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Chinese logic 60 台

waveChinese 14th December 2021



Taiwan's Chinese character is also 台, which is more of an island-shaped-thing than a platform-shaped-thing.


DIALOGUE  对话  duìhuà

在家

儿子:妈,书桌上的台灯怎么不见了?
妈妈:被你弟弟拿走了。他拿到学校去了。他们班要表演节目。舞台上需要一个台灯。
儿子:舞台上放真的台灯吗?
妈妈:对。舞台上有个桌子。桌子上有个台灯。旁边有个窗户。窗台上还有一盆花。窗户外面是阳台。
儿子:他们表演什么节目?
妈妈:我忘了叫什么名字。
儿子:弟弟演什么?
妈妈:他演一棵大树。
儿子:真可怜!竟然连一句台词都没有。
妈妈:还好他喜欢演树。演树也不错。你爸爸小时候也演过树。
儿子:我只知道爸爸小时候喜欢打台球,没想到他还演过树。看来还是我比较会表演。
妈妈:对!你是咱们家最会表演的!


TRANSLATION

At home

Son: Mom, what happened to the desk lamp?
Mom: It was taken away by your little brother. He took it to school. There will be a show in his class, and they need a desk lamp on the stage.
Son: Do they put a real desk lamp on the stage?
Mom: Right. There is a table on the stage with a desk lamp on it and a window next to it. And there is a plant on the windowsill. It's a balcony outside the window.
Son: What show do they put on?
Mom: I forgot the name of the show.
Son: What does my little brother play?
Mom: He plays a big tree.
Son: That's pathetic! He doesn't even have one line.
Mom: Luckily, he likes playing that tree. It's good to play a tree. Your Dad also had played a tree when he was little.
Son: I only knew that my Dad liked to play billiards when he was little, never thought that he had played a tree before. It seems that I am good at acting in our family.
Mom: Yes! You are the best at acting in our family!

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