
捕捉有賞!
Hank and Marvin are walking along the riverside.
漢克和馬文正沿著河邊散步。
Hank: Look at that! There’s a giant lizard sunbathing.
漢克:看看那個!有一隻巨大的蜥蜴在曬日光浴。
giant(adj.)巨大的sunbathe(v.)做日光浴
Marvin: Wow, it is so big!
馬文:哇,超級大!
Hank: It’s almost like a small dinosaur.
漢克:這幾乎就像是隻小恐龍。
dinosaur(n.)恐龍
Marvin: You know what? I think it’s a green iguana.
馬文:嘿,這應該是一隻綠鬣蜥。
Hank: Green iguana!? Doesn’t the government offer a prize for capturing it?
漢克:綠鬣蜥!政府不是有提供捕捉牠的獎賞嗎?
prize(n.)獎賞、prize money獎金capture=catch(v.)捕抓、奪取、俘虜
Marvin: Yes, you can exchange one iguana for a pack of rice.
馬文:沒錯,一隻綠鬣蜥可以換一包米。
exchange sth. for sth.交換
Hank: I heard that green iguanas have become a serious problem in Pingtung.
漢克:聽說綠鬣蜥已經成為屏東當地的嚴重問題。
serious(adj.)嚴重的
Marvin: Yes. They chew up crops and damage the trenches. They have a huge impact on local ecology. Also, so far this year, around 8,000 iguanas were captured in Pingtung.
馬文:就是啊,牠會吃掉農作物並破壞附近的溝渠,也會對當地的生態造成嚴重影響。另外,屏東縣政府光在今年就捕獲了約8000隻綠鬣蜥。
chew up咀嚼、咬食crop(n.)農作物damage(v.)損害、harm(v.)傷害trench(n.)水溝、渠道have an impact on sth.嚴重影響ecology(n.)生態
Hank: That’s a lot. I think the farmers would be happy to hear that.
漢克:也太多。我想農民們會很高興聽到這個消息。