馬丘比丘的危機
Erin and Eric are chatting.
艾倫和艾瑞克正在聊天。
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Eric: How was your trip to Machu Picchu?
艾瑞克：你馬丘比丘之旅好玩嗎？
Erin: It was fantastic! The scenery there is just incredible. I was so amazed!
艾倫：非常棒哦！那裡的風景好美，讓我十分驚艷。
scenery(n.)風景、景色incredible(adj.)極好的=wonderful, stunningamazed(adj.)覺得驚奇的、驚艷的=surprised, stunned
Eric: I’m so jealous. By the way, did you hear that Peru’s government is building an international airport close to some historic site?
艾瑞克：我好羨慕呀。對了，你有聽說秘魯政府正在那附近蓋國際機場嗎？
jealous(adj.)羨慕的、嫉妒的government(n.)政府build(v.)建造、興建some(adj.)某個historic(adj.)具有歷史意義的historical(adj.)與歷史有關的site(n.)地點、位置
Erin: I did. The Peruvian government believes that the airport is necessary for the city of Cusco. They even carried out a study to justify building it.
艾倫：有啊，秘魯政府認為機場對庫斯科是的發展是必要的，他們甚至做了一份研究，來支持機場的建造。
Peruvian(adj.)秘魯的necessary(adj.)必要的、不可或缺的=neededcarry out執行、實施=conductstudy(n.)研究justify(v.)為…辯護、證明…正當或正確=support
Eric: That said, it still causes concerns about the environmental impact. The airport would not only affect the landscape, but add noise and traffic pollution.
艾瑞克：儘管如此，這對於環境的衝擊還是造成隱憂。機場不只會影響景色，也會增加噪音和交通污染。
that said不過、但是=that being said, howeverconcern(n.)擔心、憂慮impact(n.)衝擊、影響affect(v.)影響=influence, impactpollution(n.)污染
Erin: That’s true. The airport may also put the world heritage site in danger.
艾倫：那的確是。機場可能會危害到這個世界遺產。
put(v.)使處於…狀態或境地heritage(n.)遺產
Eric: I hope the government will stop the plan before it’s too late.
艾瑞克：希望秘魯政府儘早取消興建機場的計畫。