影響黃金週旅遊
Irene and Isaac are colleagues. They are chatting.
艾琳和艾薩克是同事，他們正在聊天。
be V-ing 現在進行式(正在…)
Irene: You’re going to Japan at the end of this month, right?
艾琳：你這個月底要去日本對嗎？
be V-ing 未來式(將要…)
Isaac: Yes, I am. Why do you ask?
艾薩克：是啊，怎麼了嗎？
Irene: A small volcanic eruption occurred at Mount Aso in Japan the other day.
艾琳：前幾天日本的阿蘇火山發生輕微的爆發耶。
occur(v.)發生=happenthe other day前幾天、幾天前=a few days ago
Isaac: Oh really? But how serious was it? Did it cause any injuries?
艾薩克：噢真的嗎？有多嚴重呢？有造成任何傷亡嗎？
serious(adj.)嚴重的cause(v.)造成=result ininjury(n.)傷害、損傷(用於肉體上)damage(n.)傷害、損害(用於事、物上)
Irene: Fortunately, no one was hurt. It wasn’t too serious, so none of the tourist facilities or hotels in the area had to close down.
艾琳：幸好沒有人受傷，這次爆發並沒有很嚴重，所以也沒有任何旅客設施或飯店被迫關閉。
fortunately(adv.)幸好=luckilynone(pron.)沒有一個、全無facility(n.)場所、設施area(n.)區域、地區close down關閉=shut down
Isaac: I think that will more or less discourage people from visiting that area during the upcoming Golden Week holidays.
艾薩克：我想在即將到來的黃金週期間，那或多或少也會讓人們不太敢去那個地區旅遊。
more or less或多或少encourage(v.)鼓勵discourage(v.)阻撓、阻止=stop, preventupcoming(adj.)即將發生的=forthcoming
Irene: Probably. The government is currently monitoring the situation.
艾琳：也許吧，所以政府正在監控當地的狀況。
government(n.)政府currently(adv.)目前、現在=nowmonitor(v.)監控、監督=oversee, keep an eye onmonitor(n.)螢幕situation(n.)狀況
Isaac: Thank you for telling me. I’ll keep a close eye on the news.
艾薩克：謝謝你提醒我，我會密切注意相關新聞的。
close(adj.)密切的keep an eye on sth. 注意、留意=look out for, pay attention to