史上最大施放範圍
Peter and Susan are roommates. Peter is from the United States.
彼得和蘇珊是室友，彼得來自美國。
Peter: I saw many military vehicles passing through the plaza in front of the Presidential Office this morning. What’s up with that?
彼得：今天早上我看到許多軍事用車經過總統府前的廣場，那是怎麼一回事？
see(v.)看見，感官動詞+原形動詞(現在分詞)military(adj.)軍事的、軍用的vehicle(n.)車輛pass(v.)經過、穿過plaza(n.)廣場the Presidential Office總統府，president(n.)總統what’s up with sth.
Susan: That’s one of the rehearsals for celebrating Taiwan’s National Day. It is also known as Double Ten Day.
蘇珊：那是慶祝臺灣國慶日的預演工作之一，又稱為雙十節。
rehearsal(n.)預演、排練national(adj.)全國性的、國家的，national flag國旗，National Day國慶日
Peter: It was quite a sight. Are you going to do anything special on that day?
彼得：真是難得一見的場面，那一天你有什麼特別的打算嗎？
sight(n.)景象special(adj.)特別的
Susan: I’m going to take a trip to Kaohsiung. The fireworks display takes place at Kaohsiung Harbor this year.
蘇珊：我要去高雄旅行，今年國慶煙火表演在高雄港舉行。
fireworks display煙火表演take place舉行harbor(n.)海港
Peter: That sounds like a lot of fun.
彼得：聽起來很有趣耶。
sound like+名詞，sound+形容詞
Susan: Yeah, it does. The area for the fireworks display this year will be the largest and the widest in history.
蘇珊：是啊，今年煙火施放範圍是有史以來最大、最寬廣的。
the 單音節形容詞+est=形容詞最高級
Peter: Wow. Isn’t it exciting?
彼得：哇，真是令人興奮呢！
exciting(adj.)令人興奮的
Susan: But because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the city government limited the number of people at the main viewing area to 20,000.
蘇珊：但是由於COVID-19疫情的關係，市政府將主觀賞區域的人數限制在兩萬人。
pandemic(n.)大流行病limit(v.)限制
Peter: The tickets for the show must be expensive.
彼得：表演的門票一定很貴。
Susan: It’s free of charge. But you need to sign up online to enter a drawing. I already did that. Hopefully I will be one of the lucky 20,000 people.
蘇珊：是免費的，但是你要上網註冊才能參加抽籤，我已經註冊了，希望我能成為兩萬人中的幸運兒之一。
charge(n.)費用，free of charge=freesign up註冊drawing(n.)抽籤
Peter: I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you.
彼得：祝你好運囉！
keep one’s fingers crossed祈求好運