ) candy
5. 殭屍 (jiāngshī) zombie
6. 上門 (shàngmén) drop in
7. 穿上 (chuānshàng) dress up
8. 嚇 (xià) scare
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