世代衝突的縮影
Molly is a college student. She is talking to her classmate Louis.
茉莉是大學生。她正在跟她的同學路易斯聊天。
Molly: Hey Louis, did you see that news about the MRT?
茉莉：嘿，路易斯，你有看到那個捷運的新聞嗎？
Louis: You mean the one where a student kicked an old lady? Yeah, that was crazy.
路易斯：你是說那個學生踹老婦人的新聞嗎？那真的太誇張了。
Molly: Yeah, I read that the old lady kept asking him to give up his seat, and even hit him with her bag.
茉莉：對啊，我看到新聞說那位老太太一直要他讓座，還用包包打他。
keep V-ing持續做give up one’s seat讓位
Louis: Still, he shouldn’t have kicked her. That’s going too far.
路易斯：不過，他也不該踹人吧，那就太過分了。
should have V-p.p.當時應該～go too far做得太過分、超過界線
Molly: True. But some people online said she was being rude, and he just lost his temper.
茉莉：也是啦。不過有些網友說她太沒禮貌，他只是氣到失控。
rude(adj.)沒禮貌的lose one’s temper發脾氣
Louis: Yeah, maybe. It’s hard to say who’s right or wrong when we don’t see the whole thing.
路易斯：嗯，有可能啦。沒看到全部經過，很難說誰對誰錯。
the whole thing整件事、整個過程
Molly: I think it shows how people from different generations sometimes don’t understand each other.
茉莉：我覺得這反映出不同世代的人，有時真的互相不了解。
generation(n.)世代、一代人generation gap代溝
Louis: Totally. Maybe schools should talk more about respect and public manners.
路易斯：真的。學校應該多教一些關於尊重和公共禮儀的事。
manners(n.)禮貌、舉止manner(n.)方法／in a…manner用某種方式
Molly: And people online should calm down too. It’s easy to judge when you don’t know the full story.
茉莉：而且網友也該冷靜一點。沒了解事情全貌就下評論，很容易誤會。
calm down冷靜下來、平息情緒judge(v.)評斷、批評
Louis: Yeah. Staying calm is important — both on the MRT and on the internet.
路易斯：對啊，保持冷靜很重要——不管是在捷運上，還是在網路上。
important(adj.)重要的key(adj.)主要的、關鍵的