Hello, I am Carl.

哈囉 我是Carl

Welcome to Hot English Classroom.

歡迎來到哈英語教室

Carl, do you know where I can go see lotus flowers?

Carl 你知道哪裡可以欣賞蓮花嗎

If you want to see lotuses,

想賞蓮

you must not miss out on the lotuses in Baihe.

一定不能錯過白河囉

Baihe?

白河

You mean the place around Guanziling hot spring?

是關仔嶺溫泉那裡嗎

That's right! You can enjoy hot springs in the winter

沒錯 冬天泡溫泉

and appreciate lotuses in the summer.

夏天可以賞蓮

Sounds great!

聽起來不錯喔

Where can I find lotuses in Baihe?

那麼在白河的哪裡可以看到蓮花

There's a lotus park in Baihe,

白河有個蓮花公園

which is a good place to enjoy the scenery of lotuses.

是賞荷的好去處

In addition, there are also many other lotus farms that you can go to.

但其實當地還有許多蓮花田可以欣賞

We know the giant paddy field brings tourists to Houbi,

就像後壁的稻田一樣

and similarly lotus farms are what make Baihe special.

蓮花是當地的特產

You mean rice?

跟稻米一樣

So, are lotus flowers edible?

蓮花可以吃嗎

Lotus flowers can be used to brew tea or can be added into hot pot.

蓮花可以泡茶 也可以加入火鍋

In addition, both lotus seeds and lotus roots are edible, too!

它的蓮子 蓮藕都可以吃喔

Dishes made with lotuses are very famous in Baihe.

白河的蓮花餐非常有名

Oh! Really? I'll definitely go try the dishes!

喔 真的嗎 那我一定要品嚐一下蓮花料理

Are there any other special tourist attractions in Baihe?

白河還有其他推薦的景點嗎

There's a furniture tourism factory in Baihe

你可以考慮去白河的家具觀光工廠

where you can enjoy lotus meals,

可以吃蓮花料理

learn about different lumber,

也可以認識木材

and make hands-on woodcrafts there.

還有你喜歡的DIY

Making woodcrafts in a furniture tourism factory?

家具觀光工廠的DIY

Can I make my own piece of furniture?

可以做家具嗎

You can either make a chair or assemble a small wooden model.

要釘一張椅子或者組合小模型都有

It's a great place to go for families with children.

很適合帶小朋友一起去玩

The playground with wooden play facilities

還有遊樂場裡木頭做的

in the factory is very popular.

遊樂設施很受歡迎

Sounds awesome!

聽起來不錯耶

Are there places to go for hipsters like me?

那麼有適合我這種文青去的地方嗎

For hipsters?

文青嗎

Let me think! Oh!

我想想 喔

There's a place where you can appreciate paintings

有個地方可以欣賞畫作

and pottery wares as well as sample tea.

和陶藝品也可以品茶

It's so suitable for an art enthusiast like you.

非常適合你這種文藝青年

Wow! You do know me!

喔 你真的非常懂我

Of course!

當然囉

Let's take a look at the key words today.

讓我們來複習今天的單字吧

Let's do it!

一起來複習

Have you remembered them all?

都記起來了嗎

I've got them all remembered.

我都記起來了

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I was impressed by one of the works in the gallery.

在展場裡有件令我印象非常深刻的作品

What a huge pottery.

這麼大件的陶藝作品

It's definitely a difficult task to biscuit fire the pottery.

光是素燒就是一個問題

This work,

這一支

except for the time I spent on building the kiln and that space,

不含蓋窯跟空間

took me three years.

我慢慢做 做了三年

Excluding style making,

做造型也不論

it stayed in the kiln for fifteen days

進到窯裡面再出來

before I took it out again.

花了15天

The glaze applied to this pottery

這件作品所使用的釉料

is made of local materials:

是用在地的元素組合而成

mud from hot springs in Baihe,

有白河的溫泉泥

limestone, and ash of lotus as well as longan trees.

石灰石 蓮蓬灰 還有龍眼樹的木灰

Together they make the most natural glaze.

這些組合起來是天然的釉料

This upper layer

上面的這一層

is made of wood.

就是那個材質

We can draw it on the pottery due to its thick and pure texture.

它特別渾厚而純淨 感覺又可以畫

It took me great work

這是花了比較大的精神

to finish this fundamental research.

去做的基礎研究

After spending like a half day here at this studio

待在這個工作坊半天

And after drinking a cup of tea,

並喝完一杯茶後

I feel like I'm totally relaxed.

我覺得非常放鬆

And I think life is not so difficult.

這也讓我覺得生命好像沒那麼困難

It's just the way how we think about it.

重點是我們怎麼去看待它罷了

So I think maybe life is not so complicated as we thought.

也許生命並非我們所想的那般複雜

And now I have more courage to face the difficulties

現在我更有勇氣去面對生命中

I am dealing with now.

所面臨的困難了