
為地球盡一份心力
Matt and Wendy are friends. They are chatting.
邁特和溫蒂是朋友。他們正在聊天。
Matt: Hey, Wendy! Did you know what happened at FamilyMart stores on Saturday night?
邁特:嘿,溫蒂!你知道週六晚上在全家便利商店發生了什麼嗎?
Wendy: Not really. What was up?
溫蒂:不太清楚。怎麼了?
Matt: They turned off their lights for an hour. It was to save power.
邁特:他們關燈一小時。目的是為了節省能源。
turn off關掉save(v.)節省、拯救power(n.)能源、電力outage(n.)停電
Wendy: Oh, really? That’s pretty cool! How many stores joined in?
溫蒂:喔,真的嗎?那很酷!有多少間店加入了呢?
quite(adv.)相當地join(v.)加入
Matt: A lot! They turned off the lights at over 4,200 stores, and they saved 5,500 kilowatt-hours of power.
邁特:很多!他們關掉了超過4,200間店的燈,節省了5,500度電。
kilowatt(n.)千瓦度
Wendy: Wow, that’s great!
溫蒂:哇,太棒了!
Matt: We can join in by turning off our lights for an hour too. And we can use less power every day, like remembering to turn off fans when we are not using them.
邁特:我們也可以加入,關掉我們的燈一個小時。而且我們還可以每天節省能源,比如不用風扇時記得關掉。
remember to V.記得去做~remember V-ing記得做過~
Wendy: Good idea! Count me in. Let’s do our part for the Earth!
溫蒂:好主意!我也要加入。讓我們為地球盡一份心力!
do one’s part盡自己的一份責任
Matt: Sure! Even small changes can make a big difference. Let’s show our love for the Earth together!
邁特:當然!即使是小改變也能有大影響。讓我們一起表達對地球的愛!
difference(n.)不同be different from…跟~不同
Wendy: Yeah, let’s start right away!
溫蒂:對呀,讓我們立刻開始吧!
right away立刻=at once