加顆蛋要20元？
Jason is talking to his colleague May.
傑森正在和他的同事梅說話。
Jason: Morning, May! Have you grabbed breakfast yet?
傑森：早安，梅！妳吃過早餐了嗎？
grab(v.)隨手取得、快速吃或喝
May: Not yet, just sticking with coffee for now. Why?
梅：還沒，目前只打算喝咖啡。怎麼了嗎？
stick with堅持、繼續做
Jason: I just stopped by the breakfast shop downstairs. I wanted to add an egg to my sandwich, but can you believe it? It’s 20 bucks now!
傑森：我剛去樓下的早餐店。我想在三明治裡加顆蛋，但你相信嗎？現在要20塊了！
add A to B 把A加入Badd up加總add on追加buck(n.)錢、元make a quick buck快速賺錢
May: 20 bucks for one egg? Wow, that’s pricey. I remember when it was only 10.
梅：一顆蛋20塊？哇，那很貴耶。我記得以前才10塊錢。
pricey(adj.)昂貴的
Jason: I know! I asked the owner about it. He said everything’s going up — rent, electricity, even the staff wages.
傑森：對啊！我有問老闆，他說現在什麼都在漲 —— 房租、電費，連員工薪水也是。
go up上升、上漲rise(v.)上升increase(v.)上升、增加go down下降hourly wage時薪minimum wage最低工資
May: I guess that makes sense. Those owners have to be up at 4:00 a.m. every day. It’s a tough job.
梅：我想也是。老闆們每天凌晨四點就要起床，那是辛苦活。
make sense合理tough(adj.)困難的、強硬的、堅強的
Jason: Exactly. He told me his profit margin is actually pretty low — only about 10%.
傑森：沒錯。他跟我說他的利潤率其實很低，大概只有10%左右。
profit margin利潤率make a profit賺錢、獲利earn a profit獲利turn a profit轉虧為盈
May: So if he makes NT$600,000 a month, he only keeps NT$60,000? That’s a lot of hard work for that much money.
梅：所以如果他一個月營業額60萬台幣，最後只留6萬？那真的是賺辛苦錢。
hard work辛苦付出Hard work pays off.辛苦會有所回報
Jason: Right. So I didn’t mind paying the extra 20. I want to support local shops, you know?
傑森：是啊。所以我並不介意多付那20塊。妳知道的，我想支持一下在地店家。
mind(v.)介意pay(v.)付錢support(v.)支持
May: You’re a good guy. But hey, tomorrow I’ll just bring you a boiled egg from home for free!
梅：你人真好。不過，嘿！明天我直接從家裡帶一顆水煮蛋給你，免費！
Jason: Now that’s a deal! Thanks, May.
傑森：那我真是賺到了！謝啦，梅。
that’s a deal成交、就這麼說定make a deal (with someone) (與某人)達成協議