信眾急忙逃生
Charles and Tina are friends. They are having a conversation.
查爾斯和蒂娜是朋友。他們正在對話。
Charles: Hey Tina, did you hear about the fire at Shilong Temple in Nantou?
查爾斯：嘿，蒂娜，你有聽說南投石龍宮發生火災的消息嗎？
Tina: No, I didn’t! What happened?
蒂娜：沒有耶！發生了什麼事？
Charles: There was a fire this morning. Some people were eating instant noodles at the temple when it started, and they had to leave quickly.
查爾斯：今天早上發生了火災。一些人正在廟裡吃泡麵，火災就開始了，他們不得不快點逃離。
instant(adj.)立即的、瞬間的
Tina: That sounds really scary. Why were they having instant noodles there?
蒂娜：聽起來真的很可怕。為什麼他們在那裡吃泡麵？
scary(adj.)駭人的、恐怖的scared(adj.)感到害怕的scared to death非常害怕be scared of對～感到害怕
Charles: The temple is famous for giving out free noodles to visitors, so a lot of people come to enjoy them after their prayers.
查爾斯：這個廟有名的是免費提供泡麵給來拜拜的遊客，所以很多人來拜拜後會享用。
be famous for以...聞名=be well-known forgive out發放prayer(n.)祈禱、拜拜pray(v.)祈禱pray for祈求或祝福某人或某事pray to向神明祈求
Tina: Got it. Were there any injuries?
蒂娜：原來如此。有人受傷嗎？
injury(n.)受傷、傷害、損傷injure(v.)受傷injured(adj.)受傷的
Charles: Fortunately, no one was hurt. The temple did have some damage, but the Earth God statue is fine.
查爾斯：幸好沒有人受傷。廟宇有一些損壞，但土地公的神像沒事。
damage(n.)(v.)損害、傷害
Tina: That’s good to know. Do they know what caused the fire?
蒂娜：知道了。火災的原因是什麼？
Charles: It seems a candle on the offering table started it. The fire was put out pretty quickly.
查爾斯：看起來是供桌上的蠟燭引起的。火很快就被撲滅了。
offerings(n.)供品put out撲滅
Tina: How long will the temple be closed?
蒂娜：廟會關閉多久？
Charles: They’ll need a few days to clean up and make repairs. Hopefully, everything will be back to normal soon.
查爾斯：他們需要幾天來清理和修理。希望一切能很快恢復正常。
clean up打掃、清理repair(n.)修理、修補back to normal情況恢復到正常狀態
Tina: I hope so too.
蒂娜：我也希望如此。
Charles: Yeah, the temple is such an important place for the community. It’ll be great to see it open again.
查爾斯：對啊，那座廟對社區來說是個很重要的地方。期待看到它再次開放。
community(n.)社區、社群