
減少塑膠垃圾
Melanie and Oscar are friends. They are leaving on a trip to Xiaoliuqiu.
梅蘭妮和奧斯卡是朋友,他們即將啟程前往小琉球。
set off出發、啟程
Melanie: Oscar, I have our train tickets, and I already booked the ferry tickets and our rooms. Am I forgetting anything?
梅蘭妮:奧斯卡,我們的火車票我已經買好了,也預訂了渡輪票和房間。我有沒有漏掉什麼?
book(v.)預定ferry(n.)渡輪forget(v.)忘記
Oscar: No, but we should also sign up to use the Liuqiu Ecocup service.
奧斯卡:沒有,但我們也應該報名參加「琉行杯」服務。
sign up報名sign in登入sign out登出
Melanie: What’s that?
梅蘭妮:那是什麼?
Oscar: It’s a free service on Xiaoliuqiu that lets tourists borrow reusable cups, so they won’t make extra plastic waste while they’re visiting the island.
奧斯卡:這是小琉球島上的一項免費服務,讓遊客借用可重複使用的杯子,這樣他們在島上遊玩時就不會製造多餘的塑膠垃圾。
borrow(v.)借(入)lend(v.)借(出)reusable(adj.)可重複使用的non-reusable(adj.)不可重複使用的
Melanie: Oh! That sounds really cool. I’m glad that there is a service that is helping to fight plastic waste.
梅蘭妮:哇!聽起來真的很棒。很高興有這樣的服務來協助減少塑膠垃圾。
Oscar: Me too! And over the past five years, the service has saved around 130,000 plastic cups and bottles. That’s so many!
奧斯卡:我也是!在過去的五年中,這項服務已經省下了約13萬個塑膠杯和瓶子。真是太多了!
over(prep.)在~期間around(adv.)大約=about
Melanie: Wow! That is a lot. How do we sign up?
梅蘭妮:哇!那真的是很多。我們該如何報名呢?
Oscar: I just need to send them a message on Facebook before we take the ferry. Leave this to me! You already did enough for our trip.
奧斯卡:我只需要在我們搭渡輪之前,透過臉書給他們發訊息。這件事就交給我吧!你已經為我們的旅行做了很多了。
leave sth. to sb.讓某人去做某事enough(det.)足夠地