炸雞取代傳統
Ashley is talking on the phone with Uncle Sam, who lives in the US.
艾許莉正和她住在美國的山姆叔叔講電話。
Ashley: Uncle Sam, Thanksgiving is around the corner. I still remember the giant stuffed turkey you prepared last year. Will you prepare one this year?
艾許莉：山姆叔叔，感恩節快到了。我還記得你去年準備的塞滿餡料的巨大火雞。你今年也會準備一隻嗎？
around the corner即將來臨giant(adj.)(n.)巨大的、巨人stuff(n.)東西; (v.)塞滿、填滿; stuffed(adj.)有填料的、有餡的、飽的
Sam: No. We decided to switch to another kind of meat.
山姆：不會。我們決定改吃別種肉。
switch to改變至～、轉換至～
Ashley: Why?
艾許莉：為什麼？
Sam: The prices of turkeys are sky-high this year because of the bird flu. We can’t afford one.
山姆：因為禽流感，今年的火雞價格非常高。我們負擔不起。
sky-high(adj.)(adv.)極高的(地)flu(n.)流感; catch, get, have a flu得流感afford(v.)買得起、負擔得起
Ashley: Bird flu? How did it push up the prices of turkeys?
艾許莉：禽流感？它怎麼讓火雞價格上漲的？
push up sth.增加、提升某物; push-up(n.)伏地挺身push down sth.減少某物
Sam: To stop the spread of the bird flu, farmers had to kill lots of turkeys, which led to an increase in the cost of raising turkeys.
山姆：為了阻止禽流感擴散，雞農必須殺掉很多火雞，那導致飼養火雞的成本增加。
spread(n.)擴散、蔓延cost(n.)成本
Ashley: I see. Then how are you going to celebrate Thanksgiving without a turkey this year?
艾許莉：原來如此。那你們今年要怎麼慶祝沒有火雞的感恩節？
celebrate(v.)慶祝、慶賀
Sam: I’m not sure. Maybe we will have fried chicken instead.
山姆：我不確定。或許改吃炸雞吧。
instead(adv.)當作替代
Ashley: Cool.
艾許莉：真酷。
Sam: Although that’s not the traditional way, the family gathering together is much more important.
山姆：雖然不是傳統的方式，但家人聚在一起更加重要。
traditional(adj.)傳統的; non-traditional(adj.)非傳統的gather(v.)聚集