
113舉報專線
Kyle and Kate are chatting.
凱爾和凱特正在聊天。
Kyle: Hey, why are you looking so worried?
凱爾:嘿,妳怎麼看起來這麼憂慮?
worried(adj.)擔心的、憂慮的
Kate: I’m just worrying about my friend – she got hurt.
凱特:我只是在擔心我朋友,她受傷了。
worry about擔心…hurt(adj.)受傷的
Kyle: Is she alright? How did she get hurt?
凱爾:她還好嗎?為什麼會受傷?
Kate: No, she’s not. She got beaten by her husband. It’s just hard for me to imagine that someone so close to me would turn out to be a victim of domestic violence.
凱特:她不太好。她被她老公打了,我真的無法想像我周圍的人會發生家庭暴力。
beat(v.)打、擊imagine(v.)想像turn out最終成為、最終發現victim(n.)受害者、犧牲者
Kyle: There are a lot of cases of domestic violence in our society nowadays. Johnny Depp is one of those cases. They said that he beat his ex-wife, but now it turns out that he was the one who was beaten.
凱爾:現在社會上有許多家暴案例,強尼戴普就是一例。他們說他毆打他前妻,但現在卻發現他才是被毆打的人。
society(n.)社會nowadays(adv.)現在、如今
Kate: That’s horrible. Not just women, but even men can be victims of domestic violence.
凱特:太可怕了。女人甚至是男人都可以是家暴的受害者耶。
horrible(adj.)恐怖的、可怕的
Kyle: Anyway, the more important issue at hand is: Is your friend seeking help? There are a lot of support groups out there for victims. They can also dial 113 to reach a 24-hour hotline and report their case.
凱爾:是啊。現在當務之急是:妳朋友有尋求協助嘛?有很多幫助受害者的組織,他們也可以撥打24小時專線113來舉報家暴。
issue(n.)問題、議題seek(v.)尋找、尋求support(n.)支持、鼓勵reach(v.)聯絡report(v.)舉報
Kate: I know. I’ll go talk to her later and go to the police station with her.
凱特:我知道。我待會會去和她聊聊,陪她一起去警察局。
police station警察局