明池古木遭破壞
Millie and Marc are hiking.
米莉和馬克正在爬山。
hike(v.)健行、長途步行
Marc: I see a gazebo just straight ahead, shall we go there and take a break?
馬克：我看到前方有個涼亭，你想休息一下嗎？
gazebo(n.)涼亭、眺台ahead(adv.)在前方take a break休息
Millie: Yeah, sure. Look at all these huge trees. Some of them have been chopped down from the roots!
米莉：嗯好啊。看看這些巨大的樹，有一些被從根部砍掉了！
chop down砍倒、伐倒root(n.)根
Marc: Seeing stuff like this just makes me sick. Seriously, people can be so self-centered. All they care about is their own personal gain and profit.
馬克：看到這種情景真讓我生氣。說真的，人們非常自私自利，他們在乎的就只有自己個人的利益而已。
stuff(n.)說、做的事sick(adj.)不快的、惱怒的self-centered(adj.)自私自利的、以自我為中心的care about關心、在乎gain(n.)收益、獲利profit(n.)利潤、盈利
Millie: I agree. Making money is one thing, but to cut down trees just for the money is morally wrong.
米莉：是啊。賺錢是一回事，但砍樹還是一件錯事啊。
cut sth. down砍倒、伐倒morally(adv.)道德上
Marc: According to this news report I saw the other day, a good number of one-thousand-plus year old trees were found to have been illegally chopped down in the Mingchih Forest Recreational Area.
馬克：我前幾天看到這則新聞：明池森林遊樂區的很多樹齡超過一千年的珍貴林木，發現被盜伐耶。
a number of幾個、若干illegally(adv.)違法地、非法地recreational(adj.)休閒的
Millie: Oh my God! Did the police manage to catch the people who cut down those trees?
米莉：天阿！警察有設法抓到那些盜伐樹木的人嗎？
manage to設法catch(v.)逮住、捉住
Marc: Yes, they did. Even though they tried to get away, they still got caught. The police also found the tools used to cut down the trees and other evidence in their cars.
馬克：有。雖然他們試圖逃走，卻還是被抓到了。警察也在他們車子裡發現砍樹所使用的工具和其他證據。
even though即使、儘管get away逃脫tool(n.)工具evidence(n.)證據
Millie: Good thing they were caught. We need to look out more for Mother Earth and make efforts to report such cases to the police.
米莉：幸好有抓到他們。我們應該更加關心大自然並努力將這種案例通報警方。
look out for sth. 注意make an effort努力、盡力report(v.)舉報