電子分手書
Mira is buying books at a bookstore.
米拉正在書店買書。
be Ving 現在進行式(正在…)
Mira: Hi, are you going to shut down the store? I saw the notice on the wall.
米拉：嗨，我看到牆上的公告，你們店要關門了嗎？
be going to 未來式(將要…)shut down關閉=close downsee-saw-seen
Clerk: Yup, we will be open until the end of this month.
店員：是啊，我們只營業到這個月底。
will V 未來式(將會…)
Mira: That’s too bad, but why is that?
米拉：真是太可惜了，但為什麼呢？
Clerk: Well, people’s reading habits are changing. They now read e-books instead of paper books.
店員：嗯，人們的閱讀習慣已經變了，他們現在不看紙本書，很多人都改看電子書了。
habit(n.)習慣get into a habit 養成習慣break, kick, drop, get out of the habit 戒掉習慣instead of作為…的替代=rather than, in place of
Mira: Yeah, that’s true. We can find so many free books online. E-books are light and convenient to read, so there are fewer people reading paper books.
米拉：嗯，的確如此，在網路上可以找到很多免費的電子書，電子書又輕又方便閱讀，也難怪看紙本書的人變少了。
convenient(adj.)方便的、便利的
Clerk: That’s right. Also, e-commerce sites like Amazon are growing rapidly. People can easily buy any book they want online. They don’t even need to go out.
店員：的確。而且像是雅馬遜這樣的電商正在蓬勃發展，人們不用出門就可以買到他們想要的書。
e-commerce(n.)電子商務site(n.)網站=websiterapidly(adv.)迅速地=quickly, fast
Mira: I see. So that’s why you have to close down the store. I’m really sorry to hear that.
米拉：聽到你們必須要關門的消息，真的很遺憾。
see(v.)明白、了解=understandsorry to…對…感到遺憾
Clerk: Well, there’s no stopping this trend.
店員：嗯，這也是無可避免啦。
trend(n.)趨勢、傾向