懶惰還是方便
Katherine is asking Leo about a confusing text message.
凱瑟琳收到一些看不懂的訊息，她在問李奧。
ask(v.)詢問confusing(adj.)令人困惑的text message短訊
Katherine: Leo, can you help me? I’ve got a confusing text on my phone and I don’t understand what it means.
凱瑟琳：李奧，你可以幫我嗎？我收到一些看不懂的訊息。
help(v.)幫助confusing(adj.)令人困惑的text(n.)文字understand(v.)理解mean(v.)意思
Leo: Let’s see. “Ha! LOL Kelly needs to fix that problem with her BF ASAP IMO. Anyway, gotta run. TTYL.” I see why it’s so difficult, it’s full of acronyms.
李奧：我看看「Ha! LOL Kelly needs to fix that problem with her BF ASAP IMO. Anyway, gotta run. TTYL」這裡面好多縮寫，難怪你覺得不好理解。
fix(v.)解決problem(n.)問題difficult(adj.)困難的acronym(n.)首字母縮寫、首字母組合詞
Katherine: Oh, you mean when people write words or phrases using just a few letters. I only know that LOL means “laugh out loud”.
凱瑟琳：你是說大家會用比較短的方式表達字詞對吧，我只知道LOL是laugh out loud，大聲笑出來的意思。
mean(v.)意思write(v.)寫word(n.)字phrase(n.)片語use(v.)使用letter(n.)字母know(v.)知道laugh(v.)笑loud(adj.)大聲的
Leo: Well let’s look at it together. “BF” stands for “boyfriend”, “ASAP” stands for “as soon as possible”, and “IMO” means “In my opinion.”
李奧：我們一起看吧，BF就是boyfriend男朋友，ASAP是as soon as possible盡快，至於IMO則是in my opinion，我的看法。
look at看together(adv.)一起stand for代表⋯⋯boyfriend(n.)男朋友as soon as possible盡快opinion(n.)看法
Katherine: What about “gotta run TTYL”?
凱瑟琳：那「gotta run TTYL」呢？
Leo: That means “I need to go now, talk to you later”. That’s one way of ending a conversation.
李奧：那是I need to go now, talk to you later，我該走了，晚點聊。是結束對話的意思。
mean(v.)意思end(v.)結束conversation(n.)對話
Katherine: Wow. I’m going to start using these so that I can text faster.
凱瑟琳：哇，我也要開始用這些，這樣可以打比較快。
start(v.)開始use(v.)使用text(v.)發訊息fast(adj.)快的
Leo: Just remember acronyms can sound lazy, so never use them in formal situations, such as at work or in a job application.
李奧：但要記得，縮寫會看起來比較懶惰，所以在正式的情況比如工作或應徵，千萬不要使用。
remember(v.)記得acronym(n.)首字母縮寫、首字母組合詞lazy(adj.)懶惰的formal(adj.)正式的situation(n.)情況such as例如⋯⋯work(n.)工作job(n.)工作application(n.)申請
Katherine: OK. I’ll remember that.
凱瑟琳：沒問題，我會記得。
remember(v.)記得