從零開始
Matt ran into Karl at a local Home Depot.
麥特在附近的家得寶遇到了卡爾。
Matt: Karl! What are you doing here?
麥特：卡爾！你在這裡做什麼？
Karl: My wife asked me to fix the fences. I need some extra nails. You?
卡爾：我妻子要我把籬笆修好。我需要一些釘子。你呢？
fix(v.)修理=repairfence(n.)圍籬nail(n.)指甲、釘子
Matt: I promised my kids that I would build a treehouse for them.
麥特：我答應過我的孩子們要蓋一間樹屋。
promise(v.)允諾、答應
Karl: Really! That’s a lot of work!
卡爾：真的嗎！這可是大工程！
Matt: Yeah. I’m going to build it from scratch, too.
麥特：沒錯。我還要從零開始蓋。
from scratch從頭開始
Karl: Are you good at carpentry?
卡爾：你擅長木工嗎？
carpentry木工
Matt: Not really. I hope I won’t run into any problems.
麥特：不是很擅長。希望我不會遇到太多問題。
run into a problem遇到問題
Karl: I’ll come by to your house then, to give you a hand.
卡爾：那我等等去你家看看，幫你忙。
give sb. a hand=help out sb.幫忙某人
Matt: That would be great! I could really use your help.
麥特：那就太好不過了！我真的需要一點協助。
use your help需要協助
Karl: Nice! See you.
卡爾：好！等下見。