一次賣三公斤賺千萬
Marty is talking to his coworker Carrie.
馬蒂正在跟他的同事凱莉聊天。
Marty: Hey Carrie, did you see the news? Gold prices are through the roof!
馬蒂：嘿，凱莉，你有看到新聞嗎？黃金價格飆得超高！
through the roof飆高
Carrie: Seriously? How high are they now?
凱莉：真的嗎？現在漲到多少了？
put／jack up the price(大幅)漲價
Marty: One shop in Taipei is selling gold for NT$16,170 per mace!
馬蒂：台北有一家銀樓賣到每錢一萬六千一百七十元呢！
Carrie: Whoa! That’s crazy! That must be a new record, right?
凱莉：哇！太誇張了吧！這是新紀錄吧？
Marty: Yep! The shop owner said a sweet old couple came in and sold three kilograms of gold.
馬蒂：對啊！店老闆說有一對可愛的老夫妻拿了三公斤的黃金來賣。
kilogram(n.)公斤gram(n.)公克
Carrie: Three kilos? That’s a lot! How much did they get?
凱莉：三公斤？那也太多了吧！他們拿了多少錢？
Marty: About ten million in cash! Can you imagine walking out with that much money?
馬蒂：大約一千萬元的現金！你能想像拿著那麼多錢走出店門嗎？
million(n.)百萬／millions of…好幾百萬的～imagine(v.)想像
Carrie: I’d probably just stand there frozen, hugging the cash.
凱莉：我可能只會抱著那堆錢傻傻地站在那。
probably(adv.)很可能、大概frozen(adj.)僵住、呆住
Marty: Haha! Me too. And they didn’t even look rich — just a very simple couple.
馬蒂：哈哈！我也是。他們看起來一點都不像有錢人，就很樸素。
simple(adj.)樸素的
Carrie: Wow… maybe they’ve been saving gold for years.
凱莉：哇……也許他們存了好多年的黃金吧。
have been V-ing現在完成進行式
Marty: Could be! My grandma still keeps some gold jewelry “just in case.”
馬蒂：有可能！我奶奶現在還留著一些金飾，說「以防萬一」。
just in case以防萬一
Carrie: Smart lady! Maybe I should get some gold too.
凱莉：真聰明！我是不是也該去買一點黃金啊？
Marty: Well, if the prices keep climbing, it might not be a bad idea!
馬蒂：嗯，如果價格還繼續上漲，說不定也不錯！
go up上漲