不怕高油價
Henry and Sandra are friends who work together. Sandra has just arrived at the office. She is late.
亨利與珊卓拉是一起工作的朋友，珊卓拉剛剛才到公司，她遲到了。
just(adv.)剛剛，剛才arrive(v.)到達office(n.)辦公室
Henry: Hey Sandra, what’s the matter? You’re kind of late today.
亨利：嘿，珊卓拉，怎麼啦？妳今天有點遲到了耶！
matter(n.)事情、事件the matter麻煩事、問題kind of有點
Sandra: I know. It’s because I took the bus.
珊卓拉：我知道，因為我搭上班公車。
take(v.)搭乘
Henry: The bus? But you have a car. Why would you take the bus to work?
亨利：公車？但妳有車阿！為什麼要搭公車上班？
would(aux.)會、將
Sandra: It’s because of the price of gas. It’s been getting so high recently. Last month I spent over NT$8000 on it!
珊卓拉：是因為汽油的價格。最近油價變得好貴，上個月我在油價上花了超過八千塊錢！
gas(n.)汽油get(v.)變得、變成recently(adv.)最近、近來spend(v.)花費over(prep.)超過
Henry: You’ve got to find a solution! If you don’t watch out, you might end up spending all your money on fuel.
亨利：妳必須要找個解決辦法。如果妳不小心一點，可能最後會把所有的錢花在汽油上。
solution(n.)解決辦法、解決方案if(conj.)如果、假如watch out當心、小心might(aux.)可能、也許end up最後成為、以…告終fuel(n.)燃料
Sandra: Henry, you drive too. Maybe we could set up a carpool. That way we can save on transportation costs.
珊卓拉：亨利，你也開車，也許我們可以組個拼車團。那樣我們可以節省交通成本耶！
maybe(adv.)或許，大概set(v.)建立、設立carpool(n.)拼車族save(v.)節省、省下transportation(n.)交通cost(n.)成本
Henry: That sounds like a great idea. Plus, sharing a car will be good for the environment too. Let’s start tomorrow.
亨利：那聽起來是個很棒的主意耶！而且，共用一部車對環境也是好的。我們明天就開始吧！
sound(v.)聽起來like(prep.)像idea(n.)主意、想法plus(conj.)並且、而且、加上share(v.)分享、共用environment(n.)環境
Sandra: Alright. I’ll pick you up first thing tomorrow then.
珊卓拉：好啊！那我明天一早去接你。
pick sb. up接(某人)first thing一大早
Henry: Brilliant.
亨利：太棒了！
brilliant(adj.)非常好的