過年開心。嗎？
年節禮俗是，連問都不用問的「必須行程」。要放在每個人google calender 上面再加上被鈴鐺remind，然後再用紅色特大字體➕底線，標上五百個星號＊＊＊＊＊.
就是一個 “ must-do-list ”（必辦事項） . 在所有的need-to-do list （待辦事項）中，他算最高級。
有趣的是，今年媒體突然注意到大家有心理壓力，不似往常一面倒的「恭喜啊恭喜發呀發大財！」。這篇報導挺有趣。
這裡介紹幾個新年常用語：
- gossip 八卦。這個字很好懂，就，八卦。台語就是「講人ㄟ閒仔話，而且攏不好聽ㄟ卡有人想要聽」。
劍橋英語字典這樣說：
conversation or reports about other people's private lives that might be unkind, disapproving, or not true. （有關別人隱私的）流言蜚語，閒言閒語，閒聊
看到了嗎？英國人說這樣的八卦叫做unkind（用台語叫做「心肝不好」）翻成中文叫做「刻薄」。 - hear (sth) through/on the grapevine
劍橋英語字典這樣說：
to hear news from someone who heard the news from someone else
從傳聞中聽說，透過道聽途說獲悉，聽小道消息知道
片語中的 grapevine 意思是葡萄藤。從葡萄藤中穿梭能聽到什麼呢？
解釋裡面的 who heard the new from someone else 非常傳神。聽到的消息來自於不知道誰說的（someone else）。
同場加映露西的另外兩篇相關文法～有詳細說明相關的用法喔。特別獻給不想在新年聊八卦，只想一個人靜一靜的你。
來。紅白對決，來一下：
紅先生：Ｉ heard on the grapevine that he goes bald.
小道消息說，伊其實已經快禿頭了？
白大媽：Doesn’t it? No wonder he wore a hat recently. That hat doesn’t fit him anyway.
可不是？莫怪伊最近攏戴帽仔。不過，那頂帽仔伊戴起來唔好看。
紅先生：You means that his wife doesn’t have a good taste of choosing a hat?
你誒意思是，伊某不會曉揀帽仔？
白大媽：Maybe including not good taste of choosing a partner.
可能嘛不會曉揀尢。
紅先生：Oh, you are mean~
唉額，你嘴不好（你好壞～）
白大媽：You are not bad, either. By the way, I heard from someone that you are having a promotion?
你兜有卡好膩？來來，我聽別人講你被升主管啊？
洪先生：Not really. Who told you that?
卡有？誰人甲你講誒？
白大媽：It is said that your boss have dinner with you before the year-end dinner. You know, the manager of the restaurant in your office building is one of friend..She saw it.
有無？聽講你頭家在尾牙前跟你甲過一次暗頓，你公司樓下ㄟ餐廳ㄟ經理
是我好朋友，伊講伊聽到ㄟ～
洪先生：Oh~Ｉsee. She is quite a gossip woman. She heard our conversation?
爪耙子。伊有聽到我們講話？
白大媽：Actually~~~~~~
其實～～～～～
( This could be unlimited generation by generation. The gene researchers and brain scientists both agree that human’s mind never change during the 20,000 years. 這種對話可以成為無限加長版，基因研究者和腦科學家都同意在這兩萬年當中，人類的腦從未進化過。)
題目：紅隊/ 白隊 哪位才是講閒話第一名？
正解：他們從沒贏過。
THEY NEVER WIN >.< I WILL BE BACK.
