PETS－2每日對話練習233

Linger calls her American language exchange partner
　　Linger: I need your help.
　　Amanda: Sure thing. Anything for my favorite language partner.
　　Linger: I need you to convince my brother Aduh to take Taiwanese politics seriously.
　　Amanda: Why me? I don't know anything about Taiwanese politics.
　　Linger: But you know about American politics.
　　Amanda: Yeah. But I don't see how that helps with Aduh.
　　Linger: America is the most democratic country. If you can't convince him democracy is important, who can?
　　(續上期，下期續)
　　玲　兒：我需要你的幫忙。
　　亞曼達：儅然好囉。我最愛的語言交換夥伴要我乾嘛都好。
　　玲　兒：我需要你去說服我弟弟阿德，讓他認真看待台灣的政治。
　　亞曼達：爲什麽是我？我對台灣的政治一竅不通。
　　玲　兒：但是你了解美國的政治啊。
　　亞曼達：對，但我不明白那樣對阿德會有什麽幫助。
　　玲　兒：美國是最民主的國家。如果你不能使他相信民主很重要，誰能呢？
　　重點解說：
　　★ language exchange (n.) 語言交換
　　★ partner (n.) 夥伴
　　★ sure thing (n.) 必然之事。用於廻複別人的要求，表示‘沒問題’
　　★ favorite (a.) 特別喜歡的
　　★ take...seriously 認真看待…
　　★ not know anything about... 對……一點都不懂。
　　★ democratic (a.) 民主的