家長徹夜排隊
Martin and Lynn are parents. They are talking about sending their daughter Kim to cram school in Taichung.
馬丁和琳是父母，他們正在討論要幫女兒金姆找台中的補習班。
Martin: I am worried we won’t be able to find a good cram school for Kim this year.
馬丁：我擔心今年找不到適合金姆的補習班。
worried(adj.)擔心的、憂慮的worry(v.)擔心、憂慮be worried about擔心～no need to worry沒必要擔心
Lynn: But I heard that there were 79 cram schools here as of September. Shouldn’t it be easier to find a place for her to study?
琳：但我聽說截至九月，這裡有79間補習班，應該比較容易找到吧？
as of截至～為止
Martin: Well, the number of cram schools has increased by nearly 10% since 2021. But there were also almost 11,000 high school graduates in 2024.
馬丁：補習班數量從2021年以來已經增加了將近10%。但2024年有將近11,000名高中畢業生。
the number of…的數量a number of一些increase(v.)增加decrease(v.)減少graduate(n.)畢業生
Lynn: Wow! That’s a lot of students. So there is a lot of competition for spots in cram schools then?
琳：哇！學生真的很多。所以補習班的名額競爭很激烈嗎？
competition(n.)競爭、比賽spot(n.)名額a spot in…某活動的名額
Martin: Yes. Some parents even had to camp outside in the cold to register their kids for good cram schools.
馬丁：是啊。有些家長甚至在寒冷的天氣裡露營，只為了幫孩子報名好的補習班。
camp(v.)露營、紮營過夜register(v.)報名、登記sign up for 報名參加、註冊
Lynn: I hope we don’t have to do that. I wish the government would do something to make education better here. Cram schools are so expensive.
琳：希望我們不用這樣。我真希望政府能改善教育環境，補習班真的很貴。
S wish (that) S’ would VR...希望某人做某事receive an education接受教育education level教育程度
Martin: Yeah, I hope so too. It would be good if Kim didn’t need to go to cram school for all of her subjects.
馬丁：對啊，我也希望如此。如果金姆不用每科都去補習就好了。
hope so希望如此S+would VR...if S’ 過去式V...表達與現在事實相反