酒水外送和製作便當
Tina and Derek work at a Japanese company in Taiwan.
蒂娜和德瑞克在台灣的一家日商公司工作。
Tina: Do you still remember Matsumoto from the Osaka branch?
蒂娜：你還記得大阪分公司的松本先生嗎？
branch(n.)分支、分公司
Derek: Of course. He was a nice fella. He showed us around when we were on a business trip to Osaka and Kyoto.
德瑞克：當然。他是個好人。我們去大阪和京都出差時，就是他帶我們四處參觀。
fella=guy傢伙show sb. around四處晃晃business trip出差
Tina: He sent an email to me with this photo!
蒂娜：他寄了電子郵件給我，有這張照片！
Derek: Ha! It’s us in an izakaya. Did he say anything?
德瑞克：哈！是我們在居酒屋拍的。他有說什麼嗎？
Tina: He said he missed us and looked forward to drinking with us soon.
蒂娜：他很想念我們，期待能和我們一起喝酒。
miss(v.)想念
Derek: I wonder when that will be.
德瑞克：我也想知道那會是什麼時候呢。
wonder(v., n.)想知道、奇觀
Tina: Also, how did these izakayas make it through the pandemic? People can’t drink together anymore.
蒂娜：還有就是，這些居酒屋是怎麼撐過疫情啊？大家又不能聚在一起喝酒。
Derek: Actually, home drinking has become a fad. Many have turned to focus on delivery service and making bentos.
德瑞克：其實在家喝酒已經成為一種新風尚。許多居酒屋已經轉而經營酒水外送和製作便當。
become a fad成為一時的風尚=trendturn(v.)轉向delivery service外送服務、deliver(v.)遞送
Tina: That’s true. I have had a few online drinking parties with friends.
蒂娜：這倒是。我和朋友的確有過幾次線上喝酒派對。
完成式
Derek: That seems to be the only way to do so during the pandemic.
德瑞克：這似乎是疫情期間唯一的辦法。
seem to be似乎是