對話 Dialogue
清清：這禮拜的臺北好熱鬧！
Qīngqing: Zhè lǐbài de Táiběi hǎo rènào!
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華華：怎麼了？臺北哪天不熱鬧啊？
Huáhua: Zěnmele? Táiběi nǎ tiān bú rènào a?
清清：不一樣啊！從明天起，周杰倫一連四天都在臺北大巨蛋開《嘉年華》演唱會，搶到票的歌迷都開心死了！
Qīngqing: Bù yíyàng a! Cóng míngtiān qǐ, Zhōujiélún yìlián sì tiān dōu zài Táiběi Dàjùdàn kāi “Jiāniánhuá” yǎnchànghuì, qiǎngdào piào de gēmí dōu kāixīn sǐle!
華華：周董既會唱歌，又會寫歌，全世界都有他的粉絲，真是太厲害了！
Huáhua: Zhōu Dǒng jì huì chànggē, yòu huì xiěgē, quán shìjiè dōu yǒu tā de fěnsī, zhēnshì tài lìhài le!
清清：別忘了，他也是演員和導演呢！
Qīngqing: Bié wàngle, tā yěshì yǎnyuán hàn dǎoyǎn ne!
華華：對啊！我第一次看他的電影，就是《不能說的秘密》。
Huáhua: Duì a! Wǒ dì yī cì kàn tā de diànyǐng, jiùshì “Bùnéng shuō de mìmì.”
清清：大家都喜歡他可不是不能說的秘密喔！
Qīngqing: Dàjiā dōu xǐhuān tā kě búshì bùnéng shuō de mìmì o!
華華：這還用說！
Huáhua: Zhè hái yòng shuō!
翻譯 Translation
Qingqing: Taipei is so lively this week.
Huahua: What’s going on? When is Taipei not lively?
Qingqing: This is different. Starting tomorrow, Jay Chou will be holding his Carnival concert for four consecutive days at the Taipei Arena. The fans who got tickets are over the moon.
Huahua: Jay is not only a great singer but also a fantastic songwriter. He has fans all over the world; he’s just amazing.
Qingqing: Don’t forget, he’s also an actor and a director.
Huahua: That’s right. The first movie I saw of his was Secret.
Qingqing: Everyone loves him, and that’s definitely not a secret.
Huahua: No kidding.
生詞 Vocabulary
1. 周杰倫 (Zhōujiélún) Jay Chou
2. 嘉年華 (jiāniánhuá) carnival
3. 一連 (yìlián) consecutive, in a row
4. 大巨蛋 (Dàjùdàn) Taipei Arena
5. 周董 (Zhōu Dǒng) “Chairman Zhou,” another name for Jay Chou
6. 既…又… (jì…yòu…) both... and..., not only... but also...
7. 導演 (dǎoyǎn) director (film and TV etc.)
8. 秘密 (mìmì) secret
教材音檔 Audio Files
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