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I've been noticing...

Jay: Are there many Christians?

我发现……

...be a great opportunity for...

Catherine: Yes, in fact, it is the third most popular ……是……的大好良机

Jay: Wow, that's an eye opener.

I'm impressed,... ……令我印象深刻

become quite immersed in the culture

... 入乡随俗……

According to myth, ... 传说中,……

separating A from B 把A和B分开

Jay: I've been noticing all sorts of Valentine's Day

advertisements on the street lately.

Catherine: Yeah, Western Valentine's Day is almost here.

You know, Taiwanese businesses really know

how to make money. Valentine's Day is a great

opportunity for them.

Jay : Oh yeah, you guys have two valentine's days a

year, don't you?

Catherine: Yup. Businesses can earn twice as much

money... just kidding. I'm impressed, you already

know Taiwan has two valentine's days. You've

really become quite immersed in our culture.

...

Jay: I guess but anyway, I don't really know the

source of your other Valentine's Day.

Catherine: Oh, we celebrate it on the seventh day of the

seventh month on the lunar calendar. We call

it "Seventh Night." According to myth, the Jade

Emperor's daughter "Girl Weaver" fell in love with

an ordinary man named "Cowherd." Together,

they had two children. However, a celestial

woman is not allowed to be with an ordinary man.

Thus, the supreme deity took her up into the

sky, separating her from Cowherd and their two

children.

Jay: Oh...that's so sad.

Catherine: But afterwards, the Jade Emperor felt bad for them

and let them see each other one time on the seventh

day of the seventh month of the year. On that day,

Jay: Are there many of them?

the two would embrace and weep. Therefore, even

Catherine: today, it always rains on the Seventh Night.As many as the stars...just kidding, but there are

Jay: Wow, your Valentine's Day is really romantic, it's very many throughout Taiwan.

despairingly beautiful.

Jay: So, is Taoism the most popular religion here?

Catherine: So, what do you plan to do for Valentine's Day?

Catherine: Well, that depends on how you look at it.

Jay: Ehh, I don't know. I'll probably stay at home and

Nowadays, Taoism and Buddhism are so

watch a DVD or something.

||| Jay: 杰: 我发现最近街上到处都是有关情人节的广告标语。Are there many Christians?

凯瑟琳: 是啊,西洋情人节快到了。你也知道,台湾的商人最懂得

Catherine: Yes, in fact, it is the third most popular religion.

把握时机赚钱了,情人节可是他们的大好良机。

Jay: Wow, that's an eye opener.

杰: 而且你们一年有两个情人节,是吧?

凯瑟琳: 是啊,商人可以赚两倍的钱……开玩笑的。不过你还挺入

乡随俗的嘛,已经知道台湾人有两个情人节了。

杰: 也许吧。不过,我不太知道你们的另外一个情人节的由

来。

凯瑟琳: 喔,我们是在农历七月七日过另一个情人节,我们叫

它“七夕”。传说中,玉皇大帝的女儿“织女”爱上了一

个叫做“牛郎”的凡人,跟他结婚后生了两个孩子。可仙

女是不可以跟凡人相恋的,所以天神就把织女带回天上,

让她跟牛郎还有两个孩子分开。

杰: 喔,真悲惨。

凯瑟琳: 不过后来玉皇大帝觉得他们很可怜,就允许牛郎和织女

一年可以见一次面,那一天就是七月七日。每年见面的

时候,他们两个人便相拥而泣;所以一直到现在,七夕

那一天总是会下雨。

杰: 哇,你们的情人节传说真是太浪漫、太凄美了。

凯瑟琳: 那你今年准备怎么过情人节呢?

杰: 喔,我不知道,可能会呆在家里看个电影什么的吧。

||| 1. 西洋情人节快要到了。

Western Valentine's Day is almost here. 

错 Western Valentine's Day is almost near.

 


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