蟲鼠紛擾的紐約
Owen and Vicky are taking the MRT together. They are on their way to the office.
歐文跟薇琪一起搭捷運，他們要去辦公室。
on one’s way to...在某人去⋯⋯的路上office(n.)辦公室
Owen: I’m hungry. Sometimes I think they should allow passengers to eat on the MRT.
歐文：我餓了，有時候我覺得他們應該讓乘客在捷運上吃東西。
hungry(adj.)餓的sometimes(adv.)有時候allow(v.)讓、允許passenger(n.)乘客
Vicky: I don’t think so. I like a clean MRT system.
薇琪：我不認同，我喜歡乾淨的捷運系統。
think so認同clean(adj.)乾淨的system(n.)系統
Owen: I just want to have some breakfast on my way to work.
歐文：我只是想在上班路上吃點早餐。
Vicky: Have you been to New York? The subway there is terrible. Some people even pee or spit on the floor.
薇琪：你有去過紐約嗎？那邊的地鐵很糟，有些人還會尿尿或亂吐東西在地上。
subway(n.)地鐵pee(v.)排尿（較非正式的說法）spit(v.)吐floor(n.)地板、樓板
Owen: Eww, that’s disgusting!
歐文：好噁心喔。
disgusting(adj.)噁心的
Vicky: What’s more, the foul smell and the small pieces of food that get left behind by passengers attract bugs and even animals such as rats. It not only makes the environment dirty, but also causes problems with the MRT system.
薇琪：而且，食物難聞的味道或碎屑會引來小蟲或是老鼠之類的小動物，不僅讓環境髒亂，還會使捷運系統出問題。
what’s more而且、更有甚者foul(adj.)惡劣的smell(n.)氣味passenger(n.)乘客attract(v.)吸引rat(v.)大老鼠environment(n.)環境dirty(adj.)髒的cause(v.)造成problem(n.)問題
Owen: I see. I never thought about it before.
歐文：原來如此，我都沒想過這些。
Vicky: I think you can get up early tomorrow and finish your breakfast before we leave for work.
薇琪：我想你明天可以早點起床，在出門上班前吃完早餐。
finish(v.)吃完、做完、完成leave(v.)離開
Owen: Well, I’ll try my best.
歐文：嗯，我盡量試試看。
try one’s best盡某人的全力