50％的加薪
Hank and Karen are studying at the same university. They are chatting.
漢克和凱倫上同一所大學。他們在聊天。
Hank: Did you know that some of our courses will be taught in native languages next semester?
漢克：你知道下學期一些課程會用母語授課嗎？
course(n.)課程teach-taught(v.)教導
Karen: That’s good news, but why?
凱倫：這是個好消息，但為什麼呢？
Hank: The university hopes to encourage more people to learn and use these languages, such as Taiwanese, Hakka, indigenous tongues, the dialect from Matsu, and so on.
漢克：校方希望鼓勵更多的人學習和使用這些語言，比如說台語、客家話、原住民各族語言、馬祖語等等。
encourage sb. to do sth.鼓勵indigenous原生的、本土的dialect(n.)方言and so on=and so forth諸如此類
Karen: Would professors be willing to do so?
凱倫：教授們會願意這樣做嗎？
be willing to do sth.有意願
Hank: I think so. They will get a 50% raise if they choose to teach in any of the languages. The same goes for those who teach classes in English.
漢克：我想是的。開課的教授可以獲得50％的加薪。以英語授課的教授也是一樣的。
The same goes for...也是一樣
Karen: Wow. I need to brush up on my Hakka then.
凱倫：哇。那我得好好練練我的客家話了。
brush up on a skill增進技能
Hank: I didn’t know that you speak Hakka.
漢克：我不知道你會說客家話。
Karen: Well, I grew up in Miaoli. I speak to my grandma in Hakka.
凱倫：嗯嗯，我在苗栗長大。我跟阿婆都用客家話溝通。
Hank: It’s time to practice then. I have to polish up my Taiwanese as well.
漢克：那是時候來好好練習。我也必須精進我的台語了。
practice(v.)練習polish up=improve(v.)增進
Karen: You bet!
凱倫：沒錯啊！