大選結束後的紛擾
Cathy and Oliver are in their dorm. They’re roommates.
凱西和奧利佛在宿舍裡，他們是室友。
dormitory(n.)宿舍dorm room宿舍房間roomie(n.)室友
Oliver: The elections are over, but the arguments in our family never end.
奧利佛：大選結束了，但家裡的紛擾看來是不會停了。
presidential election總統大選have an argument over, about sth.因為某事爭執、爭吵a strong argument有力的論點，可替換成pointargue(v.)爭吵、論證
Cathy: What’s wrong?
凱西：怎麼回事？
What’s going on?發生什麼事？
Oliver: My parents and I don’t agree when it comes to politics. Every time I bring it up, things just go wrong.
奧利佛：我爸媽不同意我的政治立場，每次提到政治，場面就會變得很難看。
when it comes to sth.只要說到什麼內容、關於agree(v.)意見一致、贊同I agree with you on the issue.disagree(v.)不同意Let’s agree to disagree.接受意見相左的事實bring up sth.提及go wrong出錯、失敗
Cathy: In my family, even when we have different opinions, we can always discuss the problems together.
凱西：在我家，就算意見不同的時候也可以一起討論問題。
in my opinion以我的看法discuss(v.)討論=talk abouta short discussion簡短的討論sth. is under discussion尚在決議中
Oliver: Unlike you, I have to be very careful not to start a fight.
奧利佛：我們家不一樣，我要很小心才能避免跟大家吵起架來。
unlike(prep.)不像=different frombe careful with sth.對…小心careless(adj.)不小心、粗心的get into a fight陷入紛爭
Cathy: Maybe you should try talking to them in a more understanding way.
凱西：你可能要用更體諒的方式跟他們說話。
understanding(adj.)體諒的、理解的(n.)理解thoughtful(adj.)體貼的、考慮周到的
Oliver: Easy for you to say. My parents always forget that I’m already an adult.
奧利佛：才沒你說的那麼簡單，我爸媽常常忘記我也已經是大人了。
adult(n.)成人(adj.)成年的adult life成年生活
Cathy: Well, maybe you can try to look past your differences. The point is to understand each other.
凱西：好吧，你可以試著別讓你們之間的差異妨礙到溝通，重點是要互相理解。
look past接受move on接受現實向前看what’s important is…
Oliver: Fine, I’ll try to be more understanding.
奧利佛：好啦，我再試著更包容體諒一點。
Cathy: That’s right. Family should come before politics.
凱西：這樣就對了，家人更重要。
That’s the way to go.come before優先於、比…更重要