鬼月到！這些事情你該注意～
Paul and Lisa are friends. They are having dinner in a restaurant.
保羅跟麗莎是朋友，他們在一間餐廳吃晚餐。
Paul: You only ordered vegetables. Why?
保羅：你只點了蔬菜，為什麼？
order(v.)點餐vegetable(n.)蔬菜
Lisa: It’s ghost month now. I’ll go vegetarian for a month.
麗莎：現在是鬼月了，我會吃素一個月。
ghost(n.)鬼vegetarian(n.)素食者、go vegetarian吃素
Paul: I see. No wonder my mom asked me to wear an amulet.
保羅：原來如此，難怪我媽媽要我帶著護身符。
no wonder難怪wear(v.)佩戴amulet(n.)護身符
Lisa: You can also go to pray at a temple.
麗莎：你也可以去廟裡拜拜。
pray(v.)祈禱temple(n.)寺廟
Paul: Sure. Next week, my mom will also place a table on the sidewalk in front of our home and set it with chicken, fish, vegetables, fruits, rice wine, bags of salt, beer, and sugar.
保羅：當然。下週我媽媽也會在我家門前的人行道擺一桌拜拜，會有雞、魚、蔬菜、米酒、一包鹽、啤酒還有糖。
place(v.)擺放sidewalk(n.)人行道in front of在⋯⋯前面set(v.)設置vegetable(n.)蔬菜
Lisa: My family will go to launch water lanterns in Keelung. The lights of the lanterns are thought to guide water ghosts to land.
麗莎：我的家人會去基隆放水燈，水燈上的光被認為能夠引導水上的鬼魂到陸地上。
launch(v.)施放water lantern水燈guide(v.)引導
Paul: That’s right. If your water lantern floats far out to sea, your family will be prosperous in the coming year.
保羅：是啊。如果你的水燈飄到遠遠的海上，代表你的家族來年富裕安康。
water lantern水燈float(v.)漂流far(adv.)遠地prosperous(adj.)富裕的
Lisa: We can also do good deeds like donate to charity to build up more positive karma.
麗莎：我們也可以做些好事情像是捐獻給慈善機構，累積自己的福報。
deed(n.)行為donate(v.)捐贈charity(n.)慈善機構build up發展positive(adj.)正向的karma(n.)業障、善惡報應
Paul: Yeah, I know. Oh, our soup is getting cold. Let’s enjoy our meals.
保羅：是啊，我知道，喔，我們的湯都要冷了，用餐吧。