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興致 x=ngzh= interest; enthusiasm; eagerness; willingness
肚子 d*zi stomach; belly 慶祝 q=ngzh* to celebrate

餓 8 hungry; hunger 中秋節 Zh!ngqi% Ji6 the Mid-Autumn Festival;
the Moon Festival 豆沙 d$ush1 red bean paste; mung bean paste

收穫 sh!uhu$ to harvest; the harvest; (harvested) crops
餡 xi4n filling; anything serving as stuffing for dumplings, etc.

豐收 f5ngsh!u a rich harvest 香甜可口 xi1ngti2n k7k#u delicious; tasty
記得 j=de remember 賞月 sh3ng yu8 admire the moon; enjoy
moonlight (a Mid Autumn Festival tradition)

嫦娥 Ch2ng'6 Chang-O, (in a Chinese legend) who ascended to the moon after secretly

eating her husband's immortality pill.

不能 ...... 就 ......
說明：第一分句表示現實條件的限制，第二分句表

示主觀意願的否定。
例句：1.你不能去，我就不去了。
2.王先生不能教，我就不想學。
練習：1.他（ ）參加，我（ ）參加。
2.孩子（ ）喝咖啡，（ ）別泡咖啡 。

媽媽：Betty, are you hungry? Would you like to eat a moon cake?
蓓蒂：OK. I'd like one stuffed with bean paste.
媽媽：Grandma knows that you love bean paste moon cakes, so she sent some extra
ones.

蓓蒂：Moon cakes seem to be more tasty at the thought of Grandma.
媽媽：If the whole family can't get together to enjoy the moon, there's just no holiday
spirit.
蓓蒂：Actually, the moon is the same every month. Why do we only celebrate the

Mid-Autumn Festival?
媽媽：Mid autumn is the the harvest season, so the Mid-Autumn Festival
celebrates a fruitful harvest.
蓓蒂：I remember Grandma told me the story of Chang-O. That was really a good

story.

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