彩虹持續九小時？
Kelly and Nelly are taking a walk after class in the campus.
凱莉跟納莉課後在校園中散步。
take(v.)進行walk(n.)步行，行走take a walk散步campus(n.)校園
Nelly: Were you at school yesterday?
納莉：你昨天有在學校嗎？
were(v.)are的過去式school(n.)學校yesterday(adv.)在昨天
Kelly: No, I went to the city library. Why?
凱莉：沒有，我去了市立圖書館，為什麼這麼問？
go(v.)去city(adj.)城市的library(n.)圖書館why(adv.)為什麼
Nelly: I saw a splendid rainbow clearly on the campus yesterday.
納莉：我昨天在學校清楚看見了一道美麗的彩虹。
splendid(adj.)壯麗的clearly(adv.)清楚地
Kelly: What a pity! I didn’t know it.
凱莉：好可惜啊！我不知道這件事！
what(adj.)多麼pity(n.)可惜的事know(v.)知道
Nelly: The weather was changeable these past few days. As a result, the rainbow appeared over the city.
納莉：過去幾天的天氣多變，所以在城市上空出現了彩虹。
weather(n.)天氣changeable(adj.)易變的，不定的these(adj.)這些的past(adj.)過去的few(adj.)幾個as(prep.)作為result(n.)結果as a result因此appear(v.)出現over(prep.)在上方
Kelly: How long did it last?
凱莉：彩虹持續了多久？
how long多久last(v.)持續
Nelly: The professors said it appeared around 7 in the morning and disappeared around 4 in the afternoon!
納莉：教授說它大約在上午七點出現，並在下午四點左右消失。
professor(n.)教授say(v.)說around(prep.)大約disappear(v.)消失
Kelly: Wow! It lasted almost 9 hours!
凱莉：哇！持續了將近九個小時耶！
for(prep.)達，計almost(adv.)幾乎hour(n.)小時
Nelly: You know what? It has broken the world record. The record of the last long-lasting rainbow was six hours observed in the UK in 1994.
納莉：你知道嗎？它破了世界紀錄耶！上一個持續最久的彩虹紀錄是1994年在英國發現的六個小時。
last(adj.)最後的long(adv.)長時間地observe(v.)觀察UK = United Kingdom英國
Kelly: That’s incredible!
凱莉：那真是不可思議！
incredible(adj.)不可置信的