高雄鐵路地下化
Rita and Ryan are talking about the railways in Kaohsiung.
瑞塔和萊恩正在聊高雄的鐵路。
Rita: The Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) is taking a big step forward.
瑞塔：台灣鐵路局（台鐵）向前跨了一大步呢！
administration(n.)行政、管理take(v.)(意思視名詞而定)step(n.)步伐、腳步forward(adj.)向前的a step forward進步、改進
Ryan: Right. After being in service for 16 years, the Kaohsiung station is no longer on the ground. The TRA has moved it underground and completed the project at last.
萊恩：是啊；在使用了16年後，高雄車站現在不在地面上了。台鐵將它地下化，並且這個專案終於完成了。
in service在使用中move(v.)移動、遷移underground(adv.)在地下的project(n.)工程、專案計畫at last最終、終於
Rita: 7 railway crossings and 16 junctions have been removed, which will help increase the value of lands and change the look of the city.
瑞塔：七個平交道和16個立體交匯處已被移除，這將會幫助增加土地價值和改變城市風貌。
railway crossing平交道junction(n.)交叉口remove(v.)除去、去掉increase(v.)增加value(n.)價值、價格land(n.)土地look(n.)樣子、外觀
Ryan: October 13th was the last day for trains running on the ground. Loads of railway fans gathered at the Kaohsiung station to record this last moment.
萊恩：10月13日是火車最後一天在地面上行駛；大批鐵道迷聚集在高雄車站來記錄這最後一刻。
load(n.)大量、很多gather(v.)聚集、集攏record(v.)記錄、記載
Rita: They took photos, recorded videos and some even sang Taiwanese songs.
瑞塔：他們拍照、錄影，有些人甚至唱起台語歌。
Ryan: Some people say that it was the route they took to commute to work. Others say it used to be a hot spot for them to bring dates to in the past.
萊恩：有些人說這是他們通勤上班的路線；其他人說那裡是他們過去帶約會對象去的熱點。
route(n.)路線、路途commute(v.)上下班往返、通勤hot spot(n.)熱點date(n.)約會對象past(n.)過去
Rita: Saying goodbye is always hard. Even though we missed the last day, at least now we can experience the station in its new form – underground.
瑞塔：說再見總是困難的。雖然我們錯過了最後一天，至少我們可以體驗車站的新形式：地下化！
even though即使、雖然at least至少experience(v.)經歷、體會form(n.)形式