杜絕非洲豬瘟
Jerry and Joy are chatting.
傑瑞與喬伊正在聊天。
chat(v.)聊天、閒談
Joy: Let’s have sausage fried rice for dinner tonight. What do you say?
喬伊：我們今天晚餐吃香腸炒飯，好嗎？
let(v.)讓sausage(n.)香腸、臘腸fried(adj.)炸的、炒的
Jerry: Sure. Speaking of sausages, a Chinese tourist and a Taiwanese tourist were caught bringing sausages from China the other day.
傑瑞：好啊。說到香腸，前幾天一位中籍旅客與一位台籍旅客因從中國攜帶香腸被抓到。
sure(adv.)當然tourist(n.)旅客、遊客
Joy: They brought sausages from China? Were the sausages contagious?
喬伊：他們從中國帶香腸回來？那些香腸帶有傳染源嗎？
Jerry: Yes. They were examined and proved to be infected with the African swine fever virus.
傑瑞：是啊。它們被檢驗並證實受到非洲豬瘟病毒的感染。
examine(v.)檢查、審查prove(v.)證明、證實infect(v.)傳染、感染swine fever豬瘟virus(n.)病毒
Joy: Oh my god! Why would they take risks doing that? Were they punished?
喬伊：天啊！他們為何要冒險這麼做呢？他們有被懲罰嗎？
risk(n.)風險punish(v.)處罰、懲罰
Jerry: Of course. They have to pay a fine of NT$15,000. The government is also carrying out joint inspections on pig farms where pigs are fed on leftovers.
傑瑞：當然；他們必需付一萬五千元的罰金。政府也正在執行國內廚餘養豬場聯合稽查。
fine(n.)罰金、罰款government(n.)政府carry out實施joint(adj.)共同的inspection(n.)檢查feed(v.)餵養、給…提供食物leftovers(n.)剩菜、剩飯
Joy: What do you mean by that?
喬伊：那是什麼意思呢？
mean(v.)意思是
Jerry: Leftovers are required to be cooked thoroughly before being fed to the pigs.
傑瑞：在廚餘餵給豬之前，必須先徹底煮過。
require(v.)要求、規定、需要thoroughly(adv.)仔細地、完全
Joy: I hope that the countermeasures against the African swine fever will work.
喬伊：希望非洲豬瘟的應對措施會奏效。
hope(v.)希望countermeasure(n.)應對措施、對策against(prep.)防…、抗…work(v.)成功、有效