打破紀錄的教授
George and Nancy are friends. They are visiting an aquarium.
喬治和南希是朋友。他們在參觀水族館。
George: Nancy, have you heard about the professor who broke the record for living underwater?
喬治：南希，你有沒有聽說有一位教授打破了在水下生活的紀錄？
break a record打破紀錄break-broke-broken
Nancy: No, tell me all about it, George.
南希：沒有欸，快跟我說說，喬治。
George: Well, there’s this professor named Joseph Dituri, who has been living underwater for 74 days now. He plans to stay there until he reaches 100 days.
喬治：嗯，這位名叫約瑟夫·迪圖理的教授已經在水下生活了74天。他打算在那裡待滿100天。
plan to RV打算做某事reach(v.)達到
Nancy: Wow, that’s quite a long time! What’s he doing down there?
南希：哇，時間還蠻長的欸。他在水底下做什麼？
George: He’s doing research on how the human body reacts to long-term underwater living. It’s quite fascinating, really.
喬治：他在研究人體長期在水下生活會有什麼反應。真的還蠻有趣的。
research(n.)研究react(v.)反應react to對～作出反應long-term(adj.)長期的short-term(adj.)短期的
Nancy: Cool! I wonder what his daily life is like.
南希：好酷！我好奇他的日常生活都怎麼過。
George: From what I’ve read, he follows a routine. He has protein-rich meals like eggs and salmon, does push-ups, and takes an hour-long nap. Surprisingly, he doesn’t use any technology to adjust to water pressure.
喬治：根據我所讀到的，他有一套固定的生活習慣。他會吃蛋和鮭魚等富含蛋白質的食物、做伏地挺身，以及午睡一小時。令人驚訝的是，他沒用任何科技來調節水壓。
routine(n.)例行公事take a nap睡午覺adjust to…適應～pressure(n.)壓力
Nancy: It must be such a unique experience for him.
南希：這對他來說肯定是很獨特的體驗。
unique(adj.)獨特的
George: Definitely. It makes me think more about my dream of becoming a marine biologist. I really want to study marine life and help protect the ocean.
喬治：當然。這讓我更想當一名海洋生物學家了。我很想研究海洋生物，幫助保護海洋。
marine(adj.)海洋的marine life海洋生物marine biology海洋生物學
Nancy: I have no doubt in your abilities, George.
南希：我相信你一定有能力做到，喬治。
doubt(n.)懷疑ability(n.)能力
George: Thank you, Nancy. This professor’s story motivates me. I’m eager to learn more about his research.
喬治：謝謝你，南希。這位教授的故事激勵了我。我迫不及待想更了解他的研究。
motivate(v.)激勵be eager to RV渴望做某事
Nancy: That’s a fantastic idea. Let’s try to find some books or articles about the professor’s work. It’ll be inspiring to dive deeper into his findings.
南希：這個主意很棒。讓我們試著找些這位教授研究的相關書籍或文章。深入了解他的研究發現應該會很有啟發性。
inspiring(adj.)振奮人心的、有啟發性的dive into sth.潛心研究～、一頭裁進～