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The Beauty of Getting Lost

沒有Google Map的旅遊

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The Beauty of Getting Lost
迷路的浪漫
Dad and Emma are in the living room.
爸爸和艾瑪在客廳裡。
Dad: Emma, don’t you think we should plan our trip to Tokyo? It’s less than two weeks away.
爸爸:艾瑪,你不覺得我們應該要計畫一下去東京的旅行嗎?剩不到兩個星期了耶。
plan(v.)計畫a trip to+地方=去某地旅行
Emma: Chill out, Dad. We still got plenty of time. Besides, we’ll be fine as long as we have our phones.
艾瑪:放鬆點,老爸,我們還有很多時間,而且,只要我們有手機,就會沒事的。
chill out放鬆一點besides(adv.)而且、此外as long as…只要⋯就能⋯
Dad: You know what? About 20 years ago, traveling abroad was not as convenient as it is now.
爸爸:你知道嗎?大約20年前,出國旅行不像現在這麼方便。
abroad(adv.)在國外、到國外as…as…跟⋯一樣的convenient(adj.)方便的;convenience store便利商店
Emma: Dad, are you going to talk about the good old days again?
艾瑪:老爸,你又要講起過去的美好時光了嗎?
good old days(times)美好的舊時光
Dad: Just hear me out. Well, at that time, there was neither Google Maps nor WiFi. All I got was a printed map.
爸爸:聽我說嘛,那個時候沒有Google Map,也沒有無線網路,我有的只是一張紙本地圖。
neither A nor B不是A也不是B、兩者皆非print(v.)印刷
Emma: I wasn’t even born 20 years ago.
艾瑪:20年前我都還沒出生咧。
Dad: Time really flies. I kind of miss the days when I got lost in the narrow streets in the countryside of Bangkok.
爸爸:真是時光飛逝啊。我還真有點懷念在曼谷鄉間狹窄街道上迷路的日子呢。
Time flies.時光飛逝miss(v.)想念
Emma: Why is getting lost a good thing anyway? It takes time to figure out the right direction.
艾瑪:為什麼迷路是件好事?還要花時間找出正確的方向。
figure out想出、明白direction(n.)方向
Dad: That’s the beauty of it. You don’t get to really see as many places if you are not lost.
爸爸:這就是它的美妙之處啊,如果你沒有迷路的話,你就不會看到這麼多地方。
the beauty of sth.某物(某事)的美妙之處
Emma: I didn’t know you were such a romantic.
艾瑪:我不知道你這麼浪漫。
romantic(adj.)浪漫的,(n.)浪漫的人
Dad: There are a lot of things you don’t know.
爸爸:你不知道的事可多呢。

📚 重點單字片語

lost(adj.)
消失的、迷路的,get lost迷路、滾開
plan(v.)
計畫
a trip to+
地方=去某地旅行
chill out
放鬆一點
besides(adv.)
而且、此外
as long as…
只要⋯就能⋯
abroad(adv.)
在國外、到國外
as…as…
跟⋯一樣的
convenient(adj.)
方便的;convenience store便利商店
good old days(times)
美好的舊時光
neither A nor B
不是A也不是B、兩者皆非
print(v.)
印刷
Time flies.
時光飛逝
miss(v.)
想念
figure out
想出、明白
direction(n.)
方向
the beauty of sth.
某物(某事)的美妙之處
romantic(adj.)
浪漫的,(n.)浪漫的人
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