版面上消失的明星
Mina and John are friends. They are chatting.
米娜和約翰是朋友，他們正在聊天。
John: Did you read Justin Bieber’s Instagram post?
約翰：你有讀小賈斯汀的IG貼文嗎？
read- read-read讀post(n.)貼文(v.)張貼、發佈、發表貼文
Mina: No, I haven’t heard about him for a while.
米娜：我有一陣子沒聽說他的消息了。
hear about聽說消息hear of聽說過eg. I’ve never heard of this country before.沒有聽說過這個國家
John: He said he’s been seriously ill with Lyme disease.
約翰：他說他罹患萊姆病，重病很久了。
disease(n.)疾病illness(n.)病痛
Mina: Oh my god. Poor him.
米娜：天啊，他好可憐。
Oh my gosh.poor受格，誰真可憐
John: Turns out he’s been battling the disease for years.
約翰：原來他這些年一直都在和病魔纏鬥。
turn out結果是、原來battle(n.)(v.)戰鬥、奮鬥=fight against
Mina: No wonder he’s been missing from the media.
米娜：難怪他最近都從媒體版面上消失了。
no wonder S. V.難怪miss(v.)錯失、想念miss the chance錯失良機missing(adj.)消失的、失蹤的media(n.)媒體
John: Yeah, it’s been difficult for him. The disease has affected his skin, his energy levels, and even his brain.
約翰：是啊，對抗這個病很不容易，因為他的皮膚、大腦、和體力都會受到影響。
affect(v.)影響effect(n.)效果energy(n.)能源、活力weak(adj.)虛弱的
Mina: So that’s why he received a lot of hateful comments back then.
米娜：剛好就是他受到許多惡意批評的時候。
receive(v.)收到、得到hateful comment惡意評論hater(n.)酸民
John: I remember many people said he looked as if he had been on drugs.
約翰：我記得有很多人說他看起來像是在吸毒。
He looked as if he had been on drugs.與事實相反的假設，前推一個時態It looks as if it’s going to rain.可能發生的結果，時態不改變as if=as though彷彿、似乎drug(n.)藥物、毒品
Mina: Now they know it was quite unfair to say that.
米娜：現在他們知道這麼說很不公平了。
fair(adj.)公平的unfair(adj.)不公平的fairness(n.)公平、公正