四月份花季盛開，遇上連假時真的非常適合到戶外走走踏青曬太陽~
然而在連假期間出遊又該如何用英語表達呢?
[學習目標]: 學習英文中放假活動計畫等的相關的字詞
Practice Target: Learn some useful English expressions about planning activities for holidays.
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Dialogue: (對話)
Hope: | Hey, Joey, how are you doing today? |
Joey: | Pretty good. How about you, Hope? |
Hope: | Not bad. I am on my 4-day Spring Break right now. |
Joey: | 4-day Spring Break?! 對耶! 現在是春假期間。From April 4th to April 7th, right? |
Hope: | That’s right. |
Joey: | 我一直納悶how to say 春假 in English. So,春假is Spring Break? Not spring holiday or spring vacation. Hmm…But why do we call this holiday a break, instead of a vacation or a holiday? |
Hope: | By definition, Break means a short period of rest, and it also means a time away from work or our regular activities. We haven’t had a long holiday since the Lunar New Year, so this 4-day holiday is a kind of break for us, you know students and the working force. Plus, it perfectly falls in spring. So, we just call it the Spring Break! |
Joey: | That’s interesting. I think it is important for students and parents to take a break to 充電 或 放風。 |
Hope: | I agree. Spring Break provides everyone a chance to recharge and unwind before they get back to school or work. |
Joey: | Hmm…recharge and unwind, 充電和放風! I think 適時調整身心是重要的! |
Hope: | You can say that again! It’s important to adjust our pace in life, so we can maintain both physical and mental health. |
Joey: | Adjust our pace in life means 調整生活步調。So, Does maintain both physical and mental health mean 維持生理和心理健康? |
Hope: | Yes. To maintain both physical and mental health means 維持身心健康in Chinese. |
Joey: | Talking about this, Hope, do you have any plans for the Spring Break? |
Hope: | Well, I just went Tomb-sweeping with my family on Tomb-sweeping Day. It was yesterday. And we had a traditional snack, spring rolls for lunch. |
Joey: | Spring rolls? 春捲?! I had Spring rolls for snacks, too. It’s a traditional snack on Tomb-sweeping Day, 清明掃墓節。 |
Hope: | Yes. And this weekend, my family and I plan to go cycling in Sun Moon Lake. We’ve already booked a hotel. What about you, Joey? |
Joey: | Well, I plan to hang out with my friends. Perhaps we will go see a movie and then have a big lunch together. |
Hope: | After that? |
Joey: | After that, we plan to go to Chijin to fly kites. Besides, Chijin is a good place to enjoy the beautiful sunset. |
Hope: | Great. Hopefully, we’ll be full of energy and have a good start next week. |
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Vocabulary(單字)
1.break n. 休息；假期
2.recharge v. 充電
e.g. I plan to take a trip to Taitung to recharge my batteries.
3.unwind v. 放鬆；輕鬆
e.g. After a long day work, I’d like to unwind by taking a hot bath and listening some soothing music.
4.adjust v. 調整；調節
5.pace n. 步調
e.g. adjust the pace in life 調整生活步伐
6.maintain v. 維持；保持
e.g. maintain physical and mental health 維持身心健康
7.Tomb-sweeping 掃墓
8.Spring rolls 春捲
9.go cycling 騎腳踏車
10.You can say that again. = I agree.
