HsinYeh Taiwanese Mandarin 欣葉臺灣華語

EP15: Why Taiwanese people post immediately on social media when earthquake hits?🤔


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Last week, a series of earthquakes occurred in the eastern part of Taiwan, causing much damage.

In addition to the clever timing of the earthquakes, a lack of punctuality of the earthquake alarms was also a topic of discussion.

Today, Cathy and Cindy will talk about a series of topics related to earthquakes in Taiwan.

What is the reaction of Taiwanese people to earthquakes?

What were people doing during the earthquake?

What are the people at the national level?

If you want to talk about earthquakes with your friends in Taiwan, come on in and listen!


✅0:40 The Great Earthquake of 23 years ago: A short story of the 921 earthquakes

✅3:33 Taiwan elementary school students' earthquake drill

✅4:54 Why do Taiwanese people first post on social media when encountering an earthquake?

✅7:50 Funny stories when earthquakes come

✅10:13 Have you become a national-level loner again?

✅12:44 Why are Taiwanese people so calm in the face of earthquakes?


【Vocabulary】

1. 有感 yoǔgǎn:felt; sensible

2. 最著名zueìzhùmíng: the most well-known

3. 餘震 yúzhèn:aftershock

4. 鐵捲門 tiějuǎnmén:overhead door

5. 身手矯健 shēnshoǔjiaǒjiàn: solid and agile

6. 鋸子 jùzi: saw

7. 變形 biànxíng:deform

8. 真的假的zhēndejiǎde: a pet phrase used by Taichung people in Taiwan, which means "For real?" or "No way!" (The more authentic way to say it is 真假 zhēnjiǎ)

9. 據說jùshuō:it is said that…

10. 大廈dàxià:condo

11. 搭帳棚dāzhàngpéng: set up a tent

12. 長輩zhǎngbèi:elders

13. 模擬mónǐ:simulate

14. 求學qiúxué:attend school

15. 陸續lùxù:successively

16. 防震演練 fángzhènyǎnliàn:earthquake drill

17. 印象比較深刻 yìnxiàngbǐjiàoshēnkè:be more impressed by something

18. 狹窄 xiázhǎi:narrow

19. 儲藏 chúcáng:(verb) store

20. 淡定 dàndìng: calm

21. 發文 fāwén:(verb) post

22. 習以為常 xíyǐwéicháng: be accustomed to sth

23. 持續 chíxù:continue

24. 搭雲霄飛車dāyúnxiāofēichē:take a roller coaster

25. 飄起來 piāoqǐlái:float up

26. 經歷 jīnglì:(verb)(noun) :experience

27. 傷亡 shāngwáng:casualty

28. 三更半夜 sāngēngbànyè:in the midnight

29. 走不開 zǒubùkāi: can't walk away

30. 拋棄形象 pāoqìxíngxiàng: give up the personal image

31. 為難 wéinán:be in dilemma

32. 跑也不是,不跑也不是 pǎoyěbúshì,bùpǎoyěbúsh:to run or not to run, that is s a question

33. 清大 qīngdà:abbreviation of 清華大學qīnghuádàxué, a famous university in Hsinchu City, Taiwan

34. 被震醒 bèizhènxǐng: woke by an earthquake

35. 蠻瞎的 mánxiāde:quite ridiculous

36. 親朋好友 qīnpénghǎoyǒu: friends and relatives

37. 警報 jǐngbào: alert

38. 國家級邊緣人 guójiājíbiānyuánrén: a national outcast, a loner; a nickname we give to people when they don't receive the alerts from the government because it means even the government doesn't care to send them the MSN.

39. 遺忘 yíwàng: forget

40. 重大災情zhòngdàzāiqíng: major disaster

41. 知情 zhīqíng:informed

42. 匆忙 cōngmáng:hurried

43. 天搖地動 tiānyáodìdòng:shake severely

44. 事後諸葛 shìhòuzhūgé:Monday morning quarterback

45. 逃生 táoshēng: escape for one's life

46. 厭世 yànshì:misanthrope

47. 爛命一條 lànmìngyìtiáo: literally, it means "a shitty life."

48. 輾過去 niǎnguòqù:run over


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