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Talking About Love in English: Love on Chinese Valentine’s Day
用英語談情說愛：愛在七夕

Part A
Holly is helping Karen get ready for Chinese Valentine’s Day.
荷莉在幫忙凱倫準備中國情人節的事情。

Holly: Why are you preparing for Chinese Valentine’s Day? Shouldn’t your boyfriend do everything?
Karen: It’s common for the man to prepare for Chinese Valentine’s Day, but Mark is so sweet. He tries too hard on every holiday.
Holly: How so?
Karen: On Thanksgiving, he baked me a turkey. On Halloween, he turned our apartment into a haunted house.
Holly: I see. So you want to return the favor.
Karen: That’s right. Have I ever told you about last year’s Chinese Valentine’s Day?
Holly: No.
Karen: I’ll tell you about it while we make this card.

荷莉：為什麼是妳在準備過七夕情人節的東西？不是應該由妳男友來做這些事嗎？
凱倫：七夕通常是由男生來準備，可是馬克很貼心，他對每個節日都很用心。
荷莉：怎麼說？
凱倫：感恩節他為我烤了一隻火雞；萬聖節他把我們的公寓變成一間鬼屋。
荷莉：我知道了，所以妳想回報他。
凱倫：沒錯。我有告訴過妳去年七夕的事嗎？
荷莉：沒有。
凱倫：我們邊做卡片，我邊告訴妳吧。

Part B
Karen is telling Holly about last year’s Chinese Valentine’s Day.
凱倫正在告訴荷莉關於去年七夕的事。

Karen: First, Mark bought me a necklace. Then, we had dinner.
Holly: What kind of restaurant did you go to?
Karen: It was an Italian restaurant. He even tipped the waiter and got him to sing a song for us.
Holly: He’s such a gentleman.
Karen: After dinner, we took a walk, and then we had coffee.
Holly: I’m green with envy. Last year, Jim gave me a scarf for Chinese Valentine’s Day. It only cost NT$45. I looked it up!
Karen: I’m sure he’ll do a better job this year.
Holly: Maybe. What else have you planned?

凱倫：馬克先買了一條項鍊給我，接著我們共進晚餐。
荷莉：你們去怎樣的餐廳啊？
凱倫：那是間義大利餐廳，他甚至給服務生小費，請他唱一首歌給我們聽。
荷莉：他真是十足的紳士。
凱倫：晚餐後，我們去散步然後喝咖啡。
荷莉：我超羨慕妳。去年七夕吉姆只送我一條圍巾。我查了一下，那條圍巾只要臺幣四十五塊！
凱倫：我相信他今年會改進的。
荷莉：或許吧。妳還計畫要做些什麼？