星火燎原
Emma and Ethan are talking about the disaster that happened in their town.
艾瑪和伊森正在談論鎮上發生的災難。
disaster(n.)災難happen(v.)發生
Emma: There was a huge fire at Northside High School last night.
艾瑪：昨晚在北側高中有場大火耶！
huge(adj.)巨大的
Ethan: That’s terrible. Was anyone hurt?
伊森：那真糟糕，有人受傷嗎？
terrible(adj.)糟糕的，糟透的anyone(pron.)任何人hurt(adj.)受傷的，疼痛的
Emma: No, thankfully not. It happened at night so no one was in the building. I heard it happened because someone was smoking near the building.
艾瑪：不，幸好沒有。是發生在夜晚所以建築物裡沒有人。我聽說發生的原因是因為某人在建築物附近抽煙。
thankfully(adv.)幸好，幸虧so(conj.)因此，所以building(n.)建築物hear(v.)聽說，得知someone(pron.)某人
Ethan: They must have dropped their cigarette in the grass. That’s so scary. What if it had happened during the day?
伊森：他們當時一定把香菸丟在草地上了。那真可怕，如果它發生在白天怎麼辦？
must(aux.)一定，想必drop(v.)掉下，丟下cigarette(n.)香菸scary(adj.)駭人的what if要是…怎麼辦during(prep.)在…期間
Emma: Exactly. Does our school have a fire escape plan?
艾瑪：就是說啊！我們學校有火災逃生計畫嗎？
exactly(adv.)精確地escape(n.)逃脫，逃離plan(n.)計畫，方案
Ethan: Of course. First, they have alarms all over the building. If there is a fire, the alarms will ring so that everyone knows about the danger. There are also fire extinguishers in every room and sprinklers on the ceiling that will start automatically.
伊森：當然有。首先，建築物裡到處都有警報器。如果發生火災，警報器會響，讓大家知道這個危險。每個房間也都有滅火器，並且天花板上也有會自動啟動的灑水器。
of course當然alarm(n.)警報器all over somewhere到處，遍佈if(conj.)假如，如果ring(v.)發出鈴響so that以便everyone(pron.)所有人danger(n.)危險extinguisher(n.)滅火器sprinkler(n.)灑水器，灑水滅火裝置ceiling(n.)天花板automatically(adv.)自動地
Emma: And the teachers and students must calmly walk to the nearest exit, right?
艾瑪：而老師和學生必須要冷靜地走到最近的出口，對吧？
must(aux.)必須calmly(adv.)平靜地，冷靜地exit(n.)出口
Ethan: Exactly. We all meet up in the car park so that the adults can make sure no one is still in the school.
伊森：沒錯。我們全部會在停車場集合，讓大人們可以確定學校裡沒有人了。
meet up相聚，碰面car park停車場sure(adj.)肯定的，確定的make sure確保still(adv.)依然，還
Emma: What is the emergency number in Taiwan?
艾瑪：台灣的緊急電話是什麼呢？
emergency(n.)緊急情況，突發事件
Ethan: It’s 110 for the police, and 119 for ambulance and fire department.
伊森：找警察打110，救護車和消防隊打119。
police(n.)警察ambulance(n.)救護車department(n.)部門