超市限購
Gina and Marc are standing outside a supermarket in Taipei. Gina is looking at a news alert on her phone.
吉娜和馬克站在台北的一家超市外面。吉娜正在看手機上的即時新聞。
security alert安全警報emergency alert緊急警報
Gina: Marc, look at this! We need to go into Carrefour right now!
吉娜：馬克，你看這個！我們現在得趕快進去家樂福！
Marc: Why the rush? Is there a big sale? I want to buy some snacks.
馬克：幹嘛這麼急？有大特賣嗎？我想買點零食。
in a rush趕時間the rush hour尖峰時間
Gina: No, it’s not a sale. There’s a limit! You can only buy one pack of trash bags now.
吉娜：不，不是特賣，是限購！現在垃圾袋每人只能買一包。
on sale在特價中for sale出售中end-of-season sale季末特賣limit(n.)限制
Marc: What? Why? Is it because of the war in the Middle East?
馬克：什麼？為什麼？是因為中東戰爭的關係嗎？
because of因為
Gina: Exactly! The news says the war is pushing oil prices up. Since plastic is made from oil, the price of plastic bags is also going up. Costco started this limit first.
吉娜：沒錯！新聞說戰爭讓油價上漲。因為塑膠是用石油做的，所以塑膠袋的價格也跟著上漲。好市多是最先開始實施限購的。
push sth. up讓(某個數值)上升be made of…(看得出原材料)由～做成be made into變成某物
Marc: Oh, I see. What about PX Mart? I need to buy milk there later.
馬克：喔，我懂了。那全聯呢？我等一下要去那裡買牛奶。
Gina: PX Mart and A.mart say everything is normal. They don’t have any limits yet.
吉娜：全聯和愛買都說一切正常，目前還沒有限購。
normal(adj.)正常的not yet還沒有、尚未
Marc: Honestly, Gina, maybe this is a good thing. We use too much plastic anyway. It’s bad for the environment.
馬克：說實話，吉娜，或許這是件好事。反正我們用太多塑膠了，對環境很不好。
environment(n.)環境environmental protection環境保護environmental pollution環境污染
Gina: You’re right. We should stop using so many plastic bags and use eco-bags instead.
吉娜：你說得對。我們應該少用塑膠袋，改用環保袋。
ecological(adj.)環保的
Marc: Yeah! If we bring our own bags, we don’t have to worry about these limits or the prices. Let’s be more eco-friendly!
馬克：對啊！如果我們自備購物袋，就不用擔心這些限購或價格問題了。讓我們更環保一點吧！
eco-friendly(adj.)環保的
Gina: Good idea. Let’s go get my eco-bag from the car first!
吉娜：好主意！我們先去車上拿我的環保袋吧！