抄捷徑
Lucy is in a taxi.
露西正在計程車上。
Lucy: Good morning. Could you take me to the airport, please?
露西：早安！可以請你帶我到機場嗎？
airport(n.)機場
Driver: Of course. Please fasten your seat belt.
司機：當然。請繫好安全帶。
fasten(v.)扣緊，繫牢seat(n.)座位，座椅belt(n.)腰帶
Lucy: Okay! Thank you.
露西：好的！謝謝你。
Driver: Which road do you prefer to go by?
司機：妳比較想要走哪一條路呢？
prefer(v.)更喜愛，寧可by(prep.)經過
Lucy: Hmm… I’m in a rush. Can we go along Ren-Ai Road?
露西：嗯……我在趕時間，我們可以走仁愛路嗎？
rush(n.)匆忙along(prep.)沿著
Driver: Sure! But the traffic now is busy on Ren-Ai Road. I suggest going along Wen-Hua Road.
司機：當然！但是現在仁愛路的車子很多，我建議走文化路。
traffic(n.)交通流量busy(adj.)繁忙的suggest(v.)建議
Lucy: Oh, right! It’s rush hour now. Okay! Let’s go along Wen-Hua Road.
露西：噢，對耶！現在是尖峰時刻。好的，我們走文化路吧！
rush hour尖峰時刻
Driver: And there is a shortcut we can take if we drive along Wen-Hua Road.
司機：而且如果我們走文化路，會有一條捷徑可以走。
shortcut(n.)捷徑，近路if(conj.)如果
Lucy: Great! I didn’t know that! How long will it take?
露西：太好了！我不知道呢！需要花多久時間呢？
long(adv.)長久地，長時間地take(v.)花費(時間)
Driver: Fifteen minutes, perhaps.
司機：也許十五分鐘。
perhaps(adv.)或許，可能
Lucy: And what’s the fare?
露西：那麼車資多少呢？
fare(n.)車費
Driver: It’ll be 75 dollars.
司機：將會是75元。
Lucy: Here you are. Please keep the change and drop me off at the entrance.
露西：75元給您！請不用找零錢了，並讓我在入口處下車。
keep(v.)保留，保存change(n.)零錢drop(v.)帶off(adv.)去掉，移開entrance(n.)入口
Driver: No problem. Thank you and have a nice day!
司機：沒問題！謝謝您，並祝您有愉快的一天！