190萬美元的身價
Kim and Aaron are in the living room. There’s a pigeon outside the window.
金和亞倫在客廳。窗外有一隻鴿子。
Kim: Look! It’s a pigeon!
金：你看！是鴿子！
Aaron: Is it racing pigeon?
亞倫：是賽鴿嗎？
Kim: I’m not sure. If it is, its net worth might be a lot.
金：我不確定。如果是的話，它的身價可能不斐。
net worth身價
Aaron: Really? How much is the most expensive racing pigeon on record?
亞倫：真的嗎？有史以來最昂貴的賽鴿要多少錢？
expensive(adj.)昂貴的on record紀錄上、史上最
Kim: It’s up to US$1.9 million. It’s a racing pigeon from Belgium. Her name is “New Kim.”
金：190萬美元。一隻比利時的賽鴿，她的名字叫「新金。」
up to高達
Aaron: Hey! Same as you.
亞倫：嘿！和你一樣。
Kim: Well, I’m not as valuable as she is. A Chinese bidder bid for her with the record amount.
金：嗯嗯，但我沒有她那麼有價值。一個來自中國的競標者用刷新紀錄的價格標下了她。
valuable(adj.)有價值的bidder(n.)標價人、bid for sth.標價amount(n.)數目、不可數
Aaron: What does the bidder need her for?
亞倫：需要她做什麼呢？
Kim: Well, she has won many international competitions. Also, she is still young. She can still produce children to pass on the good genes.
金：這個嘛，她贏過許多國際比賽。而且，她還很年輕，還是可以生產很多幼鳥來傳承好基因。
competition(n.)比賽produce(v.)生產、繁殖、生育pass on傳承gene(n.)基因
Aaron: That explains a lot.
亞倫：這一切都說得通了。
explain(v.)解釋