講述日本婦女困境
Stephanie is chatting with her elder brother, Leonard.
史蒂芬妮正在和她的哥哥李歐納聊天。
Stephanie: Leonard, have you heard about that interesting book everyone is talking about in Taiwan?
史蒂芬妮：李歐納，你有聽說在台灣大家都在談論的那本有趣的書嗎？
Leonard: Oh yeah, you mean that Japanese book with the unusual title? I heard about it. “Why doesn’t my husband just go die,” right?
李歐納：喔，對啊，你是說那本有著不尋常標題的日文書嗎？我聽說過。「老公怎麼還不去死」，對吧？
usual(adj.)通常的title(n.)標題
Stephanie: Exactly! Lots of people are interested in it. Did you know more than 2,000 people are waiting to borrow it, according to the libraries all over Taiwan?
史蒂芬妮：正是！很多人對它感興趣。你知道根據台灣各地圖書館的資料，已有超過 2,000人在等待借閱嗎？
be interested in sth.對～有興趣borrow(v.)借borrow sth. from sb.跟～借～lend sth. to sb.借～給～all over到處
Leonard: Wow, that’s surprising! That title must have really caught people’s attention.
李歐納：哇，那真是令人驚訝！那個標題一定吸引了很多人的注意。
must have V-p.p.表示對過去事件的推測catch one’s attention吸引某人的注意
Stephanie: Yeah, definitely. It’s all about women in Japan dealing with unfair situations at home. The author blames the government and work culture.
史蒂芬妮：沒錯，一定是這樣。這本書講述了日本婦女在家中面臨不公平的情況。作者將其歸咎於政府和工作文化。
deal with探討、講述blame(v.)責怪blame sb. for sth.因～責怪他人
Leonard: Sounds like a serious topic. I bet the discussions in online forums are making it even more popular.
李歐納：聽起來是個嚴肅的話題。我想網路論壇上的討論會讓它更受歡迎。
discussion(n.)討論have a discussion with sb. about sth.跟～討論某事forum(n.)論壇
Stephanie: Maybe we should add our names to the waitlist for that book too!
史蒂芬妮：或許我們也應該加入這本書的預約名單！
add A to B:把A加入B
Leonard: Haha, yeah, or we can just buy it and see what all the excitement is about!
李歐納：哈哈，對啊，我們也可以買啊，看看大家在激動什麼！
excitement(n.)興奮、期待