歷史建築的限制
Hugo and Stella are friends. They are talking about the weather.
雨果和史黛拉是朋友。他們正在談論天氣。
Hugo: I can’t stand this hot weather anymore. Look at my cellphone. It’s thirty-eight degrees!
雨果：我再也受不了這種大熱天了。看看我的手機，38度！
stand(v.)站立;承受住anymore(adv.)(不)再degree(n.)度、度數
Stella: Wow. The temperature is crazy. I am glad that we have an air conditioner.
史黛拉：哇。這溫度真是瘋狂。真高興我們有冷氣吹。
temperature(n.)溫度take one’s temperature量某人的體溫crazy(adj.)瘋狂的
Hugo: That’s true. We can’t live without it in Taiwan.
雨果：真的。在台灣我們不能沒有它。
without(prep.)沒有
Stella: My uncle in Germany said they don’t have an air conditioner at home, and they have a heatwave these days. The temperature in Europe is similar to that in Taiwan, or even higher.
史黛拉：我在德國的叔叔說他們在家沒有冷氣，而且他們這幾天有熱浪。歐洲的溫度跟台灣差不多，甚至還更高。
heat(n.)熱、熱度heatwave(n.)熱浪sth. be similar to sth.某物與某物相似
Hugo: Why don’t they get one?
雨果：他們為什麼不買一台呢？
Stella: Because the weather there is cool most of the time, they don`t think they need to buy one just for a few hot days.
史黛拉：因為他們大部分時間天氣都是涼爽的，所以他們不覺得需要為了炎熱的幾天買冷氣。
Hugo: If I lived in Europe, I would get one. I can’t sleep without an air conditioner.
雨果：如果我住在歐洲，我會買一台。我沒有冷氣就無法睡覺。
Stella: But it’s also hard to get one in some European countries. Some of their historic buildings need to be protected, and adding air conditioners would make them look different.
史黛拉：但在一些歐洲國家也很難有一台冷氣。有些具有歷史意義的建築需要被保護，而加裝冷氣會讓他們看起來不太一樣。
hard(adj.)困難的difficult(adj.)困難的country(n.)國家historic buildings有歷史意義的建築protect(v.)保護add(v.)增加、添加different(adj.)不同的
Hugo: I see. Maybe your uncle wouldn’t be allowed to buy an air conditioner even though he wants one.
雨果：我懂了。即使你的叔叔想要買一台冷氣也有可能不被允許。
be allowed to do sth.被允許做某事even though即使
Stella: That’s right.
史黛拉：沒錯。