海邊開毒趴？
Gina and Glen are chatting.
吉娜和格蘭正在聊天。
chat(v.)聊天、閒聊
Gina: Hey, Glen. I’m going to take part in a beach cleanup this weekend. Are you coming?
吉娜：嘿，格蘭，我這週末要去參加淨灘，你要來嗎？
take part in參加cleanup(n.)清理、打掃
Glen: A beach cleanup? Do you mean to pick up trash around a beach?
格蘭：淨灘？妳是說在海灘周圍撿垃圾嗎？
mean(v.)意思是pick up撿起來trash(n.)垃圾around(prep.)四處、周圍
Gina: Exactly. It’s a meaningful activity to me. What do you think?
吉娜：沒錯，這對我來說是個有意義的活動，你覺得呢？
exactly(adv.)精確地meaningful(adj.)有意義的activity(n.)活動think(v.)覺得、認為
Glen: Several days ago, I heard that people found 81 syringes with needles during a beach cleanup in Keelung. There were 61 of them with small amounts of illegal drugs.
格蘭：幾天前，我聽說在基隆的一個淨灘活動中，發現了81支有針頭的針筒；其中61支含有少量的毒品。
several(det.)一些、幾個ago(adv.)以前、之前hear(v.)聽說syringe(n.)注射器、注射筒needle(n.)針、針頭during(prep.)在…期間amount(n.)數量illegal(adj.)非法的
Gina: Man! That’s ridiculous! Does it mean that people were doing drugs on the beach?
吉娜：天阿，那太荒唐了！這意思是人們在海邊吸毒嗎？
man(excl.)啊、哇ridiculous(adj.)荒唐的、可笑的do(v.)服用(毒品)、吸(毒)
Glen: Probably. Fortunately, they were found by those volunteers, so no tourists were hurt.
格蘭：有可能。幸運的是針筒是被志工們發現，所以沒有傷到遊客。
probably(adv.)很可能、大概fortunately(adv.)幸運地volunteer(n.)自願參加者、志願者so(conj.)因此、所以tourist(n.)遊客hurt(v.)弄傷
Gina: That’s so true. See, what I do is meaningful, isn’t it?
吉娜：真的耶！看吧，我做的事是有意義的，對吧？
so(adv.)很、非常true(adj.)正確的、真實的what(pron.)…的
Glen: Haha! I’m in! Let’s go together.
格蘭：哈哈！算我一個，我們一起去吧！
in(adv.)進入、加入