台灣跑者紐約奪銀
Owen and Wendy are colleagues. They both signed up for the marathon this weekend.
歐文和溫蒂是同事。他們都報名參加這個週末的馬拉松比賽。
sign up for sth.報名
Owen: Are you confident about the marathon?
歐文：你對馬拉松比賽有信心嗎？
be confident about有信心
Wendy: Yes, I’ve been practicing running since last month.
溫蒂：嗯嗯，我從上個月開始練習跑步。
現在完成進行、have been doing sth.
Owen: You will be the dark horse!
歐文：你就會是黑馬吧！
dark horse黑馬
Wendy: I hope so, but I’m nothing like Lo Wei-ming.
溫蒂：我希望如此，但我可不是羅維銘呢。
Owen: Who is he?
歐文：他是誰？
Wendy: He is a Taiwanese runner. He finished second in the world’s longest race in Queens, New York. Lo even switched from his sneakers to flip-flops during the race, and many other runners copied him.
溫蒂：他是來自台灣的超馬跑者。他在紐約這場世界最長的馬拉松比賽中獲得第二名。他甚至跑到一半時把運動鞋換成了人字拖，許多其他跑者也紛紛效法。
race(n.)競速比賽switch to更換、切換flip-flops人字拖copy(v.)效法、抄襲
Owen: How long did the race last?
歐文：這場比賽要多久跑完？
last(v.)持續
Wendy: 52 Days. Participants had to run nearly 100 kilometers every day.
溫蒂：52天。參賽者每天需要跑將近100公里。
participant(n.)參與者、participate in=take part in參加nearly(adv.)幾乎kilometer(n.)公里、centimeter(n.)公分
Owen: That’s really something.
歐文：那確實很厲害呢。
Wendy: It is. Let’s do our best this weekend!
溫蒂：對，所以這個週末讓我們全力以赴跑下去吧！
do our best全力以赴=bring our A game