當蘿絲遇到蘿絲
Ian and Gina are roommates. Gina got a letter from her grandmother.
伊恩和吉娜是室友。吉娜收到了外婆的信。
Gina: Rose wrote to me again. She went on a cruise.
吉娜：蘿絲又寫信來了。她現在在郵輪上。
be or go on a cruise郵輪度假
Ian: Who is Rose again? Your grandmother?
伊恩：誰啊？你祖母？
Gina: On my mother’s side. Both of my grandmas are called Rose actually.
吉娜：在我媽媽那邊的。其實我兩個祖母都叫蘿絲。
on my mother′s side媽媽那邊on my father′s side爸爸那邊
Ian: But you’re closer to your maternal grandma?
伊恩：但你跟媽媽那邊的祖母更親？
close(adj.)親近的
Gina: Well, the other Rose passed away when I was just a little girl.
吉娜：嗯，當我還小的時候，奶奶就去世了。
pass away過世
Ian: I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to bring that up.
伊恩：我很抱歉。我不是有意提起這個的。
bring sth. up提起=mention
Gina: No worries. By the way, do you think we need to use different terms to call our paternal and maternal grandparents?
吉娜：沒關係。順便問一下，你覺得我們需要用不同的稱呼來叫我們的爺爺奶奶和外公外婆嗎？
by the way or btw附帶一提term(n.)稱謂
Ian: I don’t think that’s necessary.
伊恩：我認為沒有必要呢。
necessary(adj.)必要的
Gina: I saw a poll on the Internet the other day. Most of the people were not on your side.
吉娜：前幾天我在網路上看到了一個民意調查。大多數人都跟你相反耶。
poll(n.)意見調查on your side支持你
Ian: Really? It’s like bringing owls to Athens. I’m sure that grandparents on both sides love us very much.
伊恩：我覺得多此一舉呢。我相信兩邊的祖父母一定都非常愛我們。
bring owls to Athens多此一舉