商品擺不整齊的原因
Jacob and Betty are friends. They are chatting.
雅各和貝蒂是朋友，他們正在聊天。
Jacob: Here’s a picture that went viral in the past few days. Check it out.
雅各：有張照片這幾天爆紅了，你來看一下。
virus(n.)病毒go viral爆紅
Betty: What’s this? The cup noodle display is so messy.
貝蒂：這是什麼？杯麵的擺放好亂喔。
display(n.)(v.)陳列messy hair雜亂的頭髮messy handwriting凌亂的字跡messy room亂糟糟的房間
Jacob: It’s in a supermarket in Japan. Isn’t it strange?
雅各：這是在一個日本的超市裡，是不是很奇怪？
grocery(n.)雜貨grocery shopping日常採買unusual(adj.)不尋常的weird(adj.)奇怪的=odd
Betty: Yeah, I thought it was always neat and tidy in Japan, especially in a shop.
貝蒂：對呀，我以為日本一定要整整齊齊的，尤其是店家。
neat(adj.)整齊的tidy(adj.)整齊的、有條理的tidy(v.)收拾、整理=clean up sth.tidy up收拾
Jacob: That’s the funny part.
雅各：這就是好笑的地方。
Betty: So, did they do it for a reason?
貝蒂：所以，這麼做有什麼理由嗎？
purpose(n.)目的on purpose故意的、有意的
Jacob: Yeah, they did. One of the staff replied on the Internet that it would be more efficient that way.
雅各：有喔，其中一個員工在網路上回答，他說這樣會比較有效率。
employee(n.)受僱者、員工=workeremployer(n.)僱主co-worker(n.)同事reply(v.)回應、回答efficient(adj.)有效率的
Betty: What about the customers? What do they think about it?
貝蒂：那顧客們有什麼看法？
what about…?那…呢？用於追問、徵求意見customer(n.)顧客regular customer老顧客、常客
Jacob: Most of them actually agree with it. It’s more timesaving, and we all know some customers won’t keep things tidy anyway.
雅各：大多數的顧客其實也同意，因為比較省時間，而且反正一定會有人弄亂商品的。
agree with sth.贊同某事timesaving(adj.)省時的=efficientsave up存錢for sth.
Betty: That’s true.
貝蒂：那倒是。
You’re right.