PETS-2每日對話練習207
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?
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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
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