留學生在中國 第9期 Haunted House鬼屋

Chapter 9 Haunted Houses and Burning Money.

鬼屋和燒紙錢。

David:There are so many haunted houses in the Halloween.

萬聖節裏有好多鬼屋。

You:I have never been to a haunted must be scary.

我從來沒有到過鬼屋，一定很嚇人。

David:Oh, maybe you wouldn't like it.

哦，可能你不太喜歡。

You:I don't like that kind of thing. I like to watch scary movies, but I don't like to go to haunted houses.

我不太喜歡那樣的東西。我雖然喜歡看恐怖電影，但是我不喜歡去鬼屋。

David:In fact, they are not haunted.

實際上，這裏並沒有鬼。

You:I know that. They are just people there who pretend to be ghosts.

我也知道，是有人在那兒裝鬼嚇人。

David:Some people enjoy thing scary. Visiting a haunted house is one way. Another way for people to get scared is to go on a roller coast ride. A roller coast goes up and down in a circle, and it is very scary.

有些人喜歡恐怖的東西，到鬼屋去是一種方式，另外一種方式是坐過山車。過山車在鐵軌上上上下下翻滾，因此很恐怖。

You:Yeah, I have heard that.

是的，我聽說了。

David:I mean, many people like it. Is it popular in China?

我是說，許多人都很喜歡。這在中國也很流行嗎？

No, we don't really have this in China. We do have a Halloween now. QingMing is a holliday in April.

不，我們這裏這類東西不多。我們這裏也有一個鬼節，就是四月份的清明節。

You:People make paper houses or paper ghost. They set them on fire as a gife for those who died.

人們會造紙房子和紙鬼，把它們放在火裏燒，當成是給死人的禮物。

David:What was the day? what was it called?

這是什麼節日，叫什麼名字？

You:It's called QingMing in Chinese, the tomb-sweeping day. QingMing is a day for meople's making paper things and burn them to gieve them to the dead.

清明節，也就是掃墓節。這一天人們用紙糊成各種東西，燒給死去的人。

David:Oh, I see.

哦，原來這樣。