被吹飛的屋頂
Frank and Sally are colleagues. They’re chatting in the office.
法蘭克和莎莉是同事，他們在辦公室聊天。
colleague(n.)同事
Frank: I just watched a video of the tornado that hit Pingtung yesterday. It looked terrifying!
法蘭克：我剛看到昨天龍捲風襲擊屏東的影片，看起來真可怕！
terrifying(adj.)非常可怕的scary(adj.)可怕的、恐怖的terrified(adj.)感到害怕的
Sally: It sure did. I heard that some cars and houses were seriously damaged by the tornado.
莎莉：沒錯，我聽說龍捲風造成很多車輛跟房子毀損。
sure(adv.)當然、一定seriously(adv.)嚴重地damage(v.)破壞
Frank: Right. There was even a blackout because the tornado cut off all the power suddenly. Fortunately, no one was hurt during the incident.
法蘭克：對，昨天甚至一度停電，因為龍捲風切斷了電力。幸好沒有人受傷。
blackout(n.)停電=power cutcut off切斷suddenly(adv.)=all of a sudden突然fortunately(adv.)=luckily幸運地incident(n.)事件
Sally: Speaking of tornadoes, I wonder how they form.
莎莉：說到龍捲風，我想知道龍捲風是怎麼形成的。
speaking of說到～wonder(v.)想知道form(v.)形成
Frank: Well, tornadoes form from thunderstorms. In a thunderstorm, when warm, moist air meets cool, dry air, it makes the wind turn and create a vortex. If the vortex becomes strong enough and touches the ground, it becomes a tornado.
法蘭克：龍捲風是由暴風雨形成的，在暴風雨中，濕熱的空氣接觸到乾冷的空氣會讓風開始旋轉，形成一個渦旋。當渦旋越來越大，碰到地面後，就會形成龍捲風。
thunderstorm(n.)暴風雨moist(adj.)濕潤的create(v.)製造出=makevortex(n.)渦旋
Sally: Wow! That’s a very clear explanation. You really know a lot!
莎莉：哇，好清楚的解說，你真的懂很多耶！
clear(adj.)清楚的explanation(n.)解釋
Frank: Well, it’s nothing.
法蘭克：還好，這沒什麼啦。