對話 Dialogue
小清：你知道12月10日是世界人權日嗎？
Xiǎoqīng: Nǐ zhīdào shí'èr yuè shí rì shì shìjiè rénquán rì ma?
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小華：喔？我不知道。為什麼有這個日子？
Xiǎohuá: Ō? Wǒ bù zhīdào. Wèishéme yǒu zhège rìzi?
小清：世界人權日是為了紀念1948年聯合國通過《世界人權宣言》，也提醒我們，要繼續努力保障人權。
Xiǎoqīng: Shìjiè rénquán rì shì wèile jìniàn 1948 nián liánhéguó tōngguò “shìjiè rénquán xuānyán”, yě tíxǐng wǒmen, yào jìxù nǔlì bǎozhàng rénquán.
小華：所謂的人權，到底是指什麼呢？
Xiǎohuá: Suǒwèi de rénquán, dàodǐ shì zhǐ shénme ne?
小清：就是每個人不分種族、膚色、宗教、性別、語言、政治或其他見解、國籍或社會出身、財產、出生或其他身份等任何區別，都應該享有自由平等的權利。
Xiǎoqīng: Jiùshì měi gèrén bù fēn zhǒngzú, fūsè, zōngjiào, xìngbié, yǔyán, zhèngzhì huò qítā jiànjiě, guójí huò shèhuì chūshēn, cáichǎn, chūshēng huò qítā shēnfèn děng rènhé qūbié, dōu yīnggāi xiǎngyǒu zìyóu píngděng de quánlì.
小華：哇！聽起來非常重要，那我們可以做些什麼呢？
Xiǎohuá: Wa! Tīng qǐlái fēicháng zhòngyào, nà wǒmen kěyǐ zuò xiē shénme ne?
小清：我們可以去參加活動，或是在社群媒體分享訊息，呼籲大家關注人權議題。
Xiǎoqīng: Wǒmen kěyǐ qù cānjiā huódòng, huò shì zài shè qún méitǐ fēnxiǎng xùnxí, hūyù dàjiā guānzhù rénquán yìtí.
小華：好的，希望世界上不會再有歧視的問題。
Xiǎohuá: Hǎo de, xīwàng shìjiè shàng bù huì zài yǒu qíshì de wèntí.
翻譯 Translation
Xiaoqing: Did you know that Dec. 10 is Human Rights Day?
Xiaohua: Oh? I didn’t know that. Why is there such a day?
Xiaoqing: Human Rights Day is commemorated to mark the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations in 1948. It also serves as a reminder for us to continue striving to safeguard human rights.
Xiaohua: What exactly does “human rights” refer to?
Xiaoqing: It means that every person, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth, or other
status, should have the right to freedom and equality.
Xiaohua: Wow! That sounds really important. What can we do then?
Xiaoqing: We can participate in events or share information on social media to encourage everyone to pay attention to human rights issues.
Xiaohua: OK, I hope that one day there will be no more discrimination in the world.
生詞 Vocabulary
1. 紀念 (jìniàn) commemorate
2. 提醒 (tíxǐng) remind
3. 保障 (bǎozhàng) strive
4. 所謂 (suǒwèi) what is called
5. 到底 (dàodǐ) exactly
6. 不分 (bù fēn) regardless of
7. 呼籲 (hūyù) encourage
8. 歧視 (qíshì) discrimination
教材音檔 Audio Files
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