Fun inTaiwan----The Best Guide to Taiwan

🇹🇼a diverse land with a fascinating history.

🇹🇼a wide range of culture, and a strong economy.

🇹🇼portugueses

🇹🇼Taiwan is home to a large number of indigenous tribes.

🇹🇼Western nations

🇹🇼it can also be seen on official signs throughout Taiwan.

🇹🇼Religious practices.

🇹🇼religions have blended

🇹🇼hundreds of different gods that are worshipped in thousands of temples around the island.

🇹🇼people worship these gods and their ancestors by offering incense, pepper money, which is also called joss paper, and food.

🇹🇼with shops and restaurants lining(n.) the street.=> line (v.)

🇹🇼on the outskirts of built- up area.=> outskirts (n.) 郊外,郊區;外圍,邊緣

🇹🇼both local people and tourists from around the world.

🇹🇼pay a visit.

🇹🇼East Asia

🇹🇼Taiwan is home to variety of landscape including towering mountains, sun- kissed beaches, coral reefs, and idyllic lakes.

=> idyllic (a.)田園詩的,牧歌的,悠閑的

🇹🇼geographically varied countries in the world.

🇹🇼tectonic plates, Taiwan sits at the boundary of two of them.=> tectonic (a.)築造的,建築的,構造的

🇹🇼thick forests

🇹🇼the country's mountainous center is mostly uninhabitable.

🇹🇼hundreds of species of fish

🇹🇼Orchid island=> orchid (n.) 蘭花,淡紫色

🇹🇼Taiwan usually experiences a few typhoons every year.

🇹🇼.....is most popular mountain resort area.

🇹🇼cloud and mist formations

🇹🇼monsoon winds 季風

🇹🇼they stay on the island didn't last long.

🇹🇼compulsory (a.)

🇹🇼drooling like a baby

🇹🇼exclusively (ad.)排他地,獨占地

🇹🇼colonial

🇹🇼As such, ...

🇹🇼make them totally distinct from one another

🇹🇼... are descended from....=> descend (vi.)下降,傳下,遺傳;屈尊,降格,墮落

🇹🇼.... are sometimes referred to ....

🇹🇼seeking employment opportunities

🇹🇼everyone here is fluent in it

🇹🇼sth. in their day- to- day lives

🇹🇼have so many different cultural in influences

🇹🇼unfamiliar with

🇹🇼sth. be split up into....=> separated

=> The people you call Chinese can be split up into three different groups.

🇹🇼root= origen

🇹🇼more diversity than I once though

=> than I once though 比我原先想的還要...

🇹🇼keep the culture alive

🇹🇼sth. spread far and wide

🇹🇼there are regional differences in pronunciation

🇹🇼The majority of people in Taiwan follow a combination of Buddhism, Taoism, and folk religion.

🇹🇼people are reborn, when they die. if they have a good life, they will be born into a favorable situation, but if they have lived an immoral life, they will return into an unsatisfactory position.

🇹🇼a goddess of the sea

🇹🇼temples bearing her name

🇹🇼cities along the coast

🇹🇼light (v.)/ burn(v.) incense, offer food and drink, and burn paper money for the gods.

=> a stick of incense

🇹🇼looking at a person's date and time of birth.🇹🇼consult(v.) them *不需介詞

🇹🇼ask for advice for naming their children

🇹🇼priest [prist]

🇹🇼It is estimated that there are over.....

🇹🇼which would bring bad luck

🇹🇼I don't really know to be honest with you.

🇹🇼A and B have really gotten mixed together

🇹🇼I'll get my fortune read

🇹🇼honor (V.) the gods and ancestors

🇹🇼keep away evil spirits

🇹🇼temples are usually filled with thick incense

🇹🇼one reason for this is that the smoke is believed to spiritually cleanse the surrounding area.

🇹🇼pay their respects (cn.) to the gods

🇹🇼Taiwan's guardian goddess=> help fishermen find their way

🇹🇼in term of both size and population

🇹🇼It is ranked as one of the largest economies in the world

🇹🇼massive level of inflation

🇹🇼government introduced (v.) a series of beneficial economic policies.

=> introduce (v.) 採用；提出；進行

🇹🇼stabilize (v.) Taiwan's finances

🇹🇼Taiwan's transport, manufacturing, and power capability (n.) 能力,性能,容量

🇹🇼flat screen technology and advanced semiconductors=> semi-conductor 半導體

🇹🇼the economy appears to be strong=> appear (vi.)出現,出場,出席,露面;似乎,好像,顯得

🇹🇼connects with the rest of world

🇹🇼That's a shame

🇹🇼people on tighter budgets(cn.)

🇹🇼If you wanna get away from civilization

🇹🇼campsite (n.) 營區

🇹🇼budget accommodation

🇹🇼well decorated

🇹🇼comparatively/ relatively cheap

🇹🇼Taiwan is no exception

🇹🇼bus drivers here are by and large 總的說來; 大體上; 一般而論

=> By and large, your idea is a good one. 總的說來你的看法不錯

🇹🇼Rail lines run in a loop around Taiwan

🇹🇼cut travel times from hours to just minutes

🇹🇼ferry is the lack of comfort

🇹🇼The waters surrounding Taiwan are notoriously choppy

🇹🇼a car rental(n.) might be the best choice

🇹🇼mainland and outlying islands=> outlying (a.)在外的,邊遠的,偏僻的

🇹🇼Taiwan's high central mountains

🇹🇼shouldn't have too much trouble navigating Taipei

🇹🇼deposit/ invest in an EasyCard

🇹🇼.... will accept payments made with an EasyCard

🇹🇼people sometimes pedal to school

🇹🇼you should expect spacious, well- furnished rooms

🇹🇼It really helps travelers keep their cost down

🇹🇼extremely pricy

🇹🇼extravagantly decorated=> extravagantly (ad.)揮霍無度地

🇹🇼family- owned

🇹🇼some of these places are very upmarket and exclusive

🇹🇼fairly common=> fairly (ad.)公正地,正當地;相當;完全,簡直

🇹🇼Taiwanese dishes are extremely varied

🇹🇼Taiwan's history is so closely connected with China's food

🇹🇼people are pretty obsessed with food

🇹🇼Taiwanese also have a real sweet tooth (sing.)

🇹🇼with sugary syrups

🇹🇼use an incredible variety of cooking method

🇹🇼griddle

🇹🇼spits

🇹🇼important source of protein

🇹🇼extravagant banquets

🇹🇼alongside

🇹🇼including liver and intestines=> intestine (a.)內部的,內部的腸

🇹🇼cultivation (n.)耕作,栽培,培養

🇹🇼Taiwanese also eat a diverse selection of leafy and root vegetables.

🇹🇼garnished with herbs such as basil and cilantro, pickled(a.) white radish

=> pickle (v.)

🇹🇼steamed buns

🇹🇼I would do the same

🇹🇼To start off with

🇹🇼:It looks like you've got some noodle in there

:yeah, although you can have it without.

🇹🇼inventive with their food

🇹🇼as a healthy sweetener=> sweetener (n.)甜料;甜頭,好處

🇹🇼healthier form of protein than meat

🇹🇼 the''gam'' part of its name comes from the Chinese word for''dry''

🇹🇼It's passion that...

🇹🇼lines of vendors

🇹🇼strip (n.)長條,條狀,帶,脫衣舞(vt.)脫衣,被剝去,剝奪,拆卸(vi.)脫衣服

🇹🇼curled up skin=> curl (n.)捲曲,卷發(vt.)弄卷(vi.)捲曲,彎曲

🇹🇼chicken bottoms skewered onto a wooden stick=> skewer (n.)串,烤肉叉子,劍(vt.)上叉

🇹🇼the beak, are braised in soy sauce gravy=> beak (n.)鳥嘴=> braise (vt.)燉,蒸=> gravy (n.)肉汁,肉湯,不法利潤

🇹🇼try something smaller

🇹🇼you'll definitely smell before you see

🇹🇼incredibly powerful scent

🇹🇼It's made by fermenting tofu in saltwater

🇹🇼oyster omelet

🇹🇼tea eggs are soaked in water flavored with spices, sauces, and tea leaves

🇹🇼the whites are transformed into a brown jelly

🇹🇼make people turn away

🇹🇼stewed food

🇹🇼Taiwanese meatball

🇹🇼It's a very thick piece of toasted bread that has been hollowed out and then filled with a sort of thick soup.

🇹🇼shellfish

🇹🇼oyster noodles are often garnished with cilantro.=> garnish (n.)裝飾,裝飾品(vt.)裝飾=> cilantro (n.) 香菜

🇹🇼cashew nut (n.)腰果樹,腰果

🇹🇼peanuts that have been coated in wasabi

🇹🇼It's so wide- raging

🇹🇼Chinese is a massive country

🇹🇼Chinese culture influences just about every aspect of life in Taiwan

🇹🇼Its population incorporates people from many different cultural backgrounds as well

=> incorporate (a.)合併的,公司組織的,一體化的(vt.)合併,使組成公司,具體表現(vi.)合併,混合

🇹🇼all the contrasting cooking styles and flavors can be sampled in Taiwan.

🇹🇼delicate flavors

🇹🇼internal organs

🇹🇼aromatic (a.)芬芳的

🇹🇼taste is intense=> intense (a.)非常的,強烈的,緊張的,熱情的

🇹🇼Hunan cuisine is generally packed with chili peppers, garlic...., and shallots.

🇹🇼cured and smoked=> cure 治療,治癒,治療法,怪人(vt.)治療,治癒,改正,醃制,加工處理

🇹🇼hot pot is preferred

🇹🇼What are looking forward to the most?

🇹🇼they are said to resemble lions' heads

🇹🇼can be literally translated as ''fork burn''

🇹🇼bean paste, darkened sugar

🇹🇼reddish color=> reddish (a.)微紅的,略帶紅色的

🇹🇼he peeled off the hard, dry mud...

🇹🇼wonderfully juicy

🇹🇼breakfast is big business inTaiwan

🇹🇼They open shutters early in the morning and are typically closed for the day by lunchtime.

🇹🇼thick soy sauce or chili sauce

🇹🇼conventional (a.)常規,慣例的,傳統的

🇹🇼pre- packaged sandwich

🇹🇼line up on the counter

🇹🇼while others, ....

🇹🇼include minced pork, leeks=> mince 切碎物(vt.)切碎,矯揉做作地說(vi.)碎步走,裝腔作勢=> leek 韭菜

🇹🇼trapping the filling inside=> trapping 陷入

🇹🇼congee can be made either thick or watery, and it can be supplemented

=> supplement (n.)補充物,增刊,補充(vt.)補充,增補

🇹🇼I was going to pop into the fast food restaurant

🇹🇼fluffy orange stuff=> fluffy (a.)毛絨絨的,蓬鬆的,愚蠢的

🇹🇼dried pork/ floss 肉鬆

🇹🇼meat can be pulled apart into its separate fi[ai]bers

🇹🇼boy bean milk doesn't contain much fat

🇹🇼despite the trend for Western breakfasts

🇹🇼muesli 木斯里，另稱什錦早餐是指以未煮的麥片、水果和堅果為主的一種流行的早餐

🇹🇼oatmeal 燕麥片

🇹🇼sth. are becoming increasingly popular

🇹🇼huge wok [漢] 炒菜鍋,鑊

🇹🇼heavily flavored beef soup

🇹🇼soy sauce and spices like star anise=> anise (n.)大茴香

🇹🇼vermicelli (n.) 細面條

🇹🇼golden brown color

🇹🇼minimal amount of oil

🇹🇼with strips of meat

🇹🇼thinly sliced vegetables

🇹🇼cut into pieces

🇹🇼not quite= not really

🇹🇼noodle often come in soup

🇹🇼they're not connected to oolong tea.

🇹🇼It's not hard to tell why people love it so much

🇹🇼tapioca starch

🇹🇼asking for your drink to be made with less sugar.

🇹🇼grass jelly tea=> a mint- like plant, are mixed with syrup and sucked up through straw.

🇹🇼condensed milk=> condensed (a.)濃縮[凝結] 的;扼要的

🇹🇼milk ice is much fi[ai]ner=> finer (a.)好的,出色的

🇹🇼appealing (a.)引起興趣的,動人的,懇求的

🇹🇼crumbly exteriors=> crumbly (a.)易碎的,脆的

🇹🇼hazelnut (n.) 榛實

🇹🇼full amount, half sugar, a little sugar, or no sugar

🇹🇼glutinous (a.)粘性的

🇹🇼Taiwanese have made it their own

🇹🇼It gets its unusual name from its appearance

🇹🇼oval- shaped

🇹🇼lavish department stores with designer boutiques

🇹🇼traditional, old- fashion street

🇹🇼definitely see lots of places to stop and get a bite to eat

🇹🇼The nation is on the cutting edge of computer and electronic device

=> (ph.)最前線；尖端；最重要的位置

=> California is on the cutting edge of trends that spread nationwide.

=> cutting-edge (a.) 最精進的；最前衛的；最前沿的

=> cutting edge (n.) 刀刃

🇹🇼a large retail area

🇹🇼these street is a bit like taking a step back into history

🇹🇼The buildings have either been preserved or carefully restored

🇹🇼large stores with huge ranges of items for sale

🇹🇼shopper can enjoy an incredible amount of variety

🇹🇼if there's a thing that can rival Taiwanese people's love of food

🇹🇼shopping can almost be counted as a national pastime

🇹🇼retail districts

🇹🇼It's still a majestic symbol of Taiwan's economic success.

🇹🇼luxury goods and designer clothing

🇹🇼street performers

🇹🇼youth culture/ generation

🇹🇼A couple of the buildings constructed during that period are still standing

🇹🇼for pedestrians only

🇹🇼brightly lit=> light的動詞過去式、過去分詞

🇹🇼cabi[i]net

🇹🇼In times gone by, .... 隨著時間進展....

🇹🇼rare animal parts like antlers=> antler (n.)鹿角,鹿角的叉枝

🇹🇼fungus (n.)菌類,蘑菇

🇹🇼she's very knowledgeable

🇹🇼aromas (n.)（植物、酒、菜肴等的）芳香，香氣；韻味

=> We sniffed the aroma of fresh apple pie.

🇹🇼the best teas have complex and subtle flavors

🇹🇼a tea connoisseur (n.)（尤指藝術品的）鑑賞家，行家

🇹🇼bundles of incense

🇹🇼pieces of paper money will be folded up to make model of lotus flowers.

🇹🇼some older kinds of stores have been replaced by newer

🇹🇼toiletries (n.)化妝品類

🇹🇼merchandise store=> merchandise (n.)商品,存貨(vi.)(vt.)交易,買賣

🇹🇼The range of products they carry is huge.

🇹🇼suffer from extreme tiredness

🇹🇼the bottle is closed up at the top with a marble

🇹🇼printing stamps

🇹🇼small round (a.) cup

🇹🇼buy souvenirs to remind them of their time in Taiwan

🇹🇼sell tie pins and cufflinks=> cufflink (n.)袖扣

🇹🇼common subject

🇹🇼stones are fashioned into egg shapes

🇹🇼your skin feel soft and supple=> supple (a.)柔軟的,逢迎的,順從的(vt.)使柔軟,使順從

🇹🇼this liquor is made with sorghum, a type of grain=> sorghum (n.)高粱

🇹🇼crumbly treats

🇹🇼cedar wood (n.)西洋杉,香柏

🇹🇼you'll probably either love or hate

🇹🇼settler (n.)移民者,居留者,贈予者

🇹🇼be renovated

🇹🇼sell customary decoration

🇹🇼if you can put up with the crowds

🇹🇼picturesque

🇹🇼rich merchants=> merchant (n.)商人,店主(a.)商業的,商人的

🇹🇼buildings with lots of columns, arches, and elaborate facades

=> elaborate (a.)精細的,詳盡的,精心的(vt.)詳細地說明,用心地製作,推敲(vi.)變復雜

=> facade (n.)門面,正面,外觀,虛設的外表

🇹🇼run- of- the- mill

🇹🇼other buildings that have been converted into stores

🇹🇼DIY workshop

🇹🇼Apart from the noise and the lights

🇹🇼barbecued (a.) meats

🇹🇼Western dishes and snacks are also a big hit in night markets

🇹🇼cutlery (n.)刀;利器刀劍製造業;食具

🇹🇼kiddie=> (n.)小山羊;小孩

🇹🇼throwing hoop onto bottles

🇹🇼they are good example of Taiwanese life and culture

🇹🇼People travel from all over Taiwan to eat there

🇹🇼There are great places to get a taste of the country's amazing scenery

🇹🇼Those with a thirst for thrills

🇹🇼paragliding (n.) 滑翔傘

🇹🇼This is the perfect way to soothe away aches and tiredness

🇹🇼folk art

🇹🇼gripping storylines, and there are popular with people of all ages=> gripping (a.)抓的,扣人心弦的

🇹🇼encompass (v.)圍繞;包圍;包含;封入

🇹🇼scenic area=> scenic (a.)風景好的,戲劇性的,舞臺的,佈景的風景影片,風景照片

🇹🇼huge boulders litter the river bed=> boulder (n.)大圓石=> litter (n.)垃圾,雜亂,轎,擔架(vt.)亂丟,鋪草,弄亂(vi.)產仔,亂丟垃圾

🇹🇼atoll (n.)環狀珊瑚島,環礁

🇹🇼the trees are covered in blossoms

🇹🇼a great place to start is Tainan

🇹🇼the inner fort (n.)fort 堡壘,易貨站,要塞(vt.)設要塞保衛(vi.)設要塞

🇹🇼train and educate worthy (a.) students

🇹🇼invader (n.)侵略者

🇹🇼a red- brick residential=> residential (a.)住宅的,與居住有關的

🇹🇼it now houses(v.) a museum

🇹🇼commemoration commemoration (n.)紀念,紀念節,慶典

🇹🇼lighthouse

🇹🇼blue sulfur=> sulfur (n.)硫磺(vt.)用硫磺處理

🇹🇼gout (n.)味,趣味,嗜好,痛風,一滴,一團

🇹🇼arthritis (n.)關節炎

🇹🇼rheumatism (n.)風濕症

🇹🇼nerve conditions

🇹🇼springs release methane into the air, so once it was lit up=> methane (n.)甲烷,沼氣

🇹🇼the steep gradients=>gradient (n.)傾斜度,坡度,升降率(a.)傾斜的,步行的

🇹🇼a number of switchbacks=> switchback 在Z形路軌向原來的方向返駛,改變角度

🇹🇼cymbals (n.)鐃鈸,高音音栓之一

🇹🇼props (n.)小道具

🇹🇼fusion (n.)熔化,融合;聚變,合成

🇹🇼hollow (n.)洞,窟窿,山谷(a.)空的,虛偽的,空腹的,凹的(vi.)形成空洞(vt.)挖空

🇹🇼the art is making a comeback=> comeback (n.)恢復;復原;還嘴;退貨

🇹🇼youthful audience

🇹🇼temple festival

🇹🇼art form stretches back hundreds of years

🇹🇼shows are conducted inTaiwanese=> conduct (n.)行為,品行,舉動(vt.)引導,帶領;處理,管理;指揮;傳導(vi.)指揮

🇹🇼the language is an integral part of the art's popularity=> integral (n.)積分,整數(a.)整體的,整數的,積分的積分

🇹🇼seek good fortune

🇹🇼bows and arrows

🇹🇼it involves a series of processions and rituals=> procession (n)遊行,行進,行列,隊伍

=> ritual (n.)儀式,典禮,宗教儀式(a.)儀式的,依儀式而行的

🇹🇼participants dress

🇹🇼spinning tops=> top (n.)陀螺

🇹🇼hurl (n.)用力的投擲(vt.)用力投擲,憤慨地說出,丟下(vi.)猛投,猛擲

🇹🇼the art has adapted over time

🇹🇼intricate (a.)復雜的,錯綜的,纏結的,難懂的

🇹🇼lifelike/ life- like (adj.)逼真

🇹🇼to keep disease at bay

🇹🇼the firecrackers are blasted horizontally, straight into the crowds of people

🇹🇼rugged (a.)高低不平的,崎嶇的,粗糙的

🇹🇼bungee jumping=> bungee (n.)橡皮筋; 松緊繩; 跳簧

🇹🇼recreational activities

🇹🇼scuba diving=> scuba (n.)水中呼吸器

🇹🇼snorkeling (n.)浮潛

🇹🇼adrenaline pumping=> adrenaline (n.)腎上腺素

🇹🇼a wing- shaped

🇹🇼take off from a steep hill

🇹🇼instructor to take you on a tandem jump=> tandem (ad.)前後直排地,縱排地(a.)縱排的,串聯的前後縱排的兩匹馬或馬車

🇹🇼..... all situated close to stunning coral reefs

🇹🇼have a soft landing

🇹🇼family- centered occasions

🇹🇼most festivals are associated with special foods

🇹🇼social custom

🇹🇼cause outrage=> outrage (n.)暴行,侮辱,憤怒(vt.)淩辱,虐待,觸犯

🇹🇼joyous occasion=> joyous (a.)快樂的,高興的

🇹🇼the start of a huge massacre is commemorated on 228 memorial day

=> massacre (n.)大屠殺(vt.)大屠殺,殘殺=> commemorate (vt.)紀念=> memorial (a.)記憶的;紀念的紀念碑,紀念堂

🇹🇼public displays of affection are not common

🇹🇼grumble (n.)怨言,滿腹牢騷(vi.)呻吟,抱怨,發牢騷(vt.)喃喃地說出

🇹🇼the Taiwanese system of etiquette is....=> etiquette (n.)禮儀,禮節,成規

🇹🇼humiliating (a.)丟臉的,恥辱的,羞愧的

🇹🇼gender differences still exist

🇹🇼but vulgar or offensive=> vulgar (a.)粗俗的,庸俗的,普通的,通俗的,本土的

🇹🇼this is considered uncivilized in the west

🇹🇼13 is considered unlucky

🇹🇼nibbled (n.)細咬,輕咬,啃(vt.)(vi.)一點一點地咬,細咬,吹毛求疵

🇹🇼on their final journey

🇹🇼couplets=> couplet (n.)對句,對聯

🇹🇼lunar calendar

🇹🇼The New Year could fall anytime between ....and ....

🇹🇼Chinese word for fish sounds the same as the word for surplus=> surplus (n.)剩餘,過剩,盈餘(a.)過剩的,剩餘的

🇹🇼people are only granted a few days off work

=> grant (v.)給予,提供;許可,答應,承認,姑且承認,假定補助金,資助

🇹🇼cremate (vt.)燒成灰,火葬

🇹🇼each year is connected to an animal

🇹🇼people in each year are supposed to have different personalities

🇹🇼self- centered

🇹🇼short- tempered

🇹🇼hot air balloons

🇹🇼light a fire underneath them

🇹🇼make an effort to stay up after midnight

🇹🇼magpies (n.)黑背鍾鵲

🇹🇼the dead are permitted to return to Earth

🇹🇼to appease the ghosts

🇹🇼hazardous (a.)碰運氣的;危險的,冒險的

🇹🇼triangular(a.) things

🇹🇼wrapped in leave

🇹🇼That's not entirely true

🇹🇼searching for immorality

🇹🇼this mass protest led to the end of imperial rules in China=> imperial imperial (a.)帝王的,至尊的

🇹🇼the play of the national anthem