對話 Dialogue
小實：馬克，我和明文要去基隆看放水燈遊行，你要一起去嗎？
Xiǎoshí: Mǎkè, wǒ hàn Míngwén yào qù Jīlóng kàn fàng shuǐdēng yóuxíng, nǐ yào yìqǐ qù ma?
馬克：「放水燈遊行」？那是什麼？
Mǎkè: “Fàng shuǐdēng yóuxíng”? Nà shì shénme?
小實：就是在放水燈以前，先給大家看看不同的水燈造型，還會有一些表演。
Xiǎoshí: Jiùshì zài fàng shuǐdēng yǐqián, xiān gěi dàjiā kànkàn bùtóng de shuǐdēng zàoxíng, hái huì yǒu yìxiē biǎoyǎn.
馬克：哦，那「放水燈」是什麼？
Mǎkè: Ó, nà “fàng shuǐdēng” shì shénme?
小實：我們會把紙做的東西放到水上，然後燒起來，讓它在水上看起來亮亮的。
Xiǎoshí: Wǒmen huì bǎ zhǐ zuò de dōngxi fàng dào shuǐshàng, ránhòu shāo qǐlái, ràng tā zài shuǐshàng kàn qǐlái liàng liàng de.
馬克：我看過影片，原來那叫「放水燈」。
Mǎkè: Wǒ kànguò yǐngpiàn, yuánlái nà jiào “fàng shuǐdēng”.
小實：對啊！這樣子找不到路的祖先或是鬼魂就可以找到回來的路了。
Xiǎoshí: Duì a! Zhèyàngzi zhǎo búdào lù de zǔxiān huòshì guǐhún jiù kěyǐ zhǎodào huílái de lù le.
馬克：好，我知道中元節也是祭祀祖先的節日，我跟你們去看看放水燈遊行吧。
Mǎkè: Hǎo, wǒ zhīdào Zhōngyuánjié yěshì jìsì zǔxiān de jiérì, wǒ gēn nǐmen qù kànkàn fàng shuǐdēng yóuxíng ba.
翻譯 Translation
Xiaoshi: Mark, Mingwen and I are going to Keelung to watch the water lanterns parade. Do you want to go together?
Mark: “Water lanterns parade”? What is that?
Xiaoshi: Before releasing the water lanterns, they will show you different water lanterns’ shapes, and there will be some performances as well.
Mark: Oh, then what is the “water lantern”?
Xiaoshi: We will put the things made of paper on the water, and then burn it to make it look shiny on the water.
Mark: I’ve seen that in a video, so that’s what a “shuǐdēng” (water lantern) is.
Xiaoshi: Yes! In this way, ancestors or ghosts who don’t know where to go can find their way back.
Mark: Well, I know that the Chungyuan Festival is also a festival for worshiping ancestors. I’ll go with you to see the water lantern parade.
單字片語 Vocabulary
- 放水燈 (fàng shuǐdēng) water lantern
- 遊行 (yóuxíng) procession, parade
- 造型 (zàoxíng) modeling, shapes
- 表演 (biǎoyǎn) to perform; performance
- 燒 (shāo) to burn
- 祖先 (zǔxiān) ancestor
- 鬼魂 (guǐhún) ghost
- 中元節 (Zhōngyuán jié) the Ghost Festival (Chungyuan Festival)
- 祭祀 (jìsì) to worship
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Texts by Shih Chien University Chinese Language Center: https://chineseusc.com/ - 原刊登資料：《台北時報》
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