對話 Dialogue
馬克:小實,下週五晚上要不要一起去看電影?
Mǎkè: Xiǎoshí, xià zhōu wǔ wǎnshàng yào búyào yìqǐ qù kàn diànyǐng?
小實:不行耶,我答應我媽媽要陪他一起去公司的尾牙。
Xiǎoshí: Bùxíng yé, wǒ dāyìng wǒ māma yào péi tā yìqǐ qù gōngsī de wěi yá.
馬克:「尾牙」?那是什麼活動?
Mǎkè: “wěiyá”? Nà shì shénme huódòng?
小實:是公司舉辦餐會,感謝員工這一年的付出。
Xiǎoshí: Shì gōngsī jǔbàn cān huì, gǎnxiè yuángōng zhè yì nián de fùchū.
馬克:好特別喔,像是公司聚餐嗎?
Mǎkè: Hǎo tèbié ō, xiàng shì gōngsī jùcān ma?
小實:沒錯,有些大公司還會租借體育場請藝人來表演喔。
Xiǎoshí: Méicuò, yǒuxiē dà gōngsī hái huì zūjiè tǐyùchǎng qǐng yìrén lái biǎoyǎn ō.
馬克:哇!聽起來非常熱鬧!
Mǎkè: Wa! Tīng qǐlái fēicháng rènào!
小實:有時候還有抽獎活動,讓員工都能開心的迎接新年!
Xiǎoshí: Yǒu shíhòu hái yǒu chōujiǎng huódòng, ràng yuángōng dōu néng kāixīn de yíngjiē xīnnián!
馬克:希望我以後工作的公司也有這種福利!
Mǎkè: Xīwàng wǒ yǐhòu gōngzuò de gōngsī yěyǒu zhè zhǒng fúlì.
翻譯 Translation
Mark: Xiaoshi, do you want to go see a movie together next Friday night?
Xiaoshi: No, I promised my mother that I would go with her to the company’s year-end party.
Mark: “Year-end party”? What’s that, then?
Xiaoshi: The company is holding a dinner to thank employees for their hard work throughout the year.
Mark: That sounds great. Is it like a corporate banquet?
Xiaomi: Yes, some big companies will rent stadiums and invite artists to perform.
Mark: Wow! Sounds like a lot of fun!
Xiaoshi: Sometimes there are lucky draws so that employees can ring in the New Year with a smile.
Mark: I hope the company I work for in the future will provide such fantastic perks!
單字片語 Vocabulary
1. 尾牙 (wěiyá) year-end party
2. 付出 (fùchū) to pay, effort, hard work
3. 聚餐 (jùcān) dine together
4. 租借 (zūjiè) to lease
5. 藝人 (yìrén) artist, performer
6. 表演 (biǎoyǎn) performance
7. 抽獎 (chōujiǎng) lottery, lucky draw
8. 員工 (yuángōng) staff, employee
9. 迎接 (yíngjiē) to ring in (new year)
10. 福利 (fúlì) welfare, perks (of a job)
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