籠中歲月長
Philip and Audrey are friends. They are chatting.
菲利普和奧德莉是朋友。他們正在聊天。
Philip: Audrey, do you want to visit the zoo with us tomorrow? Stanley is asking.
菲利普：奧德莉，你明天想和我們去參觀動物園嗎？史丹利在問。
visit(v.)拜訪visitor(n.)訪客
Audrey: Well, I like animals, but I don’t like to go to the zoo.
奧德莉：嗯，我喜歡動物，但我不喜歡去動物園。
Philip: Why?
菲利普：為什麼？
Audrey: Animals should not be put in cages. They seem very unhappy.
奧德莉：動物不應該在籠子裡。牠們似乎很不快樂。
cage(n.)籠子seem(v.)似乎unhappy(adj.)不快樂的likely(adj.)可能的unlikely(adj.)不太可能的comfortable(adj.)舒服的uncomfortable(adj.)不舒服的friendly(adj.)友善的unfriendly(adj.)不友善的
Philip: Maybe. But the zookeepers look after them. They don’t need to hunt for food by themselves.
菲利普：可能吧。但動物園管理員會照顧牠們。牠們不需要自己獵食。
zookeeper(n.)動物園管理員look after照顧hunt(v.)狩獵、打獵
Audrey: I don’t think you would be happy if you couldn’t go out and had to stay at home all day.
奧德莉：如果你不能出門而且必須整天待在家的話，我不覺得你會開心。
have to必須have to do sth.必須做某事stay(v.)停留、留下
Philip: Alright. I know what you mean.
菲利普：好吧。我懂你的意思了。
Audrey: So I don’t want to go to see those poor animals.
奧德莉：所以我不想去看那些可憐的動物。
poor(adj.)可憐的、貧窮的
Philip: Then you can go on a safari. There are many wild animals in Africa.
菲利普：那你可以來一趟觀察野生動物之旅。非洲有很多野生動物。
go on a safari去觀察野生動物之旅wild(adj.)野生的wild grasses野草wild flowers野花wild party狂野的派對
Audrey: That’s my dream! Hopefully, it will come true someday.
奧德莉：那是我的夢想！希望有一天能成真。
dream(n.)夢、夢想come true成真、實現