師大新規定
Amy and Marc are university students. They are chatting.
艾米和馬克是大學生。他們在聊天。
Amy: Hey, Marc, have you heard about the new mental health leave rule at National Taiwan Normal University?
艾米：嘿，馬克，你有聽說師大新的心理假規定嗎？
rule(n.)規定、規則follow a rule遵守規則break a rule違反規則
Marc: No, I haven’t. What’s that about?
馬克：沒有，我不知道。那是什麼？
Amy: It’s a new rule that allows students to take a break from school to get counseling or treatment if they are feeling very stressed.
艾米：那是一項新規定，允許學生在壓力很大時可以請假，接受輔導或治療。
allow sb. to do sth.允許某人做某事counseling(n.)輔導treatment(n.)治療stressed(adj.)緊張的、焦慮的、有壓力的stressed out擔心的、緊張的
Marc: Oh, that sounds like a good idea. Is this a new thing?
馬克：喔，聽起來是個好主意。這是新的規定嗎？
Amy: Yes, it is. The students talked about the idea, and a group of people studied it. They want to make sure students can take a break and get help.
艾米：是啊。學生們先是提出了這個想法，然後有一群人進行了研究。他們想確保學生可以休息一下，得到幫助。
make sure (that)…確保～
Marc: That’s good to hear. I hope it will help students who need it. How long can the students take time off from their studies if they need to?
馬克：那聽起來很不錯。我希望那可以幫助到有需要的學生。如果需要，學生們可以休息多長時間？
take off休假、請假
Amy: They can ask for up to five days of mental health leave each semester.
艾米：他們每學期最多可以請到五天的心理假。
ask for申請、請求up to多達semester(n.)學期term(n.)(英制)學期、學季
Marc: Hmm, that’s not very long, but at least it’s something.
馬克：嗯，雖然不是很長，但總比沒有強。
at least至少
Amy: Right. It’s just enough time to take a short break and look for help.
艾米：對啊。時間剛好足夠休息一下，尋求幫助。
Marc: I hope that the university will continue to support students’ mental health in other ways too.
馬克：我希望師大還會繼續以其他方式支持學生的心理健康。
continue to do sth.繼續做某事support(v.)(n.)(技術、金錢、情感上的)支持、支援
Amy: Me too! Mental health is important, and it’s great to see the university taking action to help students who need it.
艾米：我也是！心理健康很重要，看到大學採取行動幫助有需要的學生真是太好了。
take action採取行動