減少接觸風險
Sabrina and Peter are at an MRT station in Taipei.
莎賓娜和彼得在台北的一處捷運站。
Sabrina: Did you get your ticket?
莎賓娜：你買好票了嗎？
Peter: Yes. But look! The machine gave me a paper ticket with a QR code.
彼得：有啊。但你看！機器給了我一張印有QR code的紙本票券。
with(prep.)帶著～、用～方式
Sabrina: Where is the blue plastic token? I like the tokens!
莎賓娜：藍色的塑膠代幣在哪裡？我喜歡那種代幣！
plastic(adj.)塑膠的token(n.)代幣
Peter: The Taipei MRT started using paper today. They want to stop using the blue tokens.
彼得：台北捷運從今天開始使用紙本票了。他們想要停止使用藍色代幣。
stop V-ing停止做～、戒掉～stop to VR停下來去做另一件事
Sabrina: Why? Is it because paper is safer and cleaner?
莎賓娜：為什麼？是因為紙張比較安全而且乾淨嗎？
Peter: Yes. You don’t have to touch a token that thousands of people touched.
彼得：是的。你不需要去碰觸那種幾千人都摸過的代幣。
thousands of+可數N.數以千計的～
Sabrina: I see. But is it eco-friendly? This is thermal paper.
莎賓娜：我明白了。但這環保嗎？這是感熱紙耶。
eco-friendly(adj.)環保的eco-system(n.)生態系統／eco-tourism(n.)生態旅遊thermal energy熱能／thermal clothes 保暖衣物
Peter: That is the problem. Many people say it creates more trash because you can’t recycle it.
彼得：這就是問題所在。很多人說這會製造更多垃圾，因為它不能回收。
recycle(v.)回收3R 原則:Reduce減量使用,Reuse重複使用,Recycle回收利用
Sabrina: That’s also true. What about just washing the tokens?
莎賓娜：也是。那洗代幣怎麼樣？
What about...?那⋯⋯呢?⋯⋯怎麼樣?
Peter: But the company says washing the tokens uses a lot of water and electricity.
彼得：但捷運公司說清洗代幣會消耗很多水和電力。
electric(adj.)由電力驅動的electric car電動車／electric wires電線electronic(adj.)電子(學)的／electronic dictionary電子字典electrical(adj.)與電力系統有關的／electrical engineering電機工程
Sabrina: It’s a difficult choice! I hope people don’t throw the paper on the floor.
莎賓娜：這真是個困難的選擇！我希望大家不要把紙亂丟在地上。
Peter: Me too. Let’s go! I guess I’ll just need to scan my QR code at the gate.
彼得：我也是。我們走吧！我猜我只要在閘門掃描QR code就行了。
scan(v.)掃描