LGBT值得擁有權利
Johnny and Maggie are chatting over lunch in their company’s cafeteria.
強尼和麥姬在員工餐廳邊吃午餐邊聊天。
chat over lunch邊吃邊聊cafeteria(n.)自助餐廳
Johnny: I saw the news this morning saying that a lot of LGBTs registered for marriage over the weekend, as soon as the new law went into effect last Friday.
強尼：我今天早上看到新聞說週五專法一通過之後，很多LGBT在週末的時候就去登記結婚了。
as soon as一～就～go into effect(法令)生效
Maggie: I know. My sister is thrilled about it since she is a lesbian. My parents are happy for her, too.
麥姬：我知道，因為我姐是同志，所以對這個消息感到很高興。我爸媽也為她感到開心。
be thrilled about對～感到非常開心since(conj.)=because因為
Johnny: Congratulations to her! She’s really lucky to be surrounded by people who are willing to accept who she is.
強尼：那真是恭喜她！她真的很幸運，身邊的人願意接納她。
congratulations(n.)恭喜lucky(adj.)幸運的=fortunatebe surrounded by陪伴在身邊be willing to RV願意～accept(v.)接受、接納
Maggie: Well, one of my friends is not so lucky. He’s afraid of showing his real identity to his loved ones.
麥姬：不過，我的一個朋友就沒那麼幸運了，他很害怕讓親近的人知道他的真實的一面。
be afraid of N(Ving)害怕～real(adj.)真實的=trueidentity(n.)身份loved one家人、親人
Johnny: That’s too bad.
強尼：那太糟了。
Maggie: I hope everyone in our society can keep an open mind towards the LGBT community.
麥姬：我希望這社會上的人都用開放的心態看待LGBT族群。
society(n.)社會keep an open mind towards對～持開放態度community(n.)族群
Johnny: Agreed. LGBTs deserve every right to live as happily as the rest of us do.
強尼：我同意，LGBT值得擁有權利，和我們一樣過得幸福。
agreed(adj.)同意的deserve(v.)值得、應得the rest其餘的人、剩餘的部分
Maggie: Let’s hope that one day there won’t be any homophobic people in this world.
麥姬：真希望有一天世界上不會再有反同志的人。
homophobic(adj.)恐同的
Johnny: And that everyone can legally get married to their other half.
強尼：而且每個人都可以合法地和另一半結為連理。
legally(adv.)合法地get married to和～結婚