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Taiwan’s New Passport Cover Revealed

「台灣」被放大的新護照

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Taiwan’s New Passport Cover Revealed
「中華民國」縮小了
Peter and May are roommates. Peter is looking for his passport.
彼得和梅是室友。彼得在找他的護照。
look for=find找尋
Peter: Did you see my passport?
彼得:你有看到我的護照了嗎?
May: Isn’t it in the drawer?
梅:不是在抽屜裡嗎?
drawer(n.)抽屜
Peter: Aha! I’ve found it.
彼得:啊哈。我找到了
May: Why are you looking for your passport all of a sudden?
梅:為什麼你要突然找護照?
all of a sudden=suddenly突然
Peter: The government just revealed the new cover of the passport. The words “Republic of China” have been shrunk, and the word “Taiwan” has been enlarged.
彼得:政府公布了新的護照封面。「中華民國」的英文縮小了,然後「台灣」被放大了。
government(n.)政府shrink-shrank-shrunk(v.)縮小、縮水、完成被動enlarge(v.)放大、擴大
May: Then foreigners won’t confuse us with Chinese people.
梅:這樣外國人就不會把我們與中國人搞混了。
foreigner(n.)外國人confuse A with B把A跟B搞混
Peter: Exactly! The passport with this new cover will be available next year.
彼得:沒錯!有新封面的護照會在明年上路。
available(adj.)能取得的
May: So, you’re just finding your passport in advance.
梅:所以你只是先把護照找出來。
in advance事先、預先
Peter: Yeah. I want to get the new one with new cover as soon as I can.
彼得:對啊。我想盡快拿到有新封面的護照。
as soon as盡快、as soon as possible=ASAP越快越好

📚 重點單字片語

cover(n.)
封面
reveal(v.)
揭曉、reveal a secret揭露秘密
look for=find
找尋
drawer(n.)
抽屜
all of a sudden=suddenly
突然
government(n.)
政府
shrink-shrank-shrunk(v.)
縮小、縮水、完成被動
enlarge(v.)
放大、擴大
foreigner(n.)
外國人
confuse A with B
把A跟B搞混
available(adj.)
能取得的
in advance
事先、預先
as soon as
盡快、as soon as possible=ASAP越快越好
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