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| 大家好，我是Olivia。 |
| 歡迎收看「香港節日系列」。 |
| 今集我們會介紹愚人節。 |
| 雖然不是每個人都會特意在這天整蠱人， |
| 但我們就來看看幾件在香港發生的愚人節事件吧！ |
| 中國有一個關於愚人的傳說，你有沒有聽過呢？ |
| 我會在這影片最後公佈答案。 |
| 在香港大部分愚人節的玩笑都是在聊天室及論壇上發放網絡謠言； |
| 例如某名人被殺，某公司倒閉等這些無聊的惡作劇。 |
| 另外也有些年輕人利用這天來向暗戀對象表白， |
| 試探對方反應，萬一被拒絕就可以說是開玩笑。 |
| 雖然很多人以這節日為藉口而整蠱朋友， |
| 但最好只是無傷大雅的玩笑，而非太過分，令人身心受創或恐慌。 |
| 例如2003年，當沙士在香港蔓延期間， |
| 一名中學生發放假新聞， |
| 指香港已經成為疫區，海陸空交通全面封閉。 |
| 這假消息在網路迅速廣傳，引起公眾恐慌。 |
| 後來港府需要召開記者招待會闢謠，並拘捕此學生。 |
| 而在同一天，也傳出華人巨星張國榮跳樓自殺的消息， |
| 當時每個人都以為是愚人節的惡作劇；直至看到新聞報道，才驚覺那是真的發生了， |
| 震撼娛樂圈及全球華人社會。 |
| 與某些國家不同，香港的新聞媒體不會在愚人節製造假新聞； |
| 所以在相信一切消息前應先查詢可靠的消息來源。 |
| 現在就來揭曉問題的答案。中國有一個關於愚人的傳說，你有沒有聽過呢？ |
| 愚公移山是一個耳熟能詳著名的中國傳說， |
| 話說有一位叫愚公的老人家，決定要把阻擋通道的兩座高山剷平。 |
| 人們都說他傻，但他以毅力和恆心打動玉皇大帝，最終幫他把兩座高山搬走了。 |
| 你覺得這一集怎麼樣？有沒有學到一些有趣的知識？ |
| 在你的國家，有很多愚人節的惡作劇嗎？ |
| 在CantoneseClass101.com留言，和我們分享吧。下次見！ |
10 Comments
Hide在你的國家，有很多愚人節的惡作劇嗎？
Is there a lot of mischief on April Fools' Day in your country?
Hi Ian,
Sorry. A quick correction: romanisation for 開玩笑 should be [hoi1 waan4 siu3 or hoi1 wun6 siu3].
Arnold
Team CantoneseClass101.com
Hi Ian,
Sharp eyes! Olivia says, 講笑啫 as opposed to 開玩笑 as shown.
講笑啫 [gong2 siu3 ze1] (literally: tell jokes + [interjection used to suggest "only"])
Meaning: Just kidding.
開玩笑 [hoi1 waan2 siu3] has the same meaning.
Both are common phrases under the context that the speaker is asking the listener to not be so serious about what the speaker has said or done.
Arnold
Team CantoneseClass101.com
Hi Ian,
Good ears! Olivia says, "上高". It is a preposition.
上高 [soeng6 gou1] (literally: above + high)
Meaning: above / on
The reason subtitles include only 上 is, as you can see from the literal meaning above, 上 is itself "above". In written Cantonese (known as written Chinese), people cannot write 上高 as it sounds vernacular and specific to Cantonese. While the point of using written form is to communicate between different speakers.
There is still a takeaway here though. In Cantonese, when we designate the position of a tangible thing (e.g. a basketball on a rack) we only say 上高. If else, when we designate the position of something intangible (e.g. on this matter / on the image above / on my mind) we do use 上 or 上高 freely.
Arnold
Team CantoneseClass101.com
Hi,
At 00:50 in the video, Olivia doesn't actually say 開玩笑. What does she say?
Thanks!
Hi,
At 0:36 in the video, Olivia seems to say "gou" after the character 上 and before 發放, though the text doesn't show any character like that. I think I've heard her do that in previous videos too. What is that?
Thanks!
Hello robert groulx,
You are very welcome. 😇
Feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
Good luck with your language studies.
Kind regards,
利凡特
Team CantoneseClass101.com
thanks for the lesson
my favorite phrase is 決定要把阻擋通道的兩座高山剷平。
april1st
robert
Hi Chan Yong Keong,
This is a pretty common way to scare people by telling them about a ghost story. I think it is not bad to give people one day to misbehave and then they have to return to normal behavior after the April Fool`s Day. The humor helps break the ice sometimes. :smile:
Thank you for sharing your April Fool`s Day story with us.:thumbsup:
Siuling
Team CantoneseClass101.com
Yes. My classmate lie to me and any subject teacher about a ghost behind them when it was primary school during April Fool's Day.