
多益成績吊車尾 慘輸大陸南韓
Frank and Betty are friends. They are chatting.
法蘭克跟貝蒂是朋友,他們在聊天。
Frank: I read an interesting article yesterday.
法蘭克:我昨天讀了篇有趣的文章。
read-read-read讀article(n.)文章
Betty: Oh? What was it about?
貝蒂:哦?是關於什麼啊?
Frank: The author said, “Taiwan students’ poor English ability becomes a national crisis.”
法蘭克:作者說:「台灣學生蹩腳的英文能力成為國家危機。」
author(n.)作者;作家say-said-said說poor(adj.)不好的;蹩腳的;貧窮的;可憐的ability(n.)能力;才智national(adj.)國家的;國民的crisis(n.)危機;危急時刻;緊要關頭
Betty: I do think English ability is pretty important, but is it that serious? Is it really a national crisis?
貝蒂:我的確覺得英文能力相當重要,但是有那麼嚴重嗎?這真的算是國家危機嗎?
pretty(adv.)相當地serious(adj.)嚴重的;認真的
Frank: Well, the writer thinks that if young people want to go abroad, good English ability is a must.
法蘭克:嗯,作者認為,若年輕人想在國際移動,好的英文能力是必要的。
writer(n.)作者;作家abroad(adv.)到國外地;在國外地must(n.)必不可少的事物
Betty: I won’t deny that.
貝蒂:那點我不否認。
won’t=will not將不會deny(vt.)否認;否定
Frank: However, Taiwan’s average TOEIC score was 534 points last year, and South Korea was 679. Moreover, South Korea was 19th on the list, and Taiwan was at number 40 among 49 countries.
法蘭克:然而,台灣去年多益的平均分數是534分,而南韓是679分。再者,南韓在榜上排名19,而台灣在49個國家中排第40名。
however(adv.)然而;但是average(adj.)平均的;普通的;(n.)平均;一般水準;(vt.)平均為score(n.)分數;成績;(v.)得分;獲得point(n.)比分;得分moreover(adv.)再者;此外;而且among(prep.)在~中country(n.)國家;鄉村
Betty: Oh man. That’s a huge difference.
貝蒂:哦天哪,那是很大的差異耶。
huge(adj.)巨大的;龐大的difference(n.)區別;不同
Frank: Yup. Even China did better than Taiwan. China got 586 points and was at number 35 on the list.
法蘭克:是啊,甚至中國的成績也比台灣好。去年中國的多益平均是586分,位於榜上第35名。
Betty: Well, I guess we all need to keep improving our English ability.
貝蒂:嗯,我想我們都需要持續增進我們的英文能力。
keep doing sth.持續做某事improve(v.)改善
Frank: That’s right. “Chance favors the prepared mind.”
法蘭克:沒錯。「機會眷顧準備好的人。」
chance(n.)機會;時機favor(vt.)較喜歡;偏袒;特別照顧;(n.)恩惠;幫助prepared(adj.)準備好的;有準備的mind(n.)頭腦;聰明的人;(v.)介意;當心;照顧;看管