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Laura: So, this is the temple fair, right?

Shirley : Yeah. Would you like to appreciate the Buddhist statues?

Laura: Sure. But let’s go there first. People are gathering there. I’m getting curious about it.

Shirley: Oh, it’s the “Blessing Wall”. That’s a good place to go.

Laura: Why do people put these cards on the wall after they write some stuff on them?

Shirley: The “Blessing Wall” is said to be magical. The thing you write on the cards will come true one day.

Laura: Interesting. I have many blessings to give. So, can you wait for me for a while?

Shirley: Take your time.

(After putting her card on the “Blessing Wall”, Laura comes back to Shirley.)

Laura: Aunt Shirley, what are you doing there?

Shirley: I’m trying to drop a coin into the mouth of the fish statue in the well.

Laura: Why do you do this? Are there any interesting stories behind it?

Shirley: Yeah. People say that, if you drop coins in the mouth of the fish statue, you will be lucky. But it seems that I’m not that lucky.

Laura: Let me have a try.

Shirley: Good luck to you.

(Laura successfully drops a coin into the mouth of the fish statue.)

Laura: Oh, look, I did it. By the way, what do they do with the money collected in this way?

Shirley：For charity. I think it’s really a good thing.

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羅拉：那么，這就是廟會了，對吧?

雪莉：是啊。你想去拜拜佛像嗎?

羅拉：當然。不過，我們先去那邊吧。那里圍了好多人。我很好奇那是什么。

雪莉：哦，那是“許愿墻”，是個很好玩的地方。

羅拉：為什么大家在卡片上寫了東西之后，還把它們掛在墻上呢?

雪莉：據說“許愿墻”是很神奇的。在卡片上寫的東西有一天會成真呢。

羅拉：有趣。我有很多祝福要送出呢。那么，你可以等我一下嗎?

雪莉：你慢慢來。

(羅拉把卡片掛到“許愿墻”上之后，過去找雪莉。)

羅拉：雪莉阿姨，你在這兒做什么呢?

雪莉：我在試著把硬幣投進井里這個魚雕像的嘴巴里。

羅拉：你為什么這么做呢?這里面有什么有趣的故事嗎?

雪莉：對啊，人們說，如果你把硬幣投進魚雕像的嘴巴里，你就會走運。但是看來我不是很幸運哦。

羅拉：讓我試試看。

雪莉：祝你好運。

(羅拉成功地把一枚硬幣投進了魚雕像的嘴巴里。)

羅拉：哦，快看，我投進了。對了，他們會拿這些搜集的錢做什么呢?

雪莉：做慈善活動啊。我覺得這是一件很好的事情啊。

經典背誦 Recitation

Laura: I went to the temple fair today. It was fun. There was a “Blessing Wall” which was said to be magical. So I put a card on the wall after writing some stuff on it. I hoped the thing I wrote on the card would come true some day. There was also a fish statue in a well, whose mouth was widely opened. People said that if you managed to drop a coin into its mouth, you would be lucky.

生詞小結

temple n. 寺院

Buddhist adj. 佛教的

blessing n. 祝福

successfully adv. 成功地

Functional structure 功能性句型擴展

表示祝愿的句型

請朗讀一下句型，家長和孩子交替進行。

…wish sb. sth. ……祝某人……

…wish sb. to do sth. ……祝某人……

…hope (that)… ……祝愿……

Have a wonderful time on…(時間) ……時玩得痛快。

May sb. do sth. 祝某人……

…(名詞) to sb. 祝某人……

With…wish/ wishes for… ……祝愿……