
車頭都凹了
Hamish and Kelly are talking about safety.
漢米許和凱莉正在聊安全問題。
safety(n.)安全
Kelly: People need to be more careful when they cross the street.
凱莉:當人們在過馬路時,他們必須要更小心。
careful(adj.)小心的、謹慎的when(conj.)當cross(v.)越過、橫跨
Hamish: Right, so many of us are looking at our phones that we don’t pay attention to what’s happening around us.
漢米許:是啊,許多人都在看著手機以至於他們沒有注意周遭發生的事。
pay(v.)給予、致以attention(n.)注意、留心pay attention to sth.關注、留意某事happen(v.)發生around(prep.)周圍、圍繞
Kelly: Exactly, and that can be dangerous.
凱莉:沒錯,而且那可危險了呢!
exactly(adv.)精確地dangerous(adj.)危險的
Hamish: It can. Actually, in Xindian there was an accident. While a 15-year-old girl was crossing the street, she was hit by a car.
漢米許:是啊!事實上,在新店有一起意外。一位十五歲女孩在過馬路時,被車撞到了。
actually(adv.)實際上、事實上accident(n.)意外、事故while(conj.)在…的時候、與…同時hit(v.)碰撞
Kelly: I saw this news too. The girl was hit so hard, and the car had a very big dent in it.
凱莉:我也看到這則新聞了。這位女孩被撞得很大力,而車子前方有個很大的凹陷。
news(n.)新聞、消息dent(n.)坑、凹陷
Hamish: Was the girl alright in the end?
漢米許:這位女生最後還好嗎?
alright(adj.)平安無恙的end(n.)末端、盡頭in the end最後
Kelly: She hurt her arms and knees but thankfully she survived.
凱莉:她的手臂和膝蓋受傷了,但幸好她倖存下來了。
hurt(v.)弄傷knee(n.)膝蓋thankfully(adv.)幸好、幸虧survive(v.)存活、倖存
Hamish: She was very lucky, huh. I guess we should all be more careful next time we cross the road.
漢米許:她非常幸運,是不是?我想我們下次過馬路時都應該更加謹慎了!
lucky(adj.)幸運的huh(excl.)嗯?guess(v.)猜、猜測should(aux.)應該time(n.)次、回