滑水道與戲水池
Frank and Hazel are a couple. They are talking.
法蘭克和海澤爾是一對夫妻。他們正在聊天。
Frank: Giles and Maggie are visiting us from England next week. They have a ten-year-old son.
法蘭克：賈爾斯和梅姬下星期會從英國來拜訪我們。他們有一個十歲的兒子。
visit(v.)拜訪ten-year-old十歲大的
Hazel: That’s great. Our daughter can play with him. Have you decided which places to take them to?
海澤爾：那很棒。我們女兒可以跟他一起玩。你決定好要帶他們去哪裡了嗎？
decide(v.)決定
Frank: We can go to the Taipei Water Park or Taipei Children’s Amusement Park. What do you think?
法蘭克：我們可以去台北自來水園區或台北兒童新樂園。你覺得呢？
amusement park遊樂園Taipei Children’s Amusement Park台北兒童新樂園
Hazel: Well, there are many facilities at the amusement park. The kids can ride the Ferris wheel and merry-go-round. Is there anything special in the water park?
海澤爾：嗯，遊樂園裡有很多遊樂設施。孩子們可以坐摩天輪和旋轉木馬。自來水園區有什麼特別的嗎？
facility(n.)設施Ferris wheel摩天輪merry-go-round旋轉木馬special(adj.)特別的
Frank: They will hold a special event in August.
法蘭克：他們八月會舉辦特別的活動。
hold(v.)舉辦、舉行event(n.)事件、盛事
Hazel: Really? What kind of event?
海澤爾：真的嗎？什麼樣的活動？
Frank: They will set up two water slides, a ten-meter-long one and a seventy-meter-long one.
法蘭克：他們會架設兩個滑水道，分別是十米長和七十米長的。
set up安裝、裝配water slide滑水道ten-meter-long十公尺長的
Hazel: Wow, that sounds exciting! But I’m afraid that our daughter wouldn’t dare to go on the water slides.
海澤爾：哇，聽起來很刺激！但我怕女兒不敢玩滑水道。
exciting(adj.)刺激的、令人興奮的dare(v.)敢
Frank: Don’t worry. There will also be paddling pools for both children and adults.
法蘭克：別擔心。也有大人小孩都可以玩的戲水池。
paddle(v.)撥水paddling pool戲水池adult(n.)成年人
Hazel: Great. How much are the tickets?
海澤爾：太棒了。門票是多少錢呢?
Frank: It’s quite cheap. It’s NT$80 for adults and NT$40 for children under 12. Teresa can enter for free since she’s under six.
法蘭克：很便宜。大人是新台幣八十元，十二歲以下的小孩是四十元。泰瑞莎可以免費入場，因為她還沒六歲。
quite(adv.)相當cheap(adj.)便宜的expensive(adj.)昂貴的enter(v.)進入free(adj.)免費的;有空的;自由的since(conj.)因為
Hazel: Ok. Let’s go to the water park. I’m sure they will enjoy it.
海澤爾：好啊。我們去自來水園區吧。相信他們一定會喜歡的。