戴耳機遭火車撞
Nancy and Pete are friends. They are having a conversation.
南希和皮特是朋友，他們正在交談。
Nancy: Hi Pete, have you heard about the accident where a high school student was wearing noise-canceling headphones near a train?
南希：嗨，皮特，你有聽說過那個高中生在火車附近戴著降噪耳機的意外嗎？
accident (n.)意外、事故a car accident 一場車禍
Pete: Oh no, what happened?
皮特：喔不，發生了什麼事？
Nancy: It’s really sad. He couldn’t hear the train because of his headphones, and he got hit.
南希：真的很悲傷。他因為戴耳機聽不見火車的聲音，結果被撞到了。
Pete: That’s terrible. I can’t imagine how scary and upsetting that must have been.
皮特：太可怕了。我無法想像那該有多恐怖和令人心痛。
imagine (v.)想像scary (adj.)令人害怕的scared (adj.)感到害怕的upsetting (adj.)令人不愉快的、使人心煩意亂的upsetting news 令人不愉快的新聞upsetting experience 令人不愉快的經驗
Nancy: Yeah, it’s a reminder to be careful. I was actually considering buying noise-canceling headphones, but now I’ve changed my mind.
南希：是啊，這提醒了我們要小心。我之前還在考慮買降噪耳機，但現在我改變主意了。
reminder (n.)提醒物consider (v.)考慮change one’s mind 改變看法或主意
Pete: That’s wise. It’s important to put our safety first, especially when we’re out and about.
皮特：那很明智。尤其是在外出活動時，把安全放在第一位很重要。
wise (adj.)明智的、有智慧的safety (n.)安全out and about 外出活動
Nancy: Absolutely. It’s easy to get lost in our own world with headphones on, but incidents like this remind us of the possible dangers.
南希：沒錯。戴上耳機很容易陷入自己的世界，但像這樣的事件提醒我們潛在的危險。
get lost in one’s own world 沉浸在自己的世界裡remind (v.)提醒danger (n.)危險potential dangers 潛在的危險
Pete: I couldn’t agree more. Safety should always be a top priority.
皮特：我非常同意。安全應該永遠擺第一。
I couldn’t agree more. 我完全同意。priority (n.)優先考慮的事、首要之務give priority to sth. 優先考慮某事
Nancy: Definitely. It’s better to be safe than sorry. Let’s learn from this incident and stay safe.
南希：確實如此。小心為上，好過事後後悔。讓我們從這件事中學習，保持安全。