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Mandy: I have something to say to you.
我有些話想對你說。
Judy: What? What happened?
什麼？怎麼了嗎？
Mandy: I’m so fortunate to have you in my life!
生活中有你的陪伴讓我感到很幸運。
Judy: Why do you say that to me so suddenly?!
你怎麼突然說這些啊？
Mandy: Since you’re such a barrel of laughs in my life! When I am down in the dumps, you always make me laugh.
因為你真的是我人生中的開心果，每當我沮喪的時候，你總是能逗我笑。
Judy: Thank you for saying that! That’s music to my ears! I just think that real happiness consists in making others happy.
謝謝你的肯定，那對我來說很中聽！我只是覺得能讓別人感到快樂，我自己也會因此快樂。
Mandy: I like the way you think! You do impress me.
我覺得你的心態很棒！同時也激勵了我！
Judy: You can do it as well! If you are out of sorts, I’ll be available for you. Let’s be happy bunnies together!
你也可以做到的！心情不美麗的話，隨時都可以找我。讓我們一起當快樂的人吧！
Mandy: You’re so sweet! I still remember the nights you spent with me when my ex-boyfriend cheated on me. Do you remember we let our hair down and enjoyed having a few drinks at the party?
有你真好！我還記得我被前男友劈腿時，你陪我的那些夜晚。你還記得我們在那場派對上盡情放鬆，還有小酌幾杯嗎？
Judy: You bet! We all had a ball at the party! I was over the moon when a guy hit on me at the bar. He was so cute!
當然啊！我們在那場派對上都玩得很開心！那時候我在吧台旁，還有個男的來搭訕我，超爽的！他可愛又迷人！
Mandy: Wow, I’m so envious! I miss the days of partying in nightclubs!
天哪！我也想要！好懷念那些在夜店狂歡的日子喔！
Judy: Why don’t we go tonight?
要不我們今晚就去？
Mandy: Good idea! I’ll be there - with bells on.
水喔！ 我迫不及待了！
Steve: Welcome back! How was the honeymoon?
歡迎回來！ 蜜月度得如何啊？
Carl: It was amazing! I’m well-rested and feeling like a ball of fire ready to work!
棒極了！我充分地休息好了。現在精力充沛，隨時可以開始工作！
Steve: That’s good to hear! Let me bring you up to speed now. First of all, Oscar has been promoted to manager, so he calls the shots now.
太好了！讓我帶你了解一下最新情況。首先，Oscar升成經理了，所以現在他是負責人。
Carl: Good for him! He works hard for that position and we all know it.
真為他開心！我們大家都明白他為了那個職位有多麼努力地在工作。
Steve: Exactly. Also, the bang-up job he did with the foreign company last month was a huge deal for the company. But…it seems that he has a bit too much on his plate. He just moved to the new community with his wife who is expecting their first child, so there's a lot of “getting used to” to do. Anyway, here’s the second thing, the deal with Far Eastern Group…it’s still at a freezing-point; we have made no progress whatsoever.
沒錯。而且他上個月跟外國公司達成一筆很出色的交易，這對公司至關重要。不過…我覺得他有點忙不過來了。他最近才剛搬到一個新的社區，妻子也快生第一胎了，他有非常多的事物要去熟悉欸。言歸正傳，第二件事，跟遠東集團的那筆交易…我們還是零進度，半點進展都沒有。
Carl: How!? It’s been weeks since we started discussing terms, right?
怎麼可能！？從開始討論條件到現在，已經好幾週了對吧？
Steve: Yep, I wish we all could just get on the same page on the terms. Leslie, who’s in charge of the deal, told me the ball is in their court now and we’re just waiting for their reply, but I think the result will still be the same.
對啊，我想我們在條件上就是沒辦法跟他們達成共識。負責交易的Leslie跟我說現在輪到他們回覆了，我們只是在等他們的回覆而已；雖然我認為結果會是一樣的。
Carl: Well, what is Leslie going to do then?
那Leslie打算要怎麼辦呢？
Steve: Beats me. I heard the boss thinks we failed to strike a deal because she has been slacking off. But the fact is she’s been working so much that I’m afraid she’s going to burn herself out. So it’s not all rainbows and sunshine around here.
那我就不知道了。我聽說老闆還認為我們無法達成協議都是因為Leslie太懈怠了，但事實上，她工作認真到我都認為她會過勞了。所以這地方可一點也不悠閒。
Carl: You don’t say.
可不是嗎？
Jerry: Hey, how’s it going? It’s been a long day since the last time I saw you, right?
嘿，最近過得如何啊？ 好久不見了！
Rock: It’s really been a long day huh?
真的是有一陣子沒見了呢！
Jerry: Do you have any plans for investment recently?
你最近有任何的投資計畫嗎？
Rock: Hm…not really, why do you ask that?
恩…沒有ㄟ，怎麼了嗎？
Jerry: Actually, I have an amazing investment opportunity and this is going to be smart money.
事實上，我現在手上有一個絕無僅有的投資機會。
Rock: Oh? Now I have some interest in it, tell me the details.
真的假的！？現在我有興趣了，你再說得詳細一點。
Jerry: I have heard that the government is going to rebuild the old town, so if we can buy the property before they rebuild it, we’re gonna get rich as hell. We'll be laughing all the way to the bank if this deal works out.
我聽說政府打算重建老城區，所以我們先投資那邊的土地的話，我們就發了。如果這事成了，我們就能輕鬆賺大錢了。
Rock: I’m not quite sure about it. Are you sure the rumor is true?
我不知道ㄟ，你確定這是真的嗎？
Jerry: Of course! When have I ever lied to you? This one is going to be as sound as a dollar.
當然！我哪次騙過你了？這是個穩賺不賠的投資。
Rock: Do you think I should break the bank for this?
你覺得我應該孤注一擲嗎？
Jerry: If I were you, I would get my money out at all costs.
如果我是你，我就會全部投進去了。
Rock: I don’t know. You know I would rather make an honest buck than easy money.
我不確定ㄟ，你也知道比起賺快錢我寧願腳踏實地賺錢。
Jerry: Of course! Just take your time but not too long because the chance will slip away if you don’t catch it!
當然！花點時間好好想想吧，但不要太久喔，機會可是不等人的！
Rock: All right, give me some time. This is going to be the biggest decision that I have ever made, so I think I have to discuss it with my wife.
好吧，再給我些時間。看來這將會是我人生中的重大決定，我想我需要跟我老婆好好討論一下。
Elsa: Hey. Have you heard that the celebrity couple, Jeffery Wang and Teresa Lin, got divorced?
嘿，你聽說明星夫妻檔Jeffery Wang跟Teresa Lin離婚的事了嗎？
Daisy: Sure! There’s been a hundred and one news about their divorce recently.
當然！ 最近有非常多他們離婚的新聞。
Elsa: They seemed to be a loved-up couple. I didn’t expect they would get divorced one day.
我之前一直覺得他們很恩愛。完全沒想到有一天他們會離婚。
Daisy: Well, it has been said that Jeffery Wang is a two-timer since their first year of marriage. Besides, they’d been married for seven years. It’s about time they experienced the seven-year itch!
呃，其實從他們結婚第一年開始，就一直有傳聞說Jeffery Wang腳踏兩條船了。而且他們已經結婚七年了，也該面臨七年之癢了吧！
Elsa: The news about Jeffery Wang having an affair has never been confirmed. Journalists just put two and two together and make five.
Jeffery Wang出軌的消息都沒有被證實，都是記者們捕風捉影。
Daisy: Fine! Then what’s your guess at the reason for their divorce? Who should take the responsibility?
好啦！那你覺得他們為甚麼會離婚？誰該負責？
Elsa: Daisy…It’s meaningless to make a guess at such things.
唉，Daisy…猜這種事並沒有意義。
Daisy: Aren’t you curious about why the couple you’d considered loved-up are divorced? Just make a guess!
你難道都不好奇你曾經覺得很恩愛的夫妻為甚麼會離婚嗎？就猜猜看嘛！
Elsa: We’re all outsiders of their marriage. Only the couple themselves know the reason. All I can say is “It takes two to tango!” Both are responsible for the end of their marriage.
我們都是他們婚姻的局外人，只有他們兩個當事人才知道離婚的確切原因。我只能說：「一個巴掌拍不響！」兩個人都必須為婚姻告終負責。
Daisy: Well. That makes sense! But...after a woman claiming to be Teresa’s friend cast the first stone at Jeffery about his indifference toward Teresa, people seem to take Teresa’s side.
好吧。你說得有道理！但是…在某個自稱是Teresa朋友的女人率先指責Jeffery對Teresa漠不關心以後，大家似乎就站在Teresa那邊了。
Elsa: Yeah. Jeffery is behind the eight ball! He has been condemned and has lost five endorsements since then. Some people even say harsh words to his family.
沒錯。Jeffery現在的處境岌岌可危！從那之後，他就一直受到譴責，還丟了五個代言。有些人甚至還對他的家人口出惡言。
Daisy: Good thing Teresa seems not to have the intention to say anything that is likely to place Jeffery at a disadvantage, otherwise he must lose more endorsements than he did.
還好Teresa好像沒打算要說任何會對Jeffery不利的話，否則Jeffery一定會失去更多代言。
Elsa: You’re right! Whether she was hurt in the relationship or not, it’s nice of her not to put Jeffery at a disadvantage. People should learn not to ruin our ex even if they hurt us because two wrongs don’t make a right.
沒錯！不論Teresa在這段關係中有沒有受到任何傷害，離婚後不會故意做出讓Jeffery不利的舉動真的很棒。就算我們的前任傷害我們，我們也該學著與對方和平分手，而非試圖毀掉對方—冤冤相報何時了？
Daisy: Anyway, hope people will stop discussing the news soon so that Jeffery as well as his family can be spared cyberbullying, and the couple can start their new lives soon.
總之，希望大家很快就不會再關注他們離婚的消息，Jeffery跟他的家人不會再遭受網路霸凌，兩人都能盡早開啟新人生。
Elsa: Believe me, people are quite ‘forgetful’ nowadays! Ten to one they will stop discussing the news a few days or weeks later.
相信我，現在的人都很「健忘」。再過幾天或者幾個星期以後，大家十之八九不會再討論這件事了！
(Sophia and Emily are in the Far West Department Store.)
（Sophia和Emily正在遠西百貨公司裡。）
Sophia: I haven’t gone shopping for three months. I’m so excited now.
我已經三個月沒有逛街了，現在超興奮的！
Emily: So am I. Let’s shop till we drop.
我也是，我們今天一定要逛到累倒為止。
Sophia: Sounds great. Look! The clothes here are dirt cheap.
好主意。快看！這裡的衣服也太便宜了吧！
Emily: Exactly. Oh my goodness, is that jacket only NT$1000? It’s a good deal! I bought the same one in the Far North Department Store, but it cost me NT$2000.
真的耶。天阿！那件夾克只要1000元嗎？太划算了吧！我在遠北百貨公司買了一件一模一樣的，花了2000元。
Sophia: Are you kidding me? That cost you an arm and a leg.
妳在跟我開玩笑嗎？ 它花了妳好多錢。
Emily: That’s what I thought. I regretted buying it in that department store.
我也這麼認為。我好後悔在那間百貨公司買它。
Sophia: Don’t be sad. Just remember to shop around next time! Hey, this dress looks very suitable for you. The clerk told me that it just hit the shops today.
別難過，下次記得要貨比三家！嘿，這件洋裝看起來很適合妳，剛剛店員跟我說這是今天才剛上架的新品。
Emily: Really? I’ll try it on.
真的嗎？我去試試看。
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Emily: It fits like a glove on me. I like it! Where’s the checkout counter?
這件洋裝真的很適合我。我很喜歡！結帳櫃台在哪？
Sophia: Hey, hold on. Look at the guy there, what is he doing?
嘿，等等。妳看那邊那個男人，他在做什麼？
Emily: Oh my gosh! He’s shoplifting the watch. We should tell the clerk right now.
天阿！他在偷手錶。我們要趕快告訴店員。
Sophia: Ok, let’s go.
好，走吧。
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Emily: I didn’t expect that guy would refuse to admit shoplifting. He’s really a jerk. Fortunately, the police had access to surveillance cameras, or he’ll be innocent.
我沒想到那個男人竟然不承認他有偷東西。真是個混蛋。幸好警察有調監視器，不然他就逃了。
Sophia: Right, he will pay the price for his behavior. I can’t believe it takes two hours to make a statement to the police. It’s 2 pm now. I’m so hungry.
對啊，他一定會為他的行為付出代價的。我不敢相信我們竟然花了兩個小時做筆錄。現在已經下午兩點了，我好餓。
Emily: Me too. Let’s go get something to eat.
我也是。我們去吃點東西吧。
Sophia: That Thai restaurant looks tasty. Let’s have lunch there.
那間泰式料理看起來好好吃。我們在那裡吃午餐吧。
Emily: Ok!
好！
Sophia: I’m stuffed. I can’t finish the dessert. I need to take some doggy bags. Are you finished?
我好飽，我吃不下甜點了。我要去拿一些打包剩菜的袋子。妳吃飽了嗎？
Emily: Yes. I’m full.
我吃飽了。
Sophia: Ok. Let me pick up the tab. Thank you for shopping with me today.
好，今天讓我請客。謝謝你今天陪我逛街。
Emily: It was nothing. I’m happy to go shopping with you, too. Let’s get together next time!
不用客氣，跟你一起逛街我也很開心。下次再約！
Sophia: Absolutely! Did you know that “Doctor Strange 2” came out last week? Maybe we can see that movie this Friday!
好啊！妳知道奇異博士第二集上週已經上映了嗎？或許我們可以這禮拜五去看！
Emily: Really? I have been looking forward to the sequel for a long time, but I have promised my mother to take care of my little brother…
真的嗎！我期待續集很久了，但我已經答應我媽要照顧弟弟了...。
Sophia: Oh, that’s too bad! Can we take a rain check? How about next Friday?
好可惜！我們可以改天約，下星期五如何？
Emily: Ok!
好啊！
David: What’s up man, why do you look like you are having the blues?
怎麼了阿兄弟，你怎麼看起來這麼憂鬱？
Jeff: It’s a long story.
這說來話長…。
David: You can tell me, maybe I can help you.
說來聽聽阿，也許我能幫上忙。
Jeff: I don’t think that you can help with this one, but I’ll tell you anyway.
雖然我覺得你應該幫不上忙，但我還是說給你聽聽吧。
David: Alright.
好吧
Jeff: Actually, I’m in the red right now.
其實我現在處於負債的狀態。
David: What!? Why?
什麼！？ 為什麼？
Jeff: Because of covid, I lost my job. I’m totally in the dark.
因為疫情的關係，我丟了我的工作，我甚至沒有收到正式的通知，完全被蒙在鼓裡。
David: So do you find any chance of getting a new job?
那你有找到新的工作了嗎？
Jeff: Not yet. Although I’ve tried to cast my resume everywhere I can cast. There’s no response.
還沒有。儘管我到處投我的履歷，到現在都還沒有任何回覆。
David: It just happened out of the blue!
這一切也發生得太突然了吧！
David: I'm sorry to hear that. But maybe this could be your golden opportunity, we all know that this job is not going to have a future.
我很遺憾聽到那些，不過這也許是你的大好機會，我們都知道做這工作沒有未來。
Jeff: But I still have to pay the rent.
但是我還是得生活啊。
David: You can come live with me for a while until you find your next job.
你可以過來跟我一起住，直到你找到下一份工作。
Jeff: Really!? That will be great! Thank you so much.
真的假的！？ 那真的太棒了！ 太感謝你了！
David: Come on, we are bff, it’s just a small thing.
謝什麼呢？我們不是最好的朋友嗎，小事小事。
Josh: Mark, why are you still at home? Don’t you have to work today?
Mark，你怎麼還在家？你今天不用上班嗎？
Mark: Oh…I quit my job. My boss is a hard nut to crack. She was never satisfied with my proposals and constantly said I wasn’t worth my salt.
噢…我辭職了。我的老闆超難搞。我的提案她都不滿意，然後一直說我不稱職。
Josh: But you are deep in debt…fine. Have you started finding a new job?
但你負債累累欸…算了。你開始找工作了嗎？
Mark: Don’t worry. I’ve decided to open a beverage store. People nowadays love beverages, so I must be able to pay off my debts in just a few months.
別擔心。我已經決定好要開一間飲料店了。現在的人都很喜歡喝飲料，所以我絕對能在幾個月內還清債務。
Josh: Your plan is totally pie in the sky! Starting a business isn’t a piece of cake, let alone making a fortune in a short time.
你的計畫根本就不太可能實現！創業並不是件輕而易舉的事，更別說要在短時間內賺大錢。
Mark: Just you wait! I must make a fortune and make you eat your words!
等著瞧！我一定會賺大錢，然後讓你向我低頭認錯！
Josh: Fine. Don’t ask me for help anymore!
好啊。以後都別找我幫忙！
(Mark got a message.)
（Mark收到一則簡訊。）
Mark: Damn it! I got a message from Bella, saying she just found the real estate agent she introduced to me wasn’t really an agent…
可惡！我剛剛收到Bella的簡訊，她說她剛才發現她介紹給我的房仲並不是真的房仲…。
Josh: Come on, I’ve told you to take her words with a grain of salt many times!
拜託，我跟你說過很多次要對她的話半信半疑！
Mark: I’m toast…I’ve invested all my money in renting a storefront.
我完蛋了…我把我所有的錢都拿去租店面了。
Josh: Dude, how could you put all your eggs in one basket? Use your noodle before taking action, alright?
老兄，你怎麼能孤注一擲呢？行動之前好好想想，好嗎？
Mark: Josh, I’m genuinely sorry for what I said before! Tell me what to do, please?
Josh，我為我剛才說的話道歉！告訴我該怎麼做，好嗎？
Josh: Hmm, it’s hard to take your money back, but it's no use crying over spilled milk. Go find a job that can really be your bread and butter right now!
嗯…，要把錢拿回來是不太可能了，但事已至此，後悔也來不及了。你現在馬上去找一份真的能維持生計的工作！
Mark: Okay, I’ll listen to you.
好，聽你的。
Kevin: Hey, Jennifer, do you know there will be an exam next week? It must be hard because professor Chen set the examination questions; I have ants in my pants.
Jennifer，你知道下禮拜有一個考試嗎？考試題目是陳教授出的，一定很難，我好焦慮。
Jennifer: Holy cow! Why didn’t I know that? I didn’t prepare for it. If I could pass it, pigs might fly.
什麼！我怎麼不知道這件事？我完全沒準備耶，我一定不會及格的。
Kevin: I am also worried about whether I can pass it. I heard that professor Chen had a cow and told Jack to write lines five hundred times since he didn’t pass the exam last time.
我也很擔心我能不能及格，我聽說Jack上次考試不及格，陳教授很生氣就叫他罰寫五百遍。
Jennifer: Are you serious? It sounds like a cock-and-bull story.
你認真的嗎？這聽起來很假耶。
Kevin: It’s unbelievable, right? There’s another gossip. I remembered that Jack horsed around in professor Chen’s class so she gave him a time-out for three hours in the first grade.
很難相信，對吧？我這裡還有另一個八卦。我記得在一年級的時候，因為Jack在陳教授的課堂上搗亂，她叫他罰站三小時。
Jennifer: I can’t believe you remembered it. You really have the memory of an elephant! But I also have the impression that Jack is usually in the dog house.
你竟然還記得一年級的事情？你記憶力真好！不過我印象中Jack好像都一直在闖禍。
Kevin: Right, a leopard can’t change its spots.
沒錯，畢竟江山易改，本性難移。
Jennifer: Return to our point, what should we do about the exam?
回歸正題，我們的考試怎麼辦啊？
Kevin: Maybe we can study and discuss it together in the library which is a catty-corner in the school we could go to.
或許我們可以去圖書館一起讀書和討論，圖書館就在學校的斜對面而已。
Jennifer: That’s a good idea! Let’s go there now.
聽起來不錯！我們馬上走吧。
Kevin: Hold on, it’s raining cats and dogs outside but I forgot to bring the umbrella.
等等，現在外面正在下大雨，但我忘記帶雨傘了。
Jennifer: Don’t worry. I have two ones, here you are.
別擔心，我有兩把雨傘，給你。
Kevin: Thank you!
謝謝！
Lily: Honey, are you alright? You have not eaten for one day.
親愛的，你還好嗎？你今天都沒有吃東西耶。
Stella: (Crying…)
（哭.......）
Lily: Don’t cry, honey! What happened? I’m all ears.
親愛的，別哭別哭！到底發生什麼事情？我在這裡都聽你說！
Stella: There is a very important presentation at school today. I had butterflies in my stomach before the presentation started and totally forgot what I prepared beforehand.
今天學校有個很重要的報告。報告開始之前，我非常緊張，緊張到我忘記事先準備的內容。
Lily: I know you broke your neck to prepare the presentation, and what was the result?
我記得你非常認真的在準備這項報告，結果怎麼樣呢？
Stella: I was so nervous to screw the pooch that I farted during the presentation on the stage… After class, Jason kept bringing this up and pulled my leg…
我緊張到出糗了，我在報告的時候不小心放屁...... 下課之後，Jason 一直提起這件事、捉弄我。
Lily: It was no wonder that you had such a long face when I saw you in school.
難怪我今天在學校看到你的時候，你看起來愁眉苦臉的。
Stella: Jason is a real pain in the neck. He made my blood boil today.
Jason 真的是很惹人厭的人，我今天對他超級不爽。
Lily: Forget about it! He doesn’t deserve you. At least you've finished the important presentation today, and it must be a huge weight off your shoulders.
算了吧。不要跟他計較。至少你今天完成了這重要的報告，也算是卸下重擔了。
Stella: Actually. I tried to eat sweet food to forget the bad thing.
也確實啦。我試著吃甜食來忘記今天發生的事。
Lily: You have a sweet tooth! Keep your chin up, honey. I believe you can get a better performance next time.
你真的是很愛吃甜食耶！親愛的，不要氣餒！我相信你下次的表現會更好的！
Stella: Thank you, Lily. I got something off my chest and I felt great right now.
謝謝你！我把我心中的話說出來後感覺好極了！
Lin: Hey, what happened to Lisa, why is she shaking like a leaf?
Lisa怎麼了阿，她怎麼在發抖阿？
Shaun: She’s scared stiff about giving a presentation to the boss. You know how insecure she is; she’s afraid of her own shadow.
她很害怕報告給老闆聽。你也知道她有多沒自信，膽子真的很小。
Lin: Oh I see. Hope she prepared well, the boss hates presentations that are unconfident. And you know he’s got a quick temper.
是喔，希望她有準備好，老闆很討厭沒自信的報告，你也知道他脾氣很急躁的。
(After 10 minutes)
(十分鐘後)
Shaun: She’s out! How did it go, Lisa?
她出來了！報告還好嗎Lisa？
Lisa: I got scolded hard because I didn’t answer confidently, but I was just so afraid that I might rub him up the wrong way. When he was scolding me, I didn’t know what to do except being reduced to tears. Is he going to fire me for this?
我沒自信地回答就被罵了，但我只是很怕會惹他生氣。他罵我時，我只能不知所措地哭泣。他會不會因為這樣開除我？
Lin: Oh course not! Don’t get your knickers in a twist, he might get mad easily, but he also forgets them pretty quickly. So don’t take this too hard, all right?
當然不會啦！別發慌，他也許很容易生氣，但他忘得也蠻快的，所以不要再煩惱這件事了。
Shaun: You can learn from this, but don’t let this knock you sideways. Sadder but wiser, right?
你可以從這次的經驗學到教訓，但別讓這件事擊垮你。經一事，長一智，對吧？
Lisa: I don’t want to leave a bad impression on him.
我真的不想給老闆留下壞印象。
Lin: Come on, let’s go get a drink, let off some steam, then you’ll see it’s nothing but a storm in a teacup.
好啦，我們去喝一杯，發洩一下，你就會發現你只是在小題大作罷了。