
世上最高民族
Sofie and Ruben are colleagues. They will be on a business trip to the Netherlands.
蘇菲和魯本是同事。他們要去荷蘭出差。
be on a business trip出差
Sofie: I’m so excited about the trip!
蘇菲:我對這次出差感到非常興奮!
be excited about sth.感到興奮
Ruben: Is this your first time to the Netherlands?
魯本:這是你第一次去荷蘭嗎?
Sofie: Yes, I’ve never been to Europe before.
蘇菲:沒錯,我以前從沒去過歐洲。
完成式before(adv.)以前、之前
Ruben: What do you know about Dutch people?
魯本:你對荷蘭人了解多少?
Sofie: They are tall and they all speak perfect English.
蘇菲:他們個子很高,而且都說一口流利的英語。
Ruben: Both true, but did you know that they are getting shorter? The younger ones are one centimeter shorter.
魯本:都是對的,但你知道荷蘭人越來越矮了嗎?年輕人現在平均身高矮了一公分。
ones=peoplecentimeter公分、meter公尺、kilometer公里
Sofie: What is their average height?
蘇菲:他們的平均身高是多少?
average(adj.)平均height(n.)身高、高度、be afraid of heights懼高
Ruben: It’s 182 centimeters for men and 169 centimeters for women.
魯本:男性182公分,女性169公分。
Sofie: That’s still very tall.
蘇菲:那還是很高。
still(adv.)還是、依然
Ruben: Haha, yes. Even so, the Dutch are still the tallest people in the world.
魯本:哈哈,沒錯。即便如此荷蘭人仍然是世界上最高的民族。
Even so即使如此、就算這樣