Hello, I am Carl. 哈囉，我是Carl

Welcome to Hot English Classroom. 歡迎來到哈英語教室

Rian, have you tried steamed rice cake (wagui) before? Rian，你吃過碗粿嗎？

Yes, I have! There are lots of delicious traditional dishes in Taiwan, 有啊 臺灣有好多古早味的點心

such as steamed rice cake and radish cake. 像是碗粿、蘿蔔糕都很美味

That's right! Madou steamed rice cake is very famous! 沒錯！麻豆的碗粿非常有名喔！

Is Madou steamed rice cake a brand name? 麻豆碗粿是店名嗎？

No, Madou refers to Madou District in Tainan. 不 麻豆是臺南的麻豆區

Oh! You mean the place that is known for pomelos! 喔！你是說有盛產文旦的那個地區啊！

Yes, that's it! 沒錯就是那裡！

Tsung-Yeh Arts and Cultural Center in Madou is also famous. 那裡還有總爺藝文中心喔！

The architecture of the buildings in the Center 總爺藝文中心

and Madou Old Street still remain 和麻豆老街

what it looked like in early days. 還保有早期的建築樣貌喔

I am interested in the architecture of Taiwan. 我對臺灣的建築非常有興趣

It's very diversified. 有許多不同的樣貌！

Yeah! Taiwan has a great achievement in preserving 對啊！而且古蹟的保存

and renovating historical sites! 與修復也做得很棒喔！

For example, Huji Temple in Madou is newly renovated. 像是麻豆的護濟宮也才剛修復完成

It's more than two hundred years old. 那裡有兩百多年的歷史

Decoration in the temple, 廟宇的

such as ceramic collages and paintings 剪黏、彩繪等等

are worth seeing. 都非常值得一看

Now that you said it, 聽你這麼一說

I really want to go there! 我真的好心動啊！

It's convenient to go visit Madou by bus. 而且在麻豆搭公車也非常方便

You can get there by taking the yellow or orange line. 搭黃線或橘線都會到

It's a great idea to go on a bus trip on weekends! 週末來一趟公車輕旅行也不錯！

By the way, if you like the temple tradition, 對了 你喜歡廟宇文化

you can also go to Daitian Temple in Madou 你可以去麻豆代天府

and Baoan Temple in Nanshi. 和南勢保安宮看一看

I know Daitian Temple. 代天府我有印象

There are heaven and hell scenes in the temple. 那裡有天堂和地獄

There is a special worship parade in Taiwan called 臺灣有一個蠻特別的陣頭

the Twelve Grannies Parade. 叫十二婆姐

I don't remember hearing this. 這個我很少聽到

I think Songjian Parade and Santaizi is more common. 比較常看到宋江陣或者三太子

It's very special. 非常特別

You can search for more information! 你可以去研究一下！

All right! Let's review the key words today! 好喔！我們來複習今天的單字吧！

steamed rice cake 碗粿

architecture 建築

ceramic collage 剪黏

preservation 保存

convenient 方便

weekend 週末

a bus trip 公車輕旅行

worship parade 陣頭

The Twelve Grannies Parade 十二婆姐

Have you remembered them all? 都記起來了嗎？

I've got them all remembered. 我都記起來了

See you next time on “Hot English Classroom”！ 英語小教室，下次見囉！