
避免造成壓力
Jerry and Cynthia are a couple. They are talking about their trip to Australia next month.
傑瑞和辛西亞是一對情侶。他們正在討論下個月去澳洲的旅行。
Jerry: Should we still get our photos taken cuddling koalas when we go to Australia?
傑瑞:我們去澳洲的時候,還要去抱無尾熊拍照嗎?
cuddle(v.)擁抱cuddle up依偎著
Cynthia: Why wouldn’t we? I thought that was on our list.
辛西亞:為什麼不呢?我記得那是我們的計畫之一啊。
list(n.)清單(v.)列出make a list列出清單
Jerry: Well, I heard that the world’s oldest koala park in Queensland, called Lone Pine, stopped letting visitors hold the animals there. Also, I found out it’s against the law to hold koalas in some Australian states.
傑瑞:嗯,我聽說昆士蘭有個龍柏動物園,是世界最古老的無尾熊動物園,已經不讓遊客抱無尾熊了。另外,我還發現在澳洲的一些州,抱無尾熊是違法的。
stop V-ing停止做~stop to VR停止目前的動作,去做其他事find out發現against the law違法的lawful(adj.)合法的unlawful(adj.)違法的
Cynthia: Wow! I didn’t know that. I thought koala cuddling was ok everywhere in Australia. I’ve seen pictures of many celebrities holding cute koalas.
辛西亞:哇!我不知道這件事。我以為在澳洲哪裡都可以抱無尾熊。我看過很多名人抱著可愛的無尾熊的照片。
celebrity(n.)名人internet celebrity網紅=influencer
Jerry: That’s true, but more tourists now just want to watch the koalas and learn about them. Some experts even say that koalas can feel stressed when people hold them.
傑瑞:沒錯,但現在更多的遊客只是想觀看無尾熊並了解牠們。一些專家甚至說,當人們抱無尾熊時,牠們會感到壓力。
tourist(n.)遊客tourist spot觀光景點tourist information center旅客中心tour(n.)旅程、遊覽(v.)遊歷go on a tour去旅遊expert(n.)專家be expert in…在~的領域專精be expert at…在~技術上或活動特別厲害stressed(adj.)緊張的、有壓力的stress(n.)壓力under heavy stress壓力大=under a lot of stressstressful(adj.)令人緊張焦慮的
Cynthia: Those seem like good reasons to stop koala cuddling. Let’s just go and watch the koalas at Lone Pine instead.
辛西亞:這些理由聽起來確實不錯,停止無尾熊擁抱是有道理的。我們還是改成去龍柏動物園看看無尾熊就好。
instead(adv.)替代、反而、改為instead of取代
Jerry: Good idea, Cynthia. We can take some really good photos of the koalas doing what they do best: just being koalas.
傑瑞:好主意,辛西亞。我們可以拍些無尾熊自在生活的好照片。
take a photo of sb.(sth.)拍~的照片