反映社會脈動
Roger and Kelly are friends. They are chatting.
羅傑和凱莉是朋友。他們正在聊天。
Roger: Hey, Kelly, did you hear about the kanji of 2023 in Japan?
羅傑：嘿，凱莉，你聽說日本的2023年度漢字了嗎？
Kelly: No, what is it?
凱莉：沒有，是什麼？
Roger: It’s “税,” which means tax.
羅傑：是「税」，也就是稅。
tax(n.)税tariff(n.)關稅
Kelly: Tax? Interesting choice. Why did they pick that?
凱莉：稅？有趣的選擇。為什麼他們選了那個字？
pick(v.)選擇、挑出、從～摘下
Roger: Well, it shows what people are worried about. I guess taxes are on their minds.
羅傑：嗯，它顯示了人們擔心的事情。我想是因為大家在意稅。
sth. be on one’s mind把～放在心上get sth. out of one’s mind不再去想～
Kelly: Huh, it makes sense. What were the other choices?
凱莉：嗯，有道理。其他的選擇還有哪些？
make sense 有道理、說得通
Roger: “暑” for summer, because of the really hot summer, and “戦” for war were among them.
羅傑：有「暑」，因為今年夏天很熱，還有「戦」，代表戰爭，都是其中的選項。
war(n.)戰爭
Kelly: Those are quite different. What was the second most popular?
凱莉：這些都挺不一樣的。第二受歡迎的是什麼？
popular(adj.)受歡迎的=favored
Roger: “暑,” for the hot summer. It’s cool how a word can stand for a whole year.
羅傑：「暑」，代表炎熱的夏天。一個字能代表一整年真的很酷。
stand for 代表
Kelly: True, it shows what’s going on in society.
凱莉：對啊，文字反映了社會在發生什麼事。
society(n.)社會social(adj.)社會的、社交的、群居的social life社交生活