對話 Dialogue
小清：今天有冬至搓湯圓的活動，你要不要來參加？
Xiǎoqīng: Jīntiān yǒu Dōngzhì cuō tāngyuán de huódòng, nǐ yào bùyào lái cānjiā?
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小華：好啊！搓湯圓很好玩！而且還可以吃湯圓。
Xiǎohuá: Hǎo a! Cuō tāngyuán hěn hǎowán! Érqiě hái kěyǐ chī tāngyuán.
小清：你知道為什麼冬至要吃湯圓嗎？
Xiǎoqīng: Nǐ zhīdào wèishéme dōngzhì yào chī tāngyuán ma?
小華：是不是因為圓圓的湯圓象徵團圓？
Xiǎohuá: Shì búshì yīnwéi yuányuánde tāngyuán xiàngzhēng tuányuán?
小清：哇！答對了！那你知道吃了湯圓就代表你多了一歲嗎？
Xiǎoqīng: Wa! Dáduìle! Nà nǐ zhīdào chīle tāngyuán jiù dàibiǎo nǐ duōle yísuì ma?
小華：為什麼！我不想多一歲！那我不吃湯圓了！
Xiǎohuá: Wèishéme! Wǒ bùxiǎng duō yísuì! Nà wǒ bùchī tangyuan le!
小清：冬至這天是一年中白天最短的日子，過了這天，白天越來越長，新的一年即將來臨，你不想多一歲也不行啊！
Xiǎoqīng: Dōngzhì zhètiān shì yìnián zhōng báitiān zuìduǎn de rìzi, guòle zhètiān, báitiān yuè lái yuè cháng, xīn de yìnián jíjiāng láilín, nǐ bùxiǎng duō yísuì yě bùxíng a!
小華：唉！那我少吃一點湯圓好了，希望能夠老得慢一點啊！
Xiǎohuá: Āi! Nà wǒ shǎo chī yìdiǎn tāngyuán hǎole, xīwàg nénggòu lǎo de màn yìdiǎn a!
翻譯 Translation
Xiaoqing: There’s a tangyuan-making event for Dongzhi today. Do you want to join?
Xiaohua: Sure! Making tangyuan is fun! Plus, we get to eat them, too.
Xiaoqing: Do you know why we eat tangyuan on Dongzhi?
Xiaohua: Is it because the round tangyuan symbolize reunion?
Xiaoqing: Wow! You got it right! Did you also know that eating tangyuan means you’ve gained another year?
Xiaohua: Why! I don’t want to age another year! I won’t eat tangyuan then!
Xiaoqing: On Dongzhi, the shortest day of the year, the days will get longer after this, and the new year is approaching. You can’t avoid getting older!
Xiaohua: Sigh! I’ll just eat a little less tangyuan then, hoping to age a bit slower!
生詞 Vocabulary
1. 冬至 (Dōngzhì) winter solstice
2. 搓 (cuō) rub with the hands
3. 湯圓 (tāngyuán) glutinous rice dumplings
4. 象徵 (xiàngzhēng) symbolize
5. 團圓 (tuányuán) reunion
6. 即將 (jíjiāng) be about to
7. 來臨 (láilín) come, approach
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