台灣乘客不滿拒絕下船
Diane and Sean are a couple. They are having a conversation.
黛安和肖恩是一對夫妻。他們正在對話。
Sean: Hey Diane, did you hear the news about the Costa cruise ship?
肖恩: 嘿，黛安，你聽說歌詩達郵輪的新聞了嗎？
Diane: No, what happened?
黛安: 沒有，發生什麼事了？
Sean: It was a five-day trip from Keelung to Okinawa. They left on July 21, but Typhoon Gaemi made them change plans a lot. Finally, they decided to come back to Taiwan a day early and docked in Kaohsiung on July 24.
肖恩：那原本是從基隆出發前往沖繩的五天行程。他們7月21日出發，但凱米颱風迫使他們多次改變行程。最後，他們決定提前一天回台灣，7月24日停靠高雄。
dock(v.)(使)靠岸、停泊
Diane: That must have been bad for the passengers.
黛安：乘客一定覺得很糟糕。
passenger(n.)乘客
Sean: Yeah, it was. Some passengers were so angry that they refused to leave the ship and demanded refunds.
肖恩：是啊，很糟。有些乘客非常生氣，拒絕下船並要求退款。
refuse to拒絕～、不願～demand(v.)(強烈)要求refund(n.)退款refundable(adj.)可退款的
Diane: I get why they’re upset, but it’s dangerous to travel during a typhoon.
黛安：我理解他們為什麼會生氣，但在颱風天旅行很危險。
Sean: Exactly. The cruise company said it was all for safety. I think the passengers should understand that.
肖恩：沒錯。郵輪公司說這一切都是為了安全。我覺得乘客應該理解這一點。
safety(n.)安全a place of safety安全的地方
Diane: I hope they realize that and calm down. The cruise company was just trying to protect everyone.
黛安：希望他們能明白並冷靜下來。郵輪公司只是想保護大家。
calm down冷靜下來protect(v.)保護protect A from B保護A免於受到B的傷害
Sean: Me too. It’s a hard situation, but they made the right choice.
肖恩：我也希望。這是個棘手的情況，但他們做出了正確的選擇。
make a choice做出選擇choose(v.)選擇choose from從中選擇