去年喪生394名行人
Corey and Stephanie are friends. They are talking about road safety in Taiwan.
科瑞和史黛芬妮是朋友。他們正在談論台灣的道路交通安全。
talk about 談論safety(n.)安全
Corey: Did you hear about the march in Taipei on August 20 for better road safety in Taiwan?
科瑞：你有聽說8月20日台北有一場爭取台灣道路交通安全的遊行嗎？
hear about 聽說march(n.)遊行
Stephanie: Yeah, I heard about that. The news said that there were tens of thousands of people there demanding safer roads.
史黛芬妮：是的，我聽說了。新聞說有上萬人參加爭取道路交通安全。
tens of thousands of~ 上萬的
Corey: That’s right. Pedestrian safety is a huge issue now. The three politicians running for president even attended the march.
科瑞：沒錯。行人安全現在是個重要議題。甚至連三位競選總統的政治人物也參加了遊行。
pedestrian(n.)行人huge(adj.)重大的;龐大的issue(n.)議題politician(n.)政治人物politics(n.)政治political(adj.)政治的run for 競選
Stephanie: Well, that’s good to hear. I sometimes wonder how the elderly and people in wheelchairs can even get around in Taiwan.
史黛芬妮：嗯，聽到這樣的消息真是太好了。我有時候會想，老年人和坐輪椅的人在台灣該怎麼四處移動。
wonder(v.)想知道the elderly 年長者
Corey: That’s the problem. They sometimes have to share the road with cars and motorbikes. It’s so dangerous. Last year alone, 394 pedestrians died from traffic accidents across the country.
科瑞：這就是問題所在。他們有時候必須與汽車和機車共用道路。這太危險了。光是在去年，全國就有394名行人因交通事故喪生。
dangerous(adj.)危險的danger(n.)危險alone(adv.)單獨die from~ 死於(車禍或意外事故)die of~ 死於(疾病)traffic accidents 交通事故
Stephanie: That’s terrible! Let’s hope some real changes can be made soon so roads become safer for everyone.
史黛芬妮：太可怕了！希望可以盡快改善，讓每個人用路都更加安全。
make changes 做出改變
Corey: Well, the government has promised to start improving things. I’m glad that so many people joined the march to make their voices heard!
科瑞：嗯，政府已經承諾要開始改善情況。我很高興有這麼多人參加遊行，讓他們的聲音被聽見！
improve(v.)改善、增進、提升make one’s voice heard 讓某人的聲音被聽見