一年一度的端午節又到啦~~~吃粽子、划龍舟、戴香包、掛艾草菖蒲是最常見的習俗活動，而端午節相關的英文用語該怎麼說呢?
[學習目標]: 學習台灣傳統習俗中端午節的相關的字詞
Practice Target: Learn some interesting English expressions about the Dragon Boat Festival.
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Dialogue: (對話)
Hope: | Hey, Joey. This year, the Dragon Boat Festival falls on the twenty-second of June. That is next Thursday. Are you going to do anything special? |
Joey: | Eat Zongzi. I am going to eat Zongzi. It is also called sticky rice dumplings, right? |
Hope: | Right. Do you like them? |
Joey: | No, I love them. I want to eat lots of sticky rice dumplings. But I know I will have to go on a diet after the Festival. |
Hope: | Same here. I love sticky rice dumplings, too. Do you buy sticky rice dumplings or make them yourself? |
Joey: | Oh, no, I don’t know how to make them. It’s too much preparation. It is my grandmom who makes the best traditional dish. |
Hope: | Wow! So, are you going to watch the dragon boat racing while enjoying your sticky rice dumplings? |
Joey: | Maybe I will. On TV. …… And I plan to make 香包with my mom. How do we say ‘香包’ in English? |
Hope: | I think we can directly call 香包 a fragrant pouch or a scented sachet. A pouch or a sachet means a small bag. |
Joey: | At noon, I will 立蛋with my family. |
Hope: | You can say, “Stand an egg or balance an egg on its end.” |
Joey: | Yes, I am going to stand an egg or balance an egg with my family at noon on the day. You know I failed it last year. It isn’t easy. |
Hope: | No, it isn’t. Good luck to you! |
Joey: | Thanks. People say it will bring you the whole year luck if you succeed. So, Hope, have you ever stood an egg? |
Hope: | I used to when I was young, but I will give it a try this year. It sounds like fun. Anyway, Happy Dragon Boat Festival. |
Joey: | Happy Dragon Boat Festival. Now, I can’t wait to eat that mouth-watering food! |
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Vocabulary(單字)
1.sachet n. /sæʃˈeɪ/ a small closed bag.（通常內容物僅夠用一次的）小袋，小包
2.pouch n. a bag or soft container for a small object or a small amount of something小袋；一小袋東西
3.scented adj. 芬芳的 a scented sachet
4.fragrant n. 香味 a fragrant pouch
5.mouth-watering adj. （食物）令人垂涎的，誘人的
6.It is … that/ who … (強調句) 就是 … …
e.g. My mom makes the best sticky rice dumplings in the world.
=It is my mom who makes the best sticky rice dumplings in the world.
= It is the sticky rice dumplings that my mom makes the best in the world.
e.g. Hope likes watching the dragon boat racing.
= It is the dragon boat racing that Hope likes watching.
= It is Hope who likes watching the dragon boat racing.
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