12年來第一次
Jess and Max are talking about sports.
潔西跟麥斯在討論運動。
Jess: Hey Max, did you watch the baseball game last night?
潔西：嘿麥斯，你有看昨晚的棒球賽嗎？
Max: Of course! Taiwan beat South Korea 2-1 at the Asian Games.
麥斯：當然！台灣在亞運以2：1贏了南韓。
of course當然beat(v.)打敗
Jess: I know! Wasn’t it a great game?
潔西：我知道，真是一場很棒的比賽對吧？
Max: It really was. I can’t believe Taiwan won. They really knocked that one out of the park — you know, they did really well.
麥斯：沒錯，我不敢相信台灣贏了。他們打得比預期好太多了，真的很棒。
believe(v.)相信win(v.)贏knock it out of the park大獲全勝、表現非常好
Jess: They sure did. This was the first time in 12 years that the Taiwanese baseball team beat South Korea at the Asian Games. The last time was in Doha in 2006.
潔西：當然，這是12年來首次台灣隊在亞運打敗南韓，上一次是在2006年的杜哈亞運。
beat(v.)打敗
Max: Yes, it was a difficult game for Taiwan — the odds were stacked against them, because the South Korean team was much stronger.
麥斯：是啊，這對台灣來說是場硬仗，情況對我們很不利，因為南韓隊比我們強很多。
the odds are stacked against sb某人居於弱勢、不太可能成功strong(adj.)精通的、強的
Jess: That’s why I’m so proud that we won in the end. I hope we can do just as well when we play against China and Japan in the Super Round this week.
潔西：這就是為什麼最後贏了讓我這麼驕傲，我希望我們在這週超級循環賽中對上中國跟日本時也表現這麼好。
proud(adj.)驕傲的win(v.)贏in the end最後hope(v.)希望play(v.)參加比賽
Max: I hope so too!
麥斯：我也希望！
hope(v.)希望