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@ 30593 Free Association
A: 今天我來考考你的自由聯想。
j¯ıntia¯ n woˇ la´i kaˇokao nˇı de z`ıyo´u lia´nxiaˇng.
Today I’m going to test your free associations.
B: 什麼？
she´nme?
What?
A: 我會說一些詞語，你只要告訴我聯想到什麼就行
了。要完全放鬆。想到什麼就說什麼。
woˇ
hu`ı shuo¯
y¯ıxie¯
c´ıyuˇ, nˇı zhˇıya`o ga`osu woˇ
lia´nxiaˇng da`o
she´nme jiu` x´ıng le. ya`o wa´nqua´n fa`ngso¯ ng. xiaˇngda`o she´n-
me jiu`
shuo¯
she´nme.
I’ll say a word, and you just tell me what you associate it with. Relax completely. Just say whatever comes to mind.
B: 好的。
haˇo de.
OK.
A: 準備好了嗎？
zhuˇnbe`i haˇo le ma?
Are you ready?
B: 好了。我們開始吧。
haˇo le. woˇmen ka¯ ishˇı ba.
Yes. Let’s start.
A: 包子。
ba¯ ozi.
Bun.
B: 食堂。我爸爸單位食堂的肉包子最好吃了。小時候，我只要考試成績好，爸爸就會買肉包子獎勵我。
sh´ıta´ng. woˇ ba`ba da¯ nwe`i sh´ıta´ng de ro`u ba¯ ozi zu`ı haˇoch¯ı
le. xiaˇosh´ıho`u, woˇ
zhˇıya`o kaˇosh`ı che´ngj`ı haˇo, ba`ba jiu`
hu`ı
maˇi ro`u ba¯ ozi jiaˇngl`ı woˇ.
Cafeteria. The meat buns at my dad’s work unit cafeteria were the best. When I was little, if I got a good test score, Dad would buy a meat bun to reward me.
A: 你經常吃嗎？
nˇı j¯ıngcha´ng ch¯ı ma?
Did you eat them often?
B: 不是，我成績不好。
bu`
sh`ı, woˇ
che´ngj`ı bu`
haˇo.
No, my grades weren’t good.
A: 我們再試一個。廟。
woˇmen za`i sh`ı y¯ı ge. mia`o.
Let’s try another one. Temple.
B: 難聞。我最怕燒香的味道了。真搞不懂為什麼有
那麼多入要去求神拜佛。
na´nwe´n. woˇ
zu`ı pa`
sha¯ oxia¯ ng de we`idao le. zhe¯ n gaˇobu-
doˇng we`ishe´nme yoˇu na`me duo¯
re´n ya`o qu`
qiu´she´n ba`ifo´.
Bad-smelling. The smell of burning incense is the worst. I just don’t get why so many people pray to Buddha for help.
A: 你不相信宗教？
nˇı bu` xia¯ ngx`ın zo¯ ngjia`o?
You don’t believe in religion?
B: 我只相信看得到摸得到的東西，比如包子、錢。
woˇ
zhˇı xia¯ ngx`ın ka`ndeda`o mo¯ deda`o de do¯ ngxi, bˇıru´
ba¯ ozi,
qia´n.
I only believe in what I can see and touch, like buns and money.
A: 錢會讓你想到什麼？
qia´n hu`ı ra`ng nˇı xiaˇngda`o she´nme?
What does money make you think of?
B: 快樂、悲傷。雖說錢不是萬能的，但沒有錢是萬萬不能的。
kua`ile`, be¯ isha¯ ng. su¯ıshuo¯
qia´n bu`
sh`ı wa`nne´ng de, da`n
me´iyoˇu qia´n sh`ı wa`nwa`n bu`ne´ng de.
Happiness and sorrow. Although money can’t do every- thing, without it you can’t do anything.
A: 紅色呢？會讓你想到什麼？
ho´ngse` ne? hu`ı ra`ng nˇı xiaˇngda`o she´nme?
How about red? What does that make you think of?
B: 鞭炮。
bia¯ npa`o.
Firecrackers.
A: 藍色呢？
la´nse` ne?
And blue?
B: 藍色？海。不過我不喜歡海。
la´nse`? haˇi. bu`guo`
woˇ
bu`
xˇıhuan haˇi.
Blue? The ocean. But I don’t like the ocean.
A: 好了，我們今天就到這兒。
haˇo le, woˇmen j¯ıntia¯ n jiu` da`o zhe`r.
OK, let’s just stop here today.
B: 完了？我剛進入狀態呢。這樣吧，下次輪到我來
考你。
wa´n le? woˇ
ga¯ ng j`ınru`
zhua`ngta`i ne. zhe`ya`ng ba, xia`c`ı lu´n
da`o woˇ la´i kaˇo nˇı.
It’s over? Just when I was getting into it. How about this: next time it’s my turn to test you.
---Key Vocabulary---
自由聯想 z`ıyo´u lia´nxiaˇng free association
放鬆 fa`ngso¯ ng to relax
食堂 sh´ıta´ng cafeteria
獎勵 jiaˇngl`ı to reward
廟 mia`o temple
燒香 sha¯ oxia¯ ng to burn incense
求神拜佛 qiu´she´n ba`ifo´
to appeal to Buddha for help
悲傷 be¯ isha¯ ng sad
萬能 wa`nne´ng all-powerful
萬萬 wa`nwa`n absolutely
狀態 zhua`ngta`i state; condition
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
心理 x¯ınlˇı psychology
心理醫生 x¯ınlˇı y¯ıshe¯ ng psychologist
心理測試 x¯ınlˇı ce`sh`ı psychological test
分析 fe¯ nx¯ı to analyze
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