對話 Dialogue
清清:華華,天氣轉涼了,我想去踏青。你推薦去哪裡?
Qīngqing: Huáhua, tiānqì zhuǎn liáng le, wǒ xiǎng qù tàqīng. Nǐ tuījiàn qù nǎlǐ?
PHOTO: Unsplash 照片:Unsplash 提供
華華:聽說八德的落羽杉很有名,秋天到了正好可以去看看。
Huáhua: Tīngshuō Bādé de luòyǔshān hěn yǒumíng. Qiūtiān dào le zhènghǎo kěyǐ qù kànkan.
清清:落羽杉?那是什麼?
Qīngqing: Luòyǔshān? Nà shì shénme?
華華:它是一種杉科植物,它的葉子秋天會慢慢轉黃、轉紅,很有秋天的氛圍!
Huáhua: Tā shì yì zhǒng shānkē zhíwù, tā de yèzi qiūtiān huì mànmàn zhuǎn huáng, zhuǎn hóng, hěn yǒu qiūtiān de fēnwéi!
清清:哇~在那裡拍照一定很好看!
Qīngqing: Wā~ zài nàlǐ pāi zhào yídìng hěn hǎokàn!
華華:對啊,我上次去還看到有人在那裡拍婚紗照。
Huáhua: Duì a, wǒ shàng cì qù hái kàn dào yǒu rén zài nàlǐ pāi hūnshā zhào
清清:謝謝推薦,那我找個時間去看看。
Qīngqing: Xièxiè tuījiàn, nà wǒ zhǎo ge shíjiān qù kànkan.
華華:一到假日,這些景點人總是很多,可能平日去比較好。
Huáhua:Yí dào jiàrì, zhèxiē jǐngdiǎn rén zǒng shì hěn duō, kěnéng píngrì qù bǐjiào hǎo.
翻譯 Translation
Qingqing: Huahua, the weather’s getting cooler — I want to go out and enjoy nature. Where do you recommend going?
Huahua: I heard the bald cypress trees in Bade are really famous. Autumn is here — it’s the perfect time to go take a look.
Qingqing: Bald cypress? What’s that?
Huahua: It’s a type of conifer. Its leaves gradually turn yellow and red in the fall — really gives off that autumn vibe.
Qingqing: Wow. The photos from there must look amazing.
Huahua: Yeah, the last time I went, I even saw someone taking wedding photos there.
Qingqing: Thanks for the recommendation. I’ll find time to check it out.
Huahua: Once the weekend comes, places like that get really crowded — going on a weekday might be better.
生詞 Vocabulary
1. 轉涼 (zhuǎn liáng) get cooler; become cool
2. 踏青 (tàqīng) go on a spring outing; go for a walk in nature
3. 推薦 (tuījiàn) recommend
4. 正好 (zhènghǎo) just right; happen to
5. 轉紅 (zhuǎn hóng) turn red (e.g. leaves changing color)
6. 氛圍 (fēnwéi) atmosphere; mood
7. 拍婚紗照 (pāi hūnshāzhào) take wedding photos
8. 平日 (píngrì) weekday; ordinary day
教材音檔 Audio Files
國立清華大學華語中心提供
By National Tsing Hua University Chinese Language Center:
When people talk about fast delivery or logistics, most assume these are modern inventions. However, the need to convey messages and ship goods efficiently existed in ancient China. As early as the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the governments implemented official systems to deliver orders and military information across long distances. Later, this system, known as yizhan, reached its peak during the Tang period and remained crucial to Chinese society for centuries. The main function of a yizhan was to deploy documents and personnel quickly across vast regions. Messengers would stop at these stations to change horses or rest. Sometimes,
Bilingual Story is a fictionalized account. 雙語故事部分內容純屬虛構。 “Sentence me to death! I beg you — I beg you!” He stood, thin from weeks in a cell, but steady. The courtroom was silent. Soldiers lined the walls. Reporters looked up, pens suspended above their notebooks. The judges shifted. Cameras clicked once, then stopped. Outside, the sun blazed over the barracks yard. Inside, it was winter. The words rebellion and death penalty hung in the air like a storm cloud about to break. But this moment had not begun here. It began three months earlier, on a warm December evening. The traffic circle
A: While year-end blockbusters hit cinemas, South Korea’s two-day 2025 Asia Artist Awards, known as “AAA,” is scheduled for this weekend in Kaohsiung. B: Saturday’s AAA award show will be co-hosted by IVE’s Jang Won-young and 2PM’s Lee Jun-ho. A: Apart from Park Bo-gum and IU from the K-drama When Life Gives You Tangerines, the lineup includes Lee Jun-hyuk, Kim You-jung, Yoon-a and Japan’s Satoh Takeru. B: And the performers include IVE, Le Sserafim, Monsta X, Stray Kids and Singapore’s JJ Lin. A: Sunday’s ACON music show will be co-hosted by I-dle’s Taiwanese member Susan Yeh and Cravity’s Taiwanese-American
A: I went to see Wicked: For Good on Thanksgiving Day last Thursday. It was so interesting. B: I went to see Zootopia 2. It was also pretty good. My friends say I look like one of the movie’s characters: Officer Benjamin Clawhauser. A: Now that you mention it, you do look like the cheetah. What other blockbusters are coming out soon? B: Avatar: Fire and Ash, The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants, and Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere are the most anticipated movies. A: Plus, Hero! Hito! — a documentary film about Taiwan winning the 2024 “WBSC Premier