朝日飲料開發
Zack and Sally work for a beverage company in Taiwan. They are having a conversation.
扎克和莎莉在台灣一家飲料公司的工作。他們正在對話。
beverage(n.)飲料
Zack: Hey Sally, have you heard about that new vending machine Asahi Soft Drinks is developing in Japan?
扎克：嘿莎莉，你有沒有聽說過朝日飲料在日本開發的新型自動販賣機？
Sally: No, is there anything special about it?
莎莉：沒有欸，它有什麼特別的地方嗎？
Zack: It’s a vending machine that can absorb carbon dioxide from the air.
扎克：它可是一台能夠吸收空氣中的二氧化碳的自動販賣機呢。
It’s+強調的重點+that+子句absorb(v.)吸收carbon dioxide二氧化碳oxygen(n.)氧氣
Sally: That’s pretty cool. How does it do that?
莎莉：好酷喔。它是怎麼做到的？
Zack: It uses some material that has calcium in it to capture CO2 within a radius of up to one meter. And get this, one machine can take in as much CO2 as 20 cedar trees in a year!
扎克：它利用某種含有鈣的材料來捕捉半徑一公尺內的二氧化碳。而且你知道嗎？一台機器一年的碳捕捉量相當於20棵杉木喔！
material(n.)材料raw material原物料teaching material教材capture(v.)捕捉、採集radius(n.)半徑diameter(n.)直徑take in吸收as much as高達、多達
Sally: Wow, that’s impressive. Is it the first machine of its kind in Japan?
莎莉：哇，好厲害啊。它是日本第一台能夠捕捉二氧化碳的自動販賣機嗎？
kind(n.)種類、類型
Zack: Yes, it is. Asahi Soft Drinks is even thinking about using the captured CO2 to make stuff like concrete or fertilizer.
扎克：是啊。朝日飲料甚至有在考慮利用捕捉到的二氧化碳來製造混凝土或肥料等東西。
concrete(n.)混凝土fertilizer(n.)肥料
Sally: It’s good to see companies taking steps towards helping the environment. When are they planning to start using the new vending machine?
莎莉：看到企業採取行動保護環境真是太好了。他們計劃什麼時候開始使用新型自動販賣機呢？
take steps採取措施
Zack: They’re going to try it out from June, and if it goes well, they’ll start introducing it all over Japan next year.
扎克：他們將從6月開始試用，順利的話，明年開始會在全日本各地採用這台機器。
try out試用、試驗introduce(v.)引進、採用
Sally: It’ll be interesting to see how it works in real life.
莎莉：能夠看看它在現實生活中如何運作會很有趣呢。
interesting(adj.)有趣的