
測量身體的肌肉與脂肪
Jill and Jones are talking about fitness.
吉兒和瓊斯正在聊健身。
fitness(n.)健壯、健康
Jill: Hey Jones, how are things going at the gym?
吉兒:嘿,瓊斯,你在健身房運動得如何呢?
gym(n.)健身房、體育館
Jones: I might stop going. I’ve been working out for two months and I don’t see any difference.
瓊斯:我可能不會去了;我持續運動兩個月了,而我看不出來任何變化。
might(aux.)可能、也許work out運動、健身difference(n.)差異、不同
Jill: Oh, that sucks. You could get one of those body scanners from Naked Labs.
吉兒:噢,那真糟糕。你可以從Naked Labs買一台身體掃描器呀!
suck(v.)糟糕、差勁could(aux.)可以、能scanner(n.)掃描器
Jones: Body scanner? That’s one of those electronic mirrors that takes 3D pictures of you so you can see how your body is changing, right?
瓊斯:身體掃描器?那是電子鏡的一種,它會拍你的3D照片讓你知道你身體的變化,對嗎?
electronic(adj.)電子的take(v.)(意思視名詞而定)so(conj.)因此、所以change(v.)改變、變化
Jill: Yes. Naked Labs say that they hope it can help people measure their muscles and fat so that they feel encouraged to go to the gym.
吉兒:是啊。Naked Labs表示他們希望它能幫助人們測量身體的肌肉與脂肪,讓他們受到鼓勵而去健身。
hope(v.)希望measure(v.)測量muscle(n.)肌肉fat(n.)脂肪so that以便、為的是encouraged(adj.)受到鼓舞的
Jones: Nice. Where can I get one?
瓊斯:很好,我可以去哪裡買呢?
Jill: You can order the body scanners from the Naked Labs website. But they’re not cheap – around NT$43,000.
吉兒:你可以從Naked Labs網站上訂購。但他們不便宜哦—大約四萬三千元。
order(v.)訂貨、訂購around(adv.)大約、左右
Jones: That is expensive. Maybe I should just pay someone to motivate me instead!
瓊斯:那很貴耶!那也許我應該付錢給人來激勵我。
maybe(adv.)或許、大概should(aux.)應該just(adv.)只是、僅僅someone(pron.)某人motivate(v.)使產生動機、激勵instead(adv.)作為替代