對話 Dialogue
清清：後天就是聖誕節了！
Qīngqing: Hòutiān jiùshì Shèngdàn jié le!
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華華：但也是我們的行憲紀念日，從今年開始又恢復放假了。
Huáhua: Dàn yě shì wǒmen de Xíngxiàn Jìniànrì, cóng jīnnián kāishǐ yòu huīfù fàngjià le.
清清：只有一天吧？沒有彈性放假，對嗎？
Qīngqing: Zhǐ yǒu yì tiān ba? Méiyǒu tánxìng fàngjià, duì ma?
華華：對，就是星期四休一天。
Huáhua: Duì, jiùshì xīngqísì xiū yì tiān.
清清：你那天有什麼安排？
Qīngqing: Nǐ nèitiān yǒu shénme ānpái?
華華：我想吃聖誕大餐，然後跟家人交換禮物。
Huáhua: Wǒ xiǎng chī Shèngdàn dàcān, ránhòu gēn jiārén jiāohuàn lǐwù.
清清：聽說樓下的部門也辦交換禮物派對，我們要不要也辦一個？
Qīngqing: Tīngshuō lóuxià de bùmén yě bàn jiāohuàn lǐwù pàiduì, wǒmen yào búyào yě bàn yí ge?
華華：喔！好啊！那你問問大家的意見吧！
Huáhua: Ō! Hǎo a! Nà nǐ wènwen dàjiā de yìjiàn ba!
翻譯 Translation
Qingqing: The day after tomorrow is Christmas.
Huahua: It’s also Constitution Day in Taiwan. Starting this year, we get the day off again.
Qingqing: Only one day, right? There’s no flexible holiday arrangement, correct?
Huahua: Right, just Thursday off.
Qingqing: Do you have any plans for that day?
Huahua: I want to have a Christmas dinner and then exchange gifts with my family.
Qingqing: I heard the department downstairs is doing a gift exchange party too. Should we organize one as well?
Huahua: Oh, sure. You should ask everyone what they think.
生詞 Vocabulary
1. 聖誕節 (Shèngdàn jié) Christmas
2. 行憲紀念日 (Xíngxiàn Jìniànrì) Constitution Day
3. 恢復 (huīfù) resume, restore
4. 彈性放假 (tánxìng fàngjià) flexible holiday arrangement
5. 交換禮物 (jiāohuàn lǐwù) gift exchange
6. 派對 (pàiduì) party
7. 部門 (bùmén) department
8. 意見 (yìjiàn) opinion, suggestion
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