台日友好
Mayumi and Richard are friends. They are having a conversation.
真由美和理查是朋友，他們正在對話。
Mayumi: Hi, Richard!
真由美：嗨，理查！
Richard: Hey, Mayumi! How are you today?
理查：嘿，真由美！你今天好嗎？
Mayumi: I’m good, thanks. Did you hear about the earthquake in Japan?
真由美：我很好，謝謝。你聽說日本地震的事了嗎？
Richard: Yeah, I heard. It’s terrible. How are your family and friends?
理查：有，我聽說了。太可怕了。你的家人和朋友還好嗎？
terrible(adj.)糟糕的、可怕的、嚴重的
Mayumi: They’re okay, but many people need help. Taiwan’s government gave 60 million yen to help them.
真由美：他們還好，但很多人需要幫助。台灣政府捐了六千萬日元援助他們。
government(n.)政府be in government執政million(n.)百萬
Richard: That’s cool! Taiwan and Japan are like family.
理查：太棒了！台灣和日本就像一家人。
Mayumi: Yep, we’re more like family than friends.
真由美：是的，比起朋友，我們更像是家人。
more like…than..比較像..而不像…
Richard: Japan helped Taiwan during the 2018 Hualien earthquake. I’m happy Taiwan can do something in return.
理查：在2018年花蓮地震時，日本幫助了台灣。我很高興台灣現在也能有所回報。
in return 報答、回報
Mayumi: Let’s hope people’s lives get back to normal soon.
真由美：希望人們的生活能夠很快恢復正常。
hope(v.)(n.)希望、盼望get back to normal 恢復正常