對話 Dialogue
清清：我連假回老家掃墓，帶了一些草仔粿回來，你要不要吃吃看?
Qīngqīng: Wǒ liánjià huí lǎojiā sǎomù, dài le yìxiē “tsháu-á-kué” huílái, nǐ yào bú yào chī chī kàn?
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華華：哇！看起來就很好吃。這是你們家自己做的嗎？
Huáhua: Wa! Kàn qǐlái jiù hěn hǎochī. Zhè shì nǐmen jiā zìjǐ zuò de ma?
清清：對啊，是我阿姨親手做的。每年清明節她都會做。
Qīngqīng: Duì a, shì wǒ āyí qīnshǒu zuò de. Měinián Qīngmíng jié tā dōu huì zuò.
華華：你阿姨手藝真好！看起來好像外面賣的。
Huáhua: Nǐ āyí shǒuyì zhēn hǎo! Kàn qǐlái hǎoxiàng wàimiàn mài de.
清清：口味有鹹的，也有甜的。
Qīngqīng: Kǒuwèi yǒu xián de, yě yǒu tián de.
華華：聞起來好香！裡面包什麼？
Huáhua: Wén qǐlái hǎo xiāng! Lǐmiàn bāo shénme?
清清：鹹的是蘿蔔絲的，甜的有紅豆口味和綠豆口味的。你想要哪種？
Qīngqīng: Xián de shì luóbo sī de, tián de yǒu hóngdòu kǒuwèi hàn lǜdòu kǒuwèi de. Nǐ xiǎng yào nǎ zhǒng?
華華：我不挑食，哪種都可以，你幫我選吧。謝謝你跟我分享！
Huáhua: Wǒ bù tiāoshí, nǎ zhǒng dōu kěyǐ, nǐ bāng wǒ xuǎn ba. Xièxie nǐ gēn wǒ fēnxiǎng!
翻譯 Translation
Qingqing: I went back to my hometown to sweep the tombs during the long holiday and brought back some mugwort rice cakes. Would you like to try some?
Huahua: Wow! They look delicious. Did your family make these?
Qingqing: Yes, my aunt made them by hand. She makes them every year for the Qingming Festival.
Huahua: Your aunt is really skillful! They look just like the ones sold outside.
Qingqing: There are savory and sweet flavors. Which one would you like?
Huahua: They smell so good! What’s inside?
生詞 Vocabulary
1. 連假 (liánjià) long holiday; consecutive days off
2. 掃墓 (sǎomù) sweep ancestors’ graves; tomb-sweeping
3. 草仔粿 (tsháu-á-kué) mugwort rice cake; a traditional food eaten during the Qingming Festival. In Taiwan, this snack is more commonly pronounced in Taiwanese as tsháu-á-kué, rather than in Mandarin as cǎozǎiguǒ. In Hakka, it is called 艾粄 (ngie banˋ), rather than the Mandarin pronunciation Ài bǎn.
4. 親手 (qīnshǒu) personally; with one’s own hands
5. 手藝 (shǒuyì) craftsmanship; cooking skill
6. 口味 (kǒuwèi) flavor; taste
7. 挑食 (tiāoshí) be picky about food
8. 分享 (fēnxiǎng) share
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