
行銷東奧新手法
Heidi and Hugo are watching the news.
海蒂和雨果正在看新聞。
be Ving 現在進行式(正在…)
Heidi: The complete competition schedule for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has been released.
海蒂:明年東奧完整的比賽時程表出來了耶!
complete(adj.)全部的、完整的=whole, full, entireschedule(n.)時程表has been Vpp現在完成被動語態(已經被…)release(v.)公佈、發布
Hugo: Yeah, and to promote the event worldwide, they are planning something unexpected.
雨果:是啊,為了向全世界推廣這個賽事,他們正在籌劃一個令人意外的事情哩!
promote(v.)推廣、提倡event(n.)活動=competitionworldwide(adv.)在全世界地=globallyunexpected(adj.)出乎意料的、想不到的=surprising
Heidi: Gundams robots will be launched into space! How did they come up with that idea? That’s pretty cool!
海蒂:鋼彈會被發射到太空!他們怎麼會想到這個點子呢?超酷的耶!
launch(v.)發射、下水come up with想出…
Hugo: Totally! The news said they will send two 10-centimeter Gundam robot and Char’s Zaku robot into the Earth’s orbit on a microsatellite called the G Satellite.
雨果:是啊,新聞說他們會將兩個高約十公分的鋼彈和夏亞專用薩克機器人,裝入小型衛星G Satellite送到地球的軌道上。
orbit(n.)軌道satellite(n.)人造衛星call(v.)稱為、叫做=name
Heidi: Yes. It’ll have an electronic bulletin board used by robots to display congratulatory messages in multiple languages!
海蒂:是的。而且有機器人使用的電子顯示器,會秀出多國語言的祝賀訊息呢!
electronic(adj.)電子的bulletin board佈告欄display(v.)顯示=showcongratulatory(adj.)恭賀的、祝賀的multiple(adj.)多個的、多種的=many, various, several
Hugo: The robots are going to catch people’s eye for sure.
雨果:這些機器人一定會很吸睛!
catch sb’s eye引起…的注意、吸引…的目光for sure肯定地、無疑地=certainly
Heidi: Absolutely! That’s why they planned out this project – because people around the world are so excited about space exploration.
海蒂:沒錯,那就是他們籌劃這項計畫的原因,因為全世界的人都對於太空探險覺得很興奮!
plan sth. out精心安排、籌劃project(n.)計畫=schemeexploration(n.)探險