Learn Chinese from Taiwanese 跟台灣人學中文

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每次旅行的節目都最受大家歡迎，讓我們覺得果然大家最想要來台灣的原因是旅行。今天我們要來討論台灣人旅行的方法，台灣的年輕人基本上都喜歡自助旅行，自己規劃行程，而年紀比較大一點的人則喜歡跟團旅遊，雖然缺點是行程不夠彈性，但比較方便、便宜...

果然 guǒrán: as expected

自助旅行 zìzhù lǚxíng: self-guided travel

規劃 guīhuà: to plan (how to do a thing)

行程 xíngchéng: itinerary

跟團旅遊 gēn tuán lǚyóu: group travel

彈性 tánxìng: flexible

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5-Days Best of Taiwan Tour (Taroko Gorge, Sun Moon Lake, Kenting National Park all included) is the tour we recommended today, if you only come to Taiwan a week or two, but want to enjoy it all, this is the tour!

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好市多是台灣唯一收取會員費的量販店，1997年進駐台灣時，除了有很多從外國進口來台灣的東西，早上10點半以前去好市多，還會有免費早餐試吃，只要在好市多走一圈，就可以試吃到飽...

好市多hǎo shì duō: Costco

收取 shōuqǔ: to charge

量販店 liàngfàn diàn: wholesale store

圈 quān: (a) round

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Many Taiwanese are big fans of Costco, and yeah, we are too! Costco Taiwan provides online ordering too, check out what they got: Costco Taiwan

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最多台灣人加入的臉書社團，就是"爆料公社"! 只要你看到、遇到不公不義的事，你就可以匿名到這個臉書社團爆料，因為po文都是"爆料公社"發的，所以大家可以很安心地把自己遇到的的事告訴大家。這個社團裡也有很多新聞記者，記者也會把爆料公社上的po文在新聞上報導出來，讓全台灣的人都知道發生了什麼事...

爆料公社 Bàoliào gōngshè: Break News Commune, a FB community in Taiwan

(爆料 bàoliào: to expose (in the media))

社團 shètuán: (FB) community

不公不義 bùgōng bú yì: injustice

匿名 nìmíng: anonymously

po文 po wén: (social media) post

安心 ānxīn: at ease; worry-free

記者 jìzhě: journalist; reporter

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Check out the real-time news of Taiwan on Taiwan’s most popular FB community “爆料公社”

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神明-媽祖，有非常多台灣人相信祂，光台北，就有10個以上的媽祖廟。媽祖的名字叫林默娘，她1000年前住在中國的東岸。她羽化、升天以後變成了神明，常常顯靈。颱風來的時候，如果有人在海上，她會讓颱風轉彎，不會讓颱風影響到在海上的人...

媽祖 Māzǔ: a Goddess of the Sea, in Taoist and Chinese Buddhist religion

神明 shénmíng: deity

林默娘 Línmòniáng: the legendary figure of the Goddess Mazu

羽化 yǔhuà: after passing away, ascend to heaven and become an immortal

顯靈 xiǎnlíng: (of a ghost, spirit or deity) to make its presence or power felt

轉彎 zhuǎnwān: to turn

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Mazu is the Goddess most Taiwanese people believe. If you are not able to join the Mazu Pilgrimage in May this year, check out the Klook Dajia Mazu tour! You will see one of the biggest Mazu temples in Taiwan, and see our worship tradition with a local tour guide.

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非常謝謝大家去年的支持，我們去年6月13號開始我們的播客 "跟台灣人學中文"，到今天已經有好多人每天聽我們的播客，真的很謝謝你們。我們希望能變成最有用也最有意思的學中文播客，如果有什麼建議，可以跟我們說，我們也有臉書了，大家可以在臉書上私訊我們...

私訊 sī xùn: to send private message

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今天我們不教你中文，我們教你台語!Today we don't teach you Chinese, we teach you Taiwanese!

在台灣怎麼看醫生? 怎麼告訴醫生你的問題? How to make a medical appointment in Taiwan? How to tell the doctor your problem?

台灣的傳統醫學 "中醫"，來台灣的時候一定要試試 "看中醫"Taiwan's traditional Chinese medicine. You must try it when you come to Taiwan

台灣喝酒文化，台灣人喝酒的時候玩什麼遊戲?Taiwanese drinking culture, let’s learn some Taiwanese drinking games

台灣人最愛的樂團-「五月天」，他們的歌非常好聽，一定要聽聽看Our favourite Taiwanese band “Mayday” their songs are superb!! 

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On the last day of 2022, we will introduce you to where you can enjoy hot springs in Taiwan. Green Island also has a special undersea hot spring, check it out!

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台灣的位置在兩個板塊的交界上，東南方是菲律賓海板塊，西北方則是歐亞板塊，台灣位在這兩個板塊的交界上，地震多，溫泉也多，所以在台灣到處都可以泡湯。跟日本一樣，日本也是在地震帶上，所以高山多，加上水資源豐富，地底的地下水經過地熱加溫，湧出地面後，就變成溫泉了。冬天適合泡溫泉，而夏天則有冷泉，到蘇澳可以泡蘇澳冷泉...

板塊 bǎnkuài: (tectonic) plate

交界 jiāojiè: the edge (of two plates)

泡湯 pàotāng: to enjoy hot springs; to soak in hot springs

地震帶 dìzhèn dài: earthquake zone

地底 dìdǐ: underground; subterranean

湧 yǒng: (water) rise (from the ground)

蘇澳 Sū ào: Su'ao Township,  located in northeastern Taiwan. It’s famous for its “cold spring”

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If you live in Taipei, Beitou, Wulai and Yangmingshan are the three main hot spring areas in Taipei, go check it out! Fangfang and her friend went to Beitou Hot Spring Resort to enjoy the hot spring. This place is not expensive, and after the hot spring, they also serve delicious meals. She highly recommends it!

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Recently, we found that there are more and more foreign have been coming to  Taiwan, so today we are going to discuss what kinds of jobs foreign workers typically do in Taiwan, and we are going to talk about whether the Taiwanese welcome foreign or not.

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最近遇到了一些從巴西和非洲來做工程的人，讓我們發現在台灣的外國工作者真的越來越多。現在除了語言老師、運動員或藝術工作者可申請來台灣工作，比較技術性的工作，也可以請外國來的工作者。因台灣傳統觀念是「好好念書後，找一份坐辦公室的工作」，所以在台灣的科學園區，有些高科技的工作或是有些比較勞動的工作，台灣人會請外國工作者來幫忙...

巴西 Bāxī: Brazil

工程 gōngchéng: construction (for underground waterway; cable line…)

技術性 jìshùxìng: technical

觀念 guānniàn: idea; mindset; thought

科學園區 kēxué yuánqū: Science Park, industrial park established by the government of Taiwan

勞動 láodòng: labor;  physical or manual (work)

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Want to talk about "House of the Dragon" or 'Game of Thrones" with your Taiwanese friends? Check out this episode!

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《龍族前傳》就是《冰與火之歌：權力遊戲》的前傳，《龍族前傳》這部電視劇的故事背景設定在《冰與火之歌》事件發生的兩百年以前，講的是坦格利安他們家族的故事。在《冰與火之歌》這部電視劇，坦格利安家族是唯一倖存的龍騎士家族，最後只剩下丹妮莉絲是唯一的龍的繼承人...

龍族前傳 Lóngzú qiánchuán: House of the Dragon, the prequel to Game of Thrones (前傳 qiánchuán: prequel)

冰與火之歌-權力遊戲 Bīng yǔ huǒ zhī gē - Quánlì yóuxì : Game of Thrones

坦格利安 Tǎn gé lì'ān: Targaryen

倖存 xìngcún: survive

龍騎士 lóng qíshì: dragonlord

丹妮莉絲 Dān ní lì sī: Daenerys Targaryen

繼承人 jìchéngrén: an heir; a successor (繼承 jìché : to inherit; to succeed to (the throne etc))

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Can Taiwan's Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) be trusted? Want to try taking acupuncture or see a TCM doctor in Taiwan? Check out this episode!

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中醫，也就是中國醫學。在台灣，中醫師會為你把脈，把脈的意思是醫生用手按病人手的動脈，來了解身體目前的情況。有些人覺得中醫不太有效，也覺得這是一種迷信，然而在台灣當中醫師不容易，在大學的中醫系，學生都必須充分了解每個草藥的不同和功效。此外，我們感冒時，吃中藥一天就能康復，因此我們很信中醫。在台灣，每個中醫生都需要花很多時間學習怎麼診斷、觀察病人的狀況來做出判斷，中醫現在已經科學化了...

把脈 bǎmài: check someone's pulse

按 àn: to place (fingers) on…

動脈 dòngmài: artery

充分 chōngfèn: enough

功效 gōngxiào: efficacy

康復 kāngfù: to recover

診斷 zhěnduàn: to diagnose

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29-1 去歐洲念藝術的台灣人，她覺得在歐洲念書怎麼樣? (雅竺 第1集)

Our previous guest 昱敏 (Yumin) introduced us to 雅竺 (Yazhu), so today we invite Yazhu to our show. Yazhu is a Taiwanese who went to Europe to study art. Yazhu went to Prague, Czech Republic to study fine art. She will share with us why she started to study art, and why she wanted to study in Europe, and she will also talk about the feeling of studying in Europe.

If you want to know who is 昱敏 (Yumin), check out “ 22-1 A Taiwanese doctoral researcher studying in Europe. Why did she decide to study in Europe? (昱敏Yu Min Episode 1)”

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拖了昱敏的福，很榮幸邀請到現在在捷克布拉格念書的藝術家雅竺。她來到了歐洲念純美術，但當初捷克不是首選，因語言的關係她認為在這邊念書或生活，需要相對付出比較高的成本，然而因緣際會之下選擇來到了布拉格...

拖 tuō...福 fú: thanks to….

榮幸 róngxìng: pleasure; honored (to have…)

捷克 Jiékè: Czech

布拉格 Bùlāgé: Prague

純美術 chún měishù: fine art

首選 shǒuxuǎn: first choice

因緣際會之下 yīnyuán jìhuì zhī xià: serendipitously

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