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@ 31250 Jewish Holiday
A: 小韓，新年快樂！
Xiaˇo Ha´n, x¯ınnia´n kua`ile`!
Happy New Year, Xiao Han!
B: 新年？現在才9月！
x¯ınnia´n? xia`nza`i ca´i jiuˇ
yue`!
New Year? It’s only September!
A: 是猶太新年！
sh`ı Yo´uta`i x¯ınnia´n!
It’s the Jewish New Year!
B: 哦！新年快樂！
o! x¯ınnia´n kua`ile`!
Oh! Happy New Year!
A: 我帶了蘋果和蜂蜜，一起吃吧。
woˇ
da`i le p´ıngguoˇ
he´
fe¯ ngm`ı, y¯ıqˇı ch¯ı ba.
I brought apples and some honey. Let’s eat them together.
B: 為什麼要吃蘋果和蜂蜜？
we`ishe´nme ya`o ch¯ı p´ıngguoˇ
he´
fe¯ ngm`ı?
Why should we eat apples and honey?
A: 意思就是祝你有一個甜蜜的新年。看， 要這樣
吃。
y`ısi jiu`sh`ı zhu` ya`ng ch¯ı.
nˇı yoˇu y¯ı ge tia´nm`ı de x¯ınnia´n. ka`n, ya`o zhe`-
They mean ”Here’s wishing you a sweet New Year!” Look, you should eat them this way.
B: 蘋果沾著蜂蜜吃？有意思。還有什麼特別的？
p´ıngguoˇ zha¯ n zhe fe¯ ngm`ı ch¯ı? yoˇu y`ısi. ha´i yoˇu she´nme
te`bie´ de?
Smearing the apple with honey? That’s really interesting. Is there anything else special to do?
A: 要去猶太會堂祈禱，請求上帝寬恕你的罪惡。
ya`o qu`
Yo´uta`i hu`ıta´ng q´ıdaˇo, qˇıngqiu´
sha`ngd`ı kua¯ nshu`
nˇı
de zu`ı e`.
You have to go to the synagogue to pray and ask God to forgive your sins.
B: 你們過新年要反省自己？
nˇımen guo` x¯ınnia´n ya`o faˇnxˇıng z`ıjˇı?
You have to reflect on yourself on the New Year?
A: 對。新年就是要重新開始。
du`ı. x¯ınnia´n jiu`sh`ı ya`o cho´ngx¯ın ka¯ ishˇı.
Yes. You need to make a new start on the New Year.
---Key Vocabulary---
新年 x¯ınnia´n New Year
才 ca´i only
猶太 Yo´uta`i Jewish
蜂蜜 fe¯ ngm`ı honey
甜蜜 tia´nm`ı sweet
沾 zha¯ n to smear with, to be stained with
有意思 yoˇu y`ısi interesting; funny
特別 te`bie´ special, distinctive
猶太會堂 Yo´uta`i hu`ıta´ng assembly hall, meeting place
祈禱 q´ıdaˇo to pray
請求 qˇıngqiu´ request
上帝 sha`ngd`ı God
寬恕 kua¯ nshu` to forgive
罪惡 zu`ı e` sins, wrong-doing
反省 faˇnxˇıng to reflect on
重新 cho´ngx¯ın anew, afresh
開始 ka¯ ishˇı to begin
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
猶太人 Yo´uta`ire´n Jews
猶太教 Yo´uta`ijia`o Judaism
宗教 zo¯ ngjia`o religion
贖罪節 Shu´zu`ıjie´
Yom Kippur
安息日
A¯ nx¯ır`ı Sabbath, Shabbos
逾越節 Yu´yue`jie´
Passover
原諒 yua´nlia`ng to forgive, to pardon
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