秋後算帳 噤若寒蟬
Chris and Kiki are having their lunch break.
克里斯跟淇淇在午休。
Chris: Do you remember that flight attendants of China Airlines held a protest last year?
克里斯：你記得去年華航空服員的抗議事件嗎？
flight attendant空服員protest(n.)抗議
Kiki: Sure. They called for a better working environment and a reasonable salary and working hours. We went there to cheer for them. In the end, the company accepted all of their requests.
淇淇：當然記得。他們要求更好的工作環境，並要有合理的薪水及工時。我們還去幫他們加油。最後華航全數同意工會的要求。
call for要求environment(n.)環境reasonable(adj.)合理的salary(n.)薪水cheer(v.)加油accept(v.)接受request(n.)要求
Chris: Yeah. But some members of Taoyuan Flight Attendants Union just got fired by China Airlines.
克里斯：是啊，但有些工會成員現在卻遭到華航解雇。
fire(v.)解雇
Kiki: Are you serious? They spoke up about improving their working conditions and then get fired.
淇淇：你是說真的嗎？他們為了改善工作狀況發聲，最後卻被公司解雇？
speak up大聲說話、表達意見improve(v.)改善condition(n.)狀況fire(v.)解雇
Chris: Yes, I saw it on the news and I’m disappointed about it. The news mentioned that according to the Labor Standards Act, China Airlines will only be fined 30 thousand dollars for this sneaky behavior.
克里斯：是啊，我在新聞上看到，覺得超級失望。新聞中提到，根據現在的勞基法，華航這樣的黑箱行為只會被罰3萬元。
disappointed(adj.)感到失望的mention(v.)提及according to根據fine(v.)罰款sneaky(adj.)鬼鬼祟祟的behavior(n.)行為
Kiki: That’s ridiculous! Is there no other ways to help those poor flight attendants?
淇淇：這真是太荒謬了！就沒有什麼方法可以幫助那些空服員嗎？
ridiculous(adj.)可笑的、荒謬的poor(adj.)可憐的
Chris: I can’t think of anything. A member of Taoyuan Flight Attendants Union even said that if any flight attendants voice their disagreement toward the revised draft amendment of the Labor Standards Act, they would be punished by the company.
克里斯：我想不到任何方法。有位工會成員甚至說，只要任何空服員表達對勞基法修法的不滿，就會被公司懲處。
voice(v.)發聲、發表disagreement(n.)不同意revised(adj.)修正過的draft(n.)草案amendment(n.)修正案punish(v.)處罰
Kiki: Workers like us should have rights to express our opinions! I hope our government can fix this kind of situation and protect workers.
淇淇：像我們這樣的勞工應該要有表達意見的權利！我希望我們的政府可以處理好這種情況，保護勞工。
right(n.)權利express(v.)表達opinion(n.)看法、意見fix(v.)修正protect(v.)保護
Chris: You’re right.
克里斯：你說得對。