Puppet Country木偶之鄉：捷克

李蓓

Hello，Im Pinocchio（匹諾曹）. Do you know me？ If I tell a lie（說謊），my nose grows longer. I am from the Czech Republic（捷克共和國）. Its famous for making puppets（木偶）. There are many puppet shops and theaters（劇院） in the Czech Republic.

My homeland（家鄉） is a small country in Europe（歐洲）. Its beautiful and quiet. Czech（捷克的） people are friendly. Let me show you around.

彩色的城市

Prague（布拉格） is the capital（首都） city. There are many houses with bright（明亮的） colors. The houses have red roofs（屋頂） and yellow walls.

捷克的餃子

Czech people like pork the best. Most Czech dishes（菜） are made of pork. They also like dumplings. The dumplings are made of eggs and bread. People often eat them with roast pork（烤豬肉）. But the dumplings look quite（相當） different from ours.

房子會“跳舞”

Does this look like（看上去像） two dancers（舞者）？ The right side（邊） is a “man”，and the other side is a “woman”. They are “dancing” to the music. The house is an office building（辦公大樓） now.

《鼴鼠的故事》小主角

This is Little Mole（小鼴鼠）. He is one of the most popular cartoon characters（卡通人物） in the world. He is also from the Czech Republic. He often comes up with（想出） many interesting ideas.

女巫節

The witch-burning（燃燒女巫） festival（節日） is an old festival in the Czech Republic. Its on April 30 every year. It celebrates（慶祝） the coming of spring. Kids usually dress up as（打扮成） witches. People make a bonfire（篝火）. They throw（扔） straw witches（稻草女巫） into it.

漂亮的衣服

Czech women like to dress up（打扮）. They love to wear black and red dresses to parties. Men usually wear hats. There is a feather（羽毛） in the hat. When they get married（結婚），they will pick off（摘下） the feather.

你知道嗎？

* Ahoj！ Ahoj means（意思是） “hello” in Czech（捷克語）.

* Czech people dont often eat fish，but they eat carp（鯉魚） on Christmas.