對話 Dialogue
清清：我剛剛看到經理的桌上有一盒純白色的巧克力，好特別！
Qīngqing: Wǒ gānggāng kàndào jīnglǐ de zhuōshàng yǒu yì hé chún báisè de qiǎokèlì, hǎo tèbié!
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華華：喔！那可能是經理有喜歡的人了！
Huáhua: Ō! nà kěnéng shì jīnglǐ yǒu xǐhuān de rén le!
清清：你怎麼知道？這麼八卦！
Qīngqing: Nǐ zěnme zhīdào? Zhème bāguà!
華華：3月14號就是白色情人節了，如果在2月14號有女生送他巧克力，他也喜歡那個女生的話，那天就回送白色的巧克力給她確定心意呀！
Huáhua: Sānyuè shísì hào jiùshì Báisè Qíngrén jié le, rúguǒ zài èr yuè shísì hào yǒu nǚshēng sòng tā qiǎokèlì, tā yě xǐhuān nèi ge nǚshēng dehuà, nèitiān jiù huísòng báisè de qiǎokèlì gěi tā quèdìng xīnyì ya!
清清：所以經理的那盒是回禮囉！我明白了，恭喜他終於要脫單了。
Qīngqing: Suǒyǐ jīnglǐ de nèi hé shì huílǐ luo. Wǒ míngbái le, gōngxǐ tā zhōngyú yào tuōdān le.
華華：不過這也只是猜測，還是要等他自己公布才知道。
Huáhua: Búguò zhè yě zhǐshì cāicè, háishì yào děng tā zìjǐ gōngbù cái zhīdào.
清清：也對，這是他的私事，我們不要隨便亂講話。
Qīngqing: Yě duì, zhè shì tāde sīshì, wǒmen búyào suíbiàn luànjiǎnghuà.
華華：沒錯，管好自己的事就好，快繼續工作吧！
Huáhua: Méicuò, guǎnhǎo zìjǐ de shì jiù hǎo, kuài jìxù gōngzuò ba!
翻譯 Translation
Qingqing: I just saw a box of pure white chocolates on the manager’s desk, it looks quite unique.
Huahua: Oh, that might mean the manager has someone he likes.
Qingqing: How do you know? You are such a gossip.
Huahua: 14 March is White Valentine’s Day, and if a girl gave him chocolates on 14 February and he likes her back, he gives white chocolates on this day to confirm his feelings.
生詞 Vocabulary
1. 純 (chún) pure or solid
2. 八卦 (bāguà) [slang] to gossip or gossipy
3. 確定 (quèdìng) to confirm; to make sure
4. 心意 (xīnyì) regard; kindly feelings
5. 脫單 (tuōdān) to leave singlehood
6. 猜測 (cāicè) to guess or speculate
7. 公布 (gōngbù) to announce; make public
8. 私事 (sīshì) private matter; personal affair
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