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Angela and Arthur are chatting.
安琪拉和亞瑟正在聊天。
chat(v.)聊天、閒談
Angela: Wow! Look at you! What have you done to your hair?
安琪拉：哇，看看你！你把你的頭髮怎麼了？
Arthur: I just got a new hairdo. I’ve always wanted to try out this kind of style.
亞瑟：我剛剛才換了髮型，我一直都想嘗試這種髮型。
hairdo(n.)髮型style(n.)風格、方式
Angela: I’m really shocked. I mean, it’s such a bold choice. Why did you do it?
安琪拉：嚇我一跳！我的意思是，這是個大膽的選擇。你為什麼想換髮型呢？
really(adv.)很、非常shocked(adj.)震驚的、驚訝的mean(v.)意思是bold(adj.)勇敢地、大膽的choice(n.)選擇
Arthur: I did it because New York just passed a new law – no one can make fun of me any more because of my “weird” hairstyle.
亞瑟：我這麼做是因為紐約剛剛通過一項新法，我不會再因為我奇怪的髮型而被取笑了。
just(adv.)剛剛、才pass(v.)通過law(n.)法律weird(adj.)怪異的、不尋常的hairstyle(n.)髮型
Angela: Do you mean that it’ll be illegal to treat other people differently simply because of how their hair looks?
安琪拉：你的意思是歧視別人的髮型是違法的嗎？
illegal(adj.)非法的simply(adv.)只是、僅僅
Arthur: Correct. Everyone, including African Americans and other ethnic groups, has the right to keep their hair the way they want it to be. Those who treat others differently based on their hair will be fined up to $250,000.
亞瑟：沒錯。每個人，包括黑人和其他種族的人，都有權利保持他們想要的髮型。那些歧視別人髮型的人會被處以25萬美元的罰款。
correct(adj.)正確的everyone(pron.)每個人including(prep.)包含、包括ethnic(adj.)民族的、種族的group(n.)團體right(n.)權利way(n.)方式fine(v.)罰款
Angela: That’s good news indeed. It’s unfair to judge or even make fun of others based on their appearance.
安琪拉：那的確是好消息。因為外表而評斷甚至是取笑別人，是很不公平的。
news(n.)新聞、消息indeed(adv.)確實、的確unfair(adj.)不公平的judge(v.)評斷、判定even(adv.)甚至appearance(n.)外表