慎選贊助商
Ed and Julie are talking about the medalists of the Olympics.
艾德和茱莉正在討論奧運的得牌選手。
medalist(n.)得牌者、medal(n.)獎牌
Ed: Which one is your favorite female table tennis player?
艾德：你最喜歡哪一位女桌球選手呢？
Julie: Ishikawa Kasumi. It’s a shame that she didn’t make it to the final at the Women’s Singles.
茱莉：石川佳純。很遺憾她沒有進入女單決賽。
It is a shame that…遺憾、可惜、What a shame or What a pitymake it成功
Ed: But she did help Japan secure a silver medal in table tennis!
艾德：但她確實幫日本拿下一面桌球銀牌！
secure(v.)守住、保衛、獲得、security(n.)安全、security guard保全、security camera監視器
Julie: Yes. The women’s group from Japan even beat us.
茱莉：沒錯。日本女團甚至還擊敗台灣。
group(n.)團體beat-beat-beaten(v.)打敗、打擊
Ed: Do you know what she got for winning a silver medal?
艾德：你知道她贏得銀牌有拿到什麼好處嗎？
Julie: I don’t know. Something useful?
茱莉：我不知道。有用的東西吧？
useful(adj.)有用的
Ed: In a way, yes. Since her sponsor is an agricultural association, she got six tons of rice as a prize.
艾德：在某種程度上是吧。由於贊助商是農業連合會，她得到了六公噸白米作為獎勵。
agricultural(adj.)農業的association(n.)協會組織ton(n.)公噸、tons of很多
Julie: Six tons! She could stuff her face with rice now.
茱莉：六公噸！她可以狂吃猛吃白飯啊。
stuff her face with sth.狂吃猛吃
Ed: Judging by Japanese eating habits, she could eat rice for a hundred years and it won’t be a problem.
艾德：以日本人的飲食習慣來看，她可以吃一百年都不會有問題。
Judging by or from…由此來看、判斷habit(n.)習慣
Julie: Well, choose your sponsor wisely. I would probably find a chocolate brand to sponsor me.
茱莉：嗯，真的慎選贊助商。像是我可能就會找巧克力品牌來贊助我。
brand(n.)品牌